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There Is No Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. III)
It’s necessary to go through that period of rage but it’s important to not get stuck there forever.
Danielle Bolduc
26 June 2023
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There Is No Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. 2)
I think the start of my healing journey started once I received my file in June 2019 and from then on, I was able to recognise things more clearly and understand life events and my journey.
Danielle Bolduc
14 June 2023
There is no Grieving Without Feeling (Pt. 1)
It’s difficult growing up when one doesn’t understand or know what’s happening on the inside but it certainly affects life.
Danielle Bolduc
2 June 2023
Split Up: Life Without Siblings Pt. III
I will forever keep trying no matter how long or how many years pass by. They are my brothers and they hold a special place in my heart regardless of me never having met them.
Danielle Bolduc
9 January 2023
Split Up: Life Without Siblings Pt. II
It was not until I was eighteen that I got to see all three of my younger sisters at their foster home.
Danielle Bolduc
6 January 2023
Split Up: Life Without Siblings (Pt. I)
I went from living with a sibling for the first four years of my life to one day being split up to then seeing that sibling for one year for contact to then never seeing her again as a child.
Danielle Bolduc
3 January 2023
Living With Feelings That Are Too Big (Pt. II)
Everyone needs someone to express themselves and due to me having no one I always felt very lonely.
Danielle Bolduc
21 November 2022
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