Yesterday I was asked to comment on the events of this week where a man was arrested for attacking and robbing people coming to his home to buy something he had listed on Craigslist. Things like this can make us paranoid don't they? We trust that people will be good, and generally they are, but of course there are those exceptions that can change our lives forever. That's what trauma is isn't it? Its something that happens to us that profoundly changes how we perceive ourselves, others, and our world. It set us up to live with terror, nightmares, anxiety, depression, and difficulty trusting others. The Craigslist thing we can at least attempt to protect ourselves from to some degree. We can bring someone with us when we go to buy something from a stranger (of have a stranger come to us) and we can make sure others know where we are. But for child, such precautions are not possible are they? All we can do is take ourselves where we are, and learn to benefit from our experiences in some way. This way we become not just survivors, but thrivers, going beyond what we may have even expected for ourselves.