
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US" prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#">
<head>

<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
<link rel="pingback" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/xmlrpc.php">

<title>Healing from Hurricane Harvey Trauma - Vernetta R. Freeney</title>

<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v6.3 - https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ -->
<meta name="description" content="Healing from Hurricane Harvey trauma will take time, energy, effort, resources and determination. But the Houston area can and will get through this."/>
<link rel="canonical" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/" />
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Healing from Hurricane Harvey Trauma - Vernetta R. Freeney" />
<meta property="og:description" content="Healing from Hurricane Harvey trauma will take time, energy, effort, resources and determination. But the Houston area can and will get through this." />
<meta property="og:url" content="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Vernetta R. Freeney" />
<meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/vernetta.freeney" />
<meta property="article:section" content="Truth Confidant&#039;s Journal" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2017-08-28T16:19:51-06:00" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-09-18T08:28:33-06:00" />
<meta property="og:updated_time" content="2017-09-18T08:28:33-06:00" />
<script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebSite","@id":"#website","url":"http:\/\/vernettarfreeney.com\/","name":"Vernetta R. Freeney","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"http:\/\/vernettarfreeney.com\/?s={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}</script>
<script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Person","url":"http:\/\/vernettarfreeney.com\/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma\/","sameAs":[],"@id":"#person","name":"Vernetta R. Freeney"}</script>
<!-- / Yoast SEO plugin. -->

<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s0.wp.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s.gravatar.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//fonts.googleapis.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s.w.org' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Vernetta R. Freeney &raquo; Feed" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/feed/" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Vernetta R. Freeney &raquo; Comments Feed" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/comments/feed/" />
		<script type="text/javascript">
			window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.4\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.4\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"http:\/\/vernettarfreeney.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=4.9.3"}};
			!function(a,b,c){function d(a,b){var c=String.fromCharCode;l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,a),0,0);var d=k.toDataURL();l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,b),0,0);var e=k.toDataURL();return d===e}function e(a){var b;if(!l||!l.fillText)return!1;switch(l.textBaseline="top",l.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return!(b=d([55356,56826,55356,56819],[55356,56826,8203,55356,56819]))&&(b=d([55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447],[55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447]),!b);case"emoji":return b=d([55357,56692,8205,9792,65039],[55357,56692,8203,9792,65039]),!b}return!1}function f(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var g,h,i,j,k=b.createElement("canvas"),l=k.getContext&&k.getContext("2d");for(j=Array("flag","emoji"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},i=0;i<j.length;i++)c.supports[j[i]]=e(j[i]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[j[i]],"flag"!==j[i]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[j[i]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(h=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",h,!1),a.addEventListener("load",h,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",h),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),g=c.source||{},g.concatemoji?f(g.concatemoji):g.wpemoji&&g.twemoji&&(f(g.twemoji),f(g.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
img.wp-smiley,
img.emoji {
	display: inline !important;
	border: none !important;
	box-shadow: none !important;
