Silence Moves

This is a collection of stories about my journey to find answers to the challenges surrounding my relationships with my mother father and grandparents especially during my childhood and adolescence. I have explored these challenges in the context of cultural norms traditions and the ancestral or collective trauma that has been passed down through generations.It reflects on a journey that started when a stroke incapacitated my mother. It delves into the silence that moves through generations surrounding abuse alcoholism and my parents' lived experiences uncovering how these issues have shaped my life as I strive to heal from unanswered questions lost parental love and trauma.They tell stories of disappointment resilience hope and the understanding that not everything can be answered recaptured forgiven or forgotten.