Sometimes something happens that feels like it is more than you can bear. It's amazing that somehow you have the capacity to partition it off so that part of you can still function.

One of my favorite quotes:

"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."
Rose Kennedy