Growing a Backbone

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Collection of Poetry and Prose</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Growing a Backbone is a collection of poetry and prose by scientist and patient advocate Silver Alkhafaji Ph.D. In these pages the search for healing is laid bare-a non-linear path through exhaustion anger and the unexpected moments of light.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In its two sections PAIN and LIFE&LOVE Silver gives voice to the battles fought in silence: the language of the spoon theory the exhaustion of seeking validation and the daily courage required to simply show up and shine despite it all.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book is a roadmap of resilience a manual for self-refuge and a necessary reminder that suffering when held and understood can be transformed. In verse that is at once tender and incisive Silver transforms the weight of life's trials and tribulations into something luminous weaving pain and resilience into a tapestry of unexpected beauty.</span></p>