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A Recipe for Hope

Author: JRT
Year: Hope

Ingredients

1 long buried shared wound

1 deep need for healing, connection and growth

1 bucket brimming with words

1 long car journey

5 deep breaths

A teeny pinch of courage

Method

1. Think a lot about the wound and find your words

2. Arrange a long car journey with your sister

3. Choose your timing carefully

4. Talk about other things for the first hour

5. Take deep breath number 1

6. Take your pinch of courage and sprinkle it into your soul

7. Take deep breath number 2

8. Start using your words – don’t gabble

9. Take deep breath 3 and 4

10. Shut up and hope

11. Take deep breath 5