Our deepest wounds often shape us as much as our greatest joys. The pain we carry—and the ways we learn to move through it—can define who we become. We asked community members from a broad array of industries to reflect on their defining wounds and have shared the responses below.
Alec Jerome
My life was heavily impacted by the death of my uncle, godfather, and mother both as a result of cancer. Losing such close family to natural causes made me realize at a young age that everything is out of our control except for our reactions. Read more >>>
Khani Forbes
The defining wounds that changes my life was when I was 5 years old I got my little finger choped off by the door playing with my older siblings which I never used to do because they are immature. Read more >>>
Jane Glasser
After getting a degree in philosophy from Sweet Briar, I married Richard Glasser, who had just graduated from the University of Virginia Law School. After sixteen years and two daughters, I broke my Mother’s heart by divorcing him. He was the Jewish mensch I was programmed to marry, a highly respected and successful lawyer. Read more >>>
Eyla Cuenca
A defining wound used to be that life is not safe. This is what happens often when babies grow up in homes where secure attachment is not established, first in the womb and then into the first seven years of a child’s life. Read more >>>
