Emotional Survival

When we say the world needs healing we are talking in a more abstract form. Because the reality is, the world is made up of people, and it's the people who needs healing and love. No one is an island and no one should stand alone. We can't be rigid when there is so much pain and suffering in this world. People need to be comforted; they need to know that there is no reason that they should go it alone. People need to know that there are others in this world who cares for them if those people are strangers.

Manipulators and pathological liars are more common than you think. They live amongst us, these masters of deceit with no regard for other people. With every flattering compliment they leave you, there is an ulterior motive, and once they discover what's most important to you, they will exploit you to no end. They'll take advantage of you, and, if you allow them to get to close or intimate with you, they might just take you for every cent you have.

Then: Ever since Mabby died while picking beans in their garden - with the pock-a-pock of a helicopter overhead - Valkyrie knows what her job is: hide in the underground den with her brother, Bo, while Da is working, because Those People will kill them like coyotes. One Year Ago: Those People have come. It has to be them; because when Valkyrie and Bo return from a lesson of alert and ready, everything is on fire and Da is gone. But they‘ve been trained by their Da for this....