	height: 1em !important;
	width: 1em !important;
	margin: 0 .07em !important;
	vertical-align: -0.1em !important;
	background: none !important;
	padding: 0 !important;
}
</style>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='decode-icomoon-css'  href='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/themes/decode/assets/icomoon.css?ver=3.0.7' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='decode-style-css'  href='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/themes/decode/style.css?ver=3.0.7' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='decode-font-stylesheet-css'  href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oxygen&#038;ver=4.9.3' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='social-logos-css'  href='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/social-logos/social-logos.min.css?ver=1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='jetpack_css-css'  href='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/css/jetpack.css?ver=5.8' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.12.4'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.4.1'></script>
<link rel='https://api.w.org/' href='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-json/' />
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> 
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 4.9.3" />
<link rel='shortlink' href='https://wp.me/p40TRb-1b8' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvernettarfreeney.com%2Fhealing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma%2F" />
<link rel="alternate" type="text/xml+oembed" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvernettarfreeney.com%2Fhealing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma%2F&#038;format=xml" />
<script type='text/javascript' data-cfasync='false'>var _mmunch = {'front': false, 'page': false, 'post': false, 'category': false, 'author': false, 'search': false, 'attachment': false, 'tag': false};_mmunch['post'] = true; _mmunch['postData'] = {"ID":4534,"post_name":"healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma","post_title":"Healing from Hurricane Harvey Trauma","post_type":"post","post_author":"2","post_status":"publish"}; _mmunch['postCategories'] = [{"term_id":29,"name":"Black Mental Health Awareness","slug":"black-mental-health-awareness","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Black Mental Health Awareness shares posts specifically related to depression, loneliness and stress that specifically affect black women. ","parent":0,"count":24,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":29,"category_count":24,"category_description":"Black Mental Health Awareness shares posts specifically related to depression, loneliness and stress that specifically affect black women. ","cat_name":"Black Mental Health Awareness","category_nicename":"black-mental-health-awareness","category_parent":0},{"term_id":16,"name":"Truth Confidant's Journal","slug":"truth-confidants-journal","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":16,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Take a peak inside the truth confidant's journal as I share my\u00a0truths and personal opinions about life, business or reflections. Also all blog posts from all categories can be found here. ","parent":0,"count":101,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":16,"category_count":101,"category_description":"Take a peak inside the truth confidant's journal as I share my\u00a0truths and personal opinions about life, business or reflections. Also all blog posts from all categories can be found here. ","cat_name":"Truth Confidant's Journal","category_nicename":"truth-confidants-journal","category_parent":0}]; _mmunch['postTags'] = false; _mmunch['postAuthor'] = {"name":"Vernetta R Freeney","ID":2};</script><script data-cfasync="false" src="//a.mailmunch.co/app/v1/site.js" id="mailmunch-script" data-plugin="mc_mm" data-mailmunch-site-id="204027" async></script><script type="text/javascript">
<!--
/******************************************************************************
***   COPY PROTECTED BY http://chetangole.com/blog/wp-copyprotect/   version 3.1.0 ****
******************************************************************************/
var message="Thank you for your interest. If you are interested in using any part of this, please email vernetta@vernettarfreeney.com for permission. ";
function clickIE4(){
if (event.button==2){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}

