There have been moments in my life when I have hurt so much that the thought of dying was more than appealing. Dying would have been easier than living. My pain wasn’t physical, though it took a physical as well as a psychological toll on my whole being. Post-traumatic stress is what my therapist called it. It was excruciating pain from sexual abuse in my youth – pain that I had repressed for years and years.
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John Sumwalt
John Sumwalt is a retired pastor and the son of dairy farmers. He is the author of “Shining Moments: Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives.” Email johnsumwalt@gmail.com to reach him.
