Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-In Sunday April 1st 2018
Happy Easter to alle the followers of The Christ Jesus! May the return of your Lord bring you peace and happiness.

Also, welcome alle to National Child Abuse Prevention Month! We have many events scheduled for alle this month, so dig about in the forums and see what's going on and do join us. We would like to invite you to also change your DP (profile pic) to one showing your support of National Childhood Abuse Month, the info for that can be found in this link. www.7cups.com/forum/TraumaticExperiencesCommunity_60/TraumaticExperiencesCommunityCreativeExpressionsCorner_1170/NationalChildAbusePreventionMonthApril2018_125084/
Alle cultures and faiths celebrate the spring (spring in northern climates fall in southern). For those of my faith, the spring Holiday was Herthas Dag on March 21st (The Spring Equinox, Heliths Dag for those celebrating The Fall Equinox in the southern world) Celebrating the return of Odinn/ the return of the Sun to the North World. So now we know what Christians and Northern Pagans hold as a spring holiday, is there something special done in your faith or culture at this time of year? Perhaps something only you and your family do? Please do share, I love to learn of new cultures and faiths. Festivus for the rest of us perhaps? Does this work in the spring too? 
Spring holidays or not, please do pop in and tell us how you are doing. This is a safe place and it belongs to alle of you, please feel free to use it! 
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@Raveninthelabrynth
Hi Raven, Happy Easter *hugs* 
@calmLake1999 Happy easter to you Calm. I hope you are having a pleasent day. 
@Raveninthelabrynth
hmm started sad, then went for an excellent hike, wrote a happier maybe? poem than was sad again on my drive home.. little stressed about work issues but having a hot chocolate now,, ooh can i share my poem here?
@calmLake1999 oh please do Calm, we would love to read it.
sorry for the rocky start Hugs
@Raveninthelabrynth
*hugs* back, just missing my niece is all 
"Mission Finding Peace"
I may have seen much cruelty
But I still seek out the beauty
The small things that fill my mind with wonder
And I can sit and just ponder
Looking out into the night sky
Allowing me to see through new eyes
A shift from the dark and negativity
A unique ability
To see with a childlike curiosity
A drive and a hike
Now to seek
A new cliff
That will me with bliss
Finding myself deep inside of nature
Picturing a new brighter future
This is the me
That I can see
Is possible to be loved
Someone who will rise above
The hate that ive been shown
Is an unknown
Here out in my safe space
I can find my place
@calmLake1999
Aww i can see you just let your heart out on the paper here! Thanks so much for being willing to share that with us!
@Compassion21 it's quite awesome no? The poem that is. 
How are you today hon? any special things you have done? any concerns or woes you wish to vent?
Much love hon we are here! 
@Raveninthelabrynth
Yes the poem is quite nice!
Doing better today than yesterday! My goal is to get some chores done and pick out some songs for our wedding! I would like classical instrumental for the ceremony if possible and just something romantic for the reception any ideas?
How are you today?
Said my prayers, cried, wondering about hope. I dont know what else to say. TC All
Nothing planned, but my grades for of my courses this semester are meant to be out today. Extremely nervous!
Happy Easter lovelies! <3
@ElliesMelody Ooh! Scary. Try to not dwell onnit and go have some fun. 
@Raveninthelabrynth I'll try not to!
@DaisyLion Thank you, crossing fingers!
Happy Easter to all of you, if you're religious or not, chocolate bunnies are always cute 😊🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇
We're not really celebrating, well, we had a nice breakfast with coloured eggs and a baked lamb, my little one got some little presents and we have some chocolate bunnies and other sweets for all of us 😁 so yeah, that's all...
Oh and of course @Ravenintelabrynth HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 🎂 another Aries 😀 have a nice day 😊
@courteousNorth5140 Sounds like a wonderful time. I'll take some of that lamb iffin ye please lol
Thanks North, Much Love 
@Raveninthelabrynth
Lemon cake lamb with chocolate sprinkles 😁
@Raveninthelabrynth
Happy Easter to all!!
My family is Evangelical Christian, and they celebrate Jesus. I went to church with them this morning.
I am spiritual, and I celebrate the return of the spring (although it hasn't felt much like it here -- it's been rather chilly!), and I enjoy the spiritual message of tending to seeds, and growth forthcoming
@singercrystalspirit
Happy Easter!!! ❤️
Today is Easter and for that it's a reminder I have reason to be very thankful and filled with a lot of joy and deep down I am. At the same time today I am feeling very discouraged.
Im so sick of feeling like my feelings and experiences don't matter. I'm so sick of feeling invalidated. I'm sick of taking risks of opening up to people and having it happen over and over. All it does is reinforce the belief I have I can't trust people. I had yet another experience like that today. I'm starting to feel like it's just me. Just once I'd like to meet someone capable of validating my feelings - don't try to fix me.., just listen and care.
Sorry guys but that's honestly how I'm doing today. I've had better days. I've had worse. At least tomorrow's a new day which is something to look forward too.
@ArianaMay Hugs Ariana, we alle run into that with many people out there. With many topics we must find those of kind whom do understand and have experienced similar. I kind of see it like you don't go to a football game to talk about the Balet.
Luckilly we have this awesome community here that alle care much and are incredible at supporting each other.
We see you. We hear your woes hon, and we offer a hug and a cookie. 
@Ari
Im here to listen
🎂🎁🎉