Category Archives: Foster Children

The dream of threatening geese parents evoked a memory of an abandoned and neglected child, who was traumatized throughout his childhood. Resiliant, the child held onto life, surviving the abuse, but continually re-enacting it. He let me be his parent for a couple of years. He thought he could repair the damage done to him by the biological parents. Perhaps there was some healing, I want to think we did some good for one another. We certainly made each other conscious of our blind spots. That’s where the story begins, with the blinding attack of the furious geese. Continue reading →