You Are Not Broken
You are not broken, dear one.
The armor that you have worked so hard to create
to keep the hurt out
also repels the healing.
What is coming is going
Your vulnerability is a gift
Your openness is a treasure
Your curiosity is a jewel
Your wondering is a prize.
Do not dim your light
or hide your joy
Your wounding is your honor
Your suffering is your story
But
Do not be attached to your story
Attachment makes you
stale
stagnant
solid
Let your story
spill over
and feed new growth
and you will reap
love
You are not broken, dear one.
You are light.
About the author
I'm Morgan Motsinger. I hold a BS in Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience from Portland State University, and I host P.S. We Expire, a podcast about grief, death, and what it takes to live well anyway. I also spent fourteen years caring for my daughter Anni, who died in 2022 (MPSIIIa). I write about grief from both sides of that — what the research says, and what it's actually like inside. Nothing here is medical advice, and I'm not a clinician. It's the explanation I wish someone had handed me.