Taking the chance to read one of my favourite books again on the plane to Warsaw (and enjoying the gorgeous handmade mountains from @elkmarketmetal). Life has many mountains to climb; and as Bruce Perry so wisely says, "ultimately what determines how children survive trauma, physically, emotionally or psychologically, is whether the people around them - particularly the adults they should be able to trust and rely upon - stand by them with love, support and encouragement." Mountains can be climbed with a little help from the right people. I've climbed a few of my own, including losing my hearing suddenly as a toddler and withdrawing into a world of silence and fear. Having a loving family and a dedicated speech therapist made the world of difference to me: they believed in me and I learned how to lipread and how to talk again. How powerful non-verbal language is; what a difference it can make. #bruceperry #favouritebook #resilience #deaf #parenting #carryingmatters #softtouchmatters https://www.instagram.com/carryingmatters/p/Bqha1mHnIzU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v3mc9cvcorpt