Between two kingdoms suleika jaouad6/7/2023 ![]() It is learning to embrace the people I love now instead of protecting against a future gutted by their loss.” (P.312) This passage from Suleika Jaouad’s inspiring memoir, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, resonated so much with me that I had to write it down.Īt the tender age of twenty-two, when Suleika’s peers were looking forward to their futures, she was diagnosed with leukemia with a 35 percent chance of survival. It is learning to confront ghosts and to carry what lingers. ![]() ![]() Healing is figuring out how to coexist with the pain that will always live inside of you, without pretending it isn’t there or allowing it to hijack your day. But I’m learning that’s not how it works. It meant putting your pain behind you, leaving it in the past. “I used to think healing meant ridding the body and heart of anything that hurt. ![]()
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