Speaking Emotions

By Terra James

A short story based on a young girl's struggle with life. She's unable to communicate. Her mother discovers a way to allow her to express herself differently. She has a suppressed secret that's affecting her life.

Will she eventually be able to communicate or will this secret continue to destroy her?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terra James
• Release date: Jun 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310306570

Terra James

Terra James is thirty-five year old married, mother of two beautiful children. Terra is an advocate for autism. She loves to read, write, and blog/journal and has since she was ten years old. She lives in the beautiful mountains of TN where she loves to be, but would also love to live near a beach. She is an avid reader, blogger, cover designer, and loves to write.Her friends and family call her a workaholic, but she loves to stay busy doing what she enjoys.You can find her either spending time with her family, piled up in a chair with her dog-Charlie- reading, at her desk writing, watching movies, or living her life to the fullest.

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Journal entry#1: 12/26

          Mom seems to think I need to express myself, so she’s bought me this journal. It’s one of my Christmas presents, but just between us I’d rather have received Legos. I am to write my thoughts in it every day, per her instructions. How does a person write about something she can’t explain? My therapists are in agreement with her. They are under the misconception that writing down my thoughts will somehow begin to heal me, as if I am broken. I’m not broken I am autistic. Maybe there’s not much difference, because I feel like shattered glass most days. There’s only one problem with their idea. This is the only I way can express myself, by writing songs. Speaking Emotions is what I like to call it. It’s my personal name for songs or poetry, I assume.

Autism

When will the pain