Dawn McCoy Instagram – Today, this sweet face woke up from his nap crying – in fear, in panic, in pain. I held him. Close to me. Tightly. Breathing big deep breaths so he could feel them… And kissing away his tears… Telling him what I always tell him in moments like these… You are safe. You are loved. You are protected. You are cherished. Mommy is here. And our caregiver Nadalea and I tried to figure out what was the source. Belly pain? No. Teeth pain? No. A bad dream? Most likely. I knew what it was all along. It happens every year around this time. Tomorrow, it will have been 4 years to the day since the acute incident happened that hurt Waylon. I know I’ve been feeling it all day today and now I know it’s affecting him in his own way, too. Trauma has the cruelest and most acute of memories, enabling us to conjure up visceral visions of the past we wish we could forget. Trauma’s memory is like that of an elephant. In his book, Reginald On Besetting Sins (1910), ‘Saki’ (H H Munro) wrote: “Women and elephants never forget an injury.” Trust me. We never, never do. #JusticeForWaylon 📷: @deeperstillphotography