Estrangement doesn’t end because a parent says “just get over it” or “family is everything.” It doesn’t end because they want a holiday photo or because they suddenly feel uncomfortable with the distance. Healing only begins when the people who caused harm become safe enough to come back to. And safety is not sentimental. It’s not performative. It’s not a “we love you and miss you” text. Safety is accountability. Safety is truth-telling. Safety is the end of secrecy, control, gossip, triangulati

Alexis Broz on Instagram: "One of the biggest challenges with beavers in human care is that, just like us, they don’t automatically know what’s healthy for them. In the wild, a beaver learns what to eat by following their parents, copying what they chew, what they leave behind, and what’s safe. But for an orphan like Bo, she doesn’t have that guidance. So she experiments...sometimes nibbling on the right foods, other times going straight for plants that could actually harm her, like milkweed. Th