‘I closed my eyes to connect with my mom and the first thing I saw was a sparrow.’


Jane Ratcliffe's work has appeared in The Sun Magazine, O. The Oprah Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, Narratively, and Longreads among others and has be... en selected as a Best American Essays Notable. Her work can be found at janeratcliffe.com
‘I closed my eyes to connect with my mom and the first thing I saw was a sparrow.’

Learning to release inherited trauma with love.
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