Traumatic events hit us like a ton of bricks. They catch us off guard knocking us off our feet. We get the wind knocked out of us. We feel like we will never recover from it at first. The longer the event occurs, the longer it takes to recover. The good news we find is recovering and healing is possible. We are never the same person we were before, but instead, we are often better than we were before, new relationships are formed, and new bonds and made.