Abnormal. A life of meaning.

I'm reading a new book this week. Though I read a lot, it is this book in particular that inspires me to write again.  The book itself is amazing, as unique and raw and honest as the man who wrote it.   "If You Feel Too Much" is written by Jamie Tworkowski , the founder of To Write Love On Her Arms , the nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting people to help and hope and doggedly standing by the idea that "Hope is real. Help is real. Your story is important."  Now, this blog isn't going to spiral into a book review, but I will say this: I hope I can do half the good with my life that Jamie has done with his.  It's a book everyone should read.  Read it! I've often wondered who I am, when you boil it all down, when you remove all the things that just don't matter.  What's left?  For so long I thought I was a cutter, a sexual abuse victim, a freak, someone with PTSD, a burden.  But now I wonder what else I might be.   Is it possible ...