ALICE KIM, LCSW

We met three different times over a five months span. We came from diverse backgrounds and experiences but what brought us together was a shared commitment to engage stories of harm and trauma with wisdom, kindness and strength. The staff at The Allender Center was our teacher and guide. Then it came; the final hours. We were invited to one last meal. There were three or four stations, two people at each station. One held the cup of wine while the other held the loaf of

Pintrest boards, calligraphy font on canvas, gift shop worthy knickknacks attempt to inspire with a catchy phrase like, “Do what you love.” I can humbly say yes to that. Week after week, I step into the four walls of my office, sit across a face or two or sometimes more, and am invited to the sacred place of entering into their lives. I am invited as a guest to inquire, be curious (and as my family would say, be nosy) about what experiences has shaped them and how they have