A real story about premature twins, human connection, and why even people who don’t love physical touch still need what God and neuroscience designed us for: each other.
At a Harvard Graduate School of Education event, one simple human question shifted the entire energy in the room — revealing how rare genuine connection has become.
In the middle of a hard conversation, my whole nervous system went into protection mode. Instead of shutting down, reacting, or manipulating, I made a different choice, one that changed everything about how I show up in relationships.
For years, I carried blame for what my parents couldn’t give me. But healing began the moment I saw the child inside each of them — and realized the cycle could stop with me.