function clickNS4(e){
if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){
if (e.which==2||e.which==3){
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
}

if (document.layers){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown=clickNS4;
}
else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){
document.onmousedown=clickIE4;
}
document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false")
// --> 
</script>


<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//jetpack.wordpress.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s0.wp.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s1.wp.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s2.wp.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//public-api.wordpress.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//0.gravatar.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//1.gravatar.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//2.gravatar.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//widgets.wp.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//v0.wordpress.com'/>

		<!-- Decode Custom Colors CSS -->

		<style type="text/css">

			body, .sidebar, .sidebar-top, .menu ul ul, .header-style-ghost .site { background-color: #ffffff; }body, button, input, select, textarea, .site-title a, .menu a, .entry-title, .search-entry, .search-entry .entry-title, .entry-title a, .format-link .entry-title h2 a, .read-more, .author-name a, .explore-page .widget h1, .decode-reply-tool-plugin .replylink, .decode-reply-tool-plugin .replytrigger { color: #000000; }.page-link { border-color: #000000; }.menu ul > .menu-item-has-children > a::after, .menu ul > .page_item_has_children > a::after { border-top-color: #000000; }.footer-menu ul > .menu-item-has-children > a::after, .footer-menu ul > .page_item_has_children > a::after { border-bottom-color: #000000; }.menu-icon, .close-icon, .social-icon-fill { fill: #00f6ff; }a, .no-touch a:hover, button, input[type=button], input[type=reset], input[type=submit], .no-touch .site-title a:hover, .no-touch .menu a:hover, .menu ul li.open > a, .sidebar-menu a, .menu .current-menu-item > a, .menu .current_page_item > a, .no-touch .search-entry:hover, .no-touch .search-entry:hover .entry-title, .no-touch article .date a:hover, .no-touch .format-link .entry-title a:hover, .no-touch .comment-metadata a:hover, .no-touch .decode-reply-tool-plugin .replylink:hover { color: #00f6ff; }.no-touch button:hover, .no-touch input[type=button]:hover, .no-touch input[type=reset]:hover, .no-touch input[type=submit]:hover, .no-touch input[type=text]:focus, .touch input[type=text]:focus, .no-touch input[type=email]:focus, .touch input[type=email]:focus, .no-touch input[type=password]:focus, .touch input[type=password]:focus, .no-touch input[type=search]:focus, .touch input[type=search]:focus, .no-touch input[type=tel]:focus, .touch input[type=tel]:focus, .no-touch input[type=url]:focus, .touch input[type=url]:focus, .no-touch textarea:focus, .touch textarea:focus, .no-touch .site-description a:hover, .no-touch .entry-content a:hover, a .page-link, .no-touch .categories a:hover, .no-touch .tags a:hover, .no-touch .comments-link a:hover, .no-touch .edit-link a:hover, .no-touch .author-site a:hover, .no-touch .theme-info a:hover, .no-touch .site-colophon a:hover, .site-header, .menu ul ul, .menu a:focus, .site-breadcrumbs, .page-title, .post blockquote, .page blockquote, .entry-footer, .entry-header .entry-meta, .search .entry-footer, .sidebar-top, .sidebar-style-constant .sidebar.left, .sidebar-style-constant .sidebar.right, .explore-page .widget h1 { border-color: #00f6ff; }.no-touch .menu ul > .menu-item-has-children > a:hover::after, .no-touch .menu ul > .page_item_has_children > a:hover::after, .menu ul li.open > a::after, .sidebar-menu ul .menu-item-has-children > a::after, .sidebar-menu ul .page_item_has_children > a::after, .menu ul > .current_page_item.menu-item-has-children > a::after, .menu ul > .current_page_item.page_item_has_children > a::after { border-top-color: #00f6ff; }.no-touch .footer-menu ul > .menu-item-has-children > a:hover::after, .no-touch .footer-menu ul > .page_item_has_children > a:hover::after, .footer-menu ul > li.open > a::after, .footer-menu ul > .current_page_item.menu-item-has-children > a::after, .footer-menu ul > .current_page_item.page_item_has_children > a::after { border-bottom-color: #00f6ff; }.no-touch a:active, .no-touch button:focus, .touch button:focus, .no-touch button:active, .touch button:active, .no-touch input[type=button]:focus, .touch input[type=button]:focus, .no-touch input[type=button]:active, .touch input[type=button]:active, .no-touch input[type=reset]:focus, .touch input[type=reset]:focus, .no-touch input[type=reset]:active, .touch input[type=reset]:active, .no-touch input[type=submit]:focus, .touch input[type=submit]:focus, .no-touch input[type=submit]:active, .touch input[type=submit]:active, .no-touch .site-title a:active, .no-touch .menu a:active, .no-touch .sidebar-menu a:hover, .sidebar-menu ul li.open > a, .menu .current-menu-item > a:hover, .menu .current_page_item > a:hover, .sidebar-menu ul .current-menu-item > a, .sidebar-menu ul .current_page_item > a, .no-touch .sidebar-content a:hover, .no-touch .search-entry:active, .no-touch .search-entry:active .entry-title, .no-touch article .date a:active, .no-touch .format-link .entry-title a:active, .no-touch .comment-metadata a:active, .no-touch .site-description a:active, .decode-reply-tool-plugin .replylink:active, .no-touch .decode-reply-tool-plugin .replylink:active { color: #00f6ff; }.no-touch button:focus, .touch button:focus, .no-touch button:active, .touch button:active, .no-touch input[type=button]:focus, .touch input[type=button]:focus, .no-touch input[type=button]:active, .touch input[type=button]:active, .no-touch input[type=reset]:focus, .touch input[type=reset]:focus, .no-touch input[type=reset]:active, .touch input[type=reset]:active, .no-touch input[type=submit]:focus, .touch input[type=submit]:focus, .no-touch input[type=submit]:active, .touch input[type=submit]:active, .no-touch .site-description a:active, .no-touch .entry-content a:active, a .page-link:active .no-touch .categories a:active, .no-touch .tags a:active, .no-touch .comments-link a:active, .no-touch .edit-link a:active, .no-touch .author-site a:active, .no-touch .theme-info a:active, .no-touch .site-colophon a:active { border-color: #00f6ff; }.no-touch .menu ul > .menu-item-has-children > a:active::after, .no-touch .menu ul > .page_item_has_children > a:active::after, .no-touch .sidebar-menu ul .menu-item-has-children > a:hover::after, .no-touch .sidebar-menu ul .page_item_has_children > a:hover::after, .sidebar-menu ul li.open > a::after, .sidebar-menu ul .current_page_item.menu-item-has-children > a::after, .sidebar-menu ul .current_page_item.page_item_has_children > a::after { border-top-color: #00f6ff; }.no-touch .footer-menu ul > .menu-item-has-children > a:active::after, .no-touch .footer-menu ul > .page_item_has_children > a:active::after { border-bottom-color: #00f6ff; }.no-touch input[type=text]:hover, .no-touch input[type=email]:hover, .no-touch input[type=password]:hover, .no-touch input[type=search]:hover, .no-touch input[type=tel]:hover, .no-touch input[type=url]:hover, .no-touch textarea:hover, article .tags, article .categories, article .date, article .date a, .comment-metadata a, .search .page-header input[type=search] { color: #000000; }.no-touch input[type=text]:hover, .no-touch input[type=email]:hover, .no-touch input[type=password]:hover, .no-touch input[type=search]:hover, .no-touch input[type=tel]:hover, .no-touch input[type=url]:hover, .no-touch textarea:hover, .no-touch .search .page-header input[type=search]:hover { border-color: #000000; }.no-touch input[type=text]:focus, .touch input[type=text]:focus, .no-touch input[type=email]:focus, .touch input[type=email]:focus, .no-touch input[type=password]:focus, .touch input[type=password]:focus, .no-touch input[type=search]:focus, .touch input[type=search]:focus, .no-touch input[type=tel]:focus, .touch input[type=tel]:focus, .no-touch input[type=url]:focus, .touch input[type=url]:focus, .no-touch textarea:focus, .touch textarea:focus { color: #000000; }.no-touch input[type=text]:focus, .touch input[type=text]:focus, .no-touch input[type=email]:focus, .touch input[type=email]:focus, .no-touch input[type=password]:focus, .touch input[type=password]:focus, .no-touch input[type=search]:focus, .touch input[type=search]:focus, .no-touch input[type=tel]:focus, .touch input[type=tel]:focus, .no-touch input[type=url]:focus, .touch input[type=url]:focus, .no-touch textarea:focus, .touch textarea:focus, .no-touch .search .page-header input[type=search]:focus, .touch .search .page-header input[type=search]:focus { border-color: #00f6ff; }
			@media (min-width: 68.5em) {

				.site-main {
					max-width: none;
				}

			.site-main { width: 50%; }
			}

		</style>

		<style type="text/css">.broken_link, a.broken_link {
	text-decoration: line-through;
}</style><style type="text/css" id="custom-background-css">
body.custom-background { background-color: #ffffff; }
</style>
<link rel="icon" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cropped-Vernettanewheadshot-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" />
<link rel="icon" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cropped-Vernettanewheadshot-192x192.png" sizes="192x192" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cropped-Vernettanewheadshot-180x180.png" />
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cropped-Vernettanewheadshot-270x270.png" />
</head>

<body class="post-template-default single single-post postid-4534 single-format-image custom-background sidebar-style-closing sidebar-style-left">
	
<div id="page" class="hfeed site">
	
	<a class="skip-link screen-reader-text" href="#content">Skip to content</a>
	
				
				<button id="sidebar-link" class="sidebar-link SidebarLink left" title="Show sidebar">
				<svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 240 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g class="menu-icon" fill-rule="evenodd">
						<path d="M0,160 L0,200 L240,200 L240,160 L0,160 Z M0,160"></path>
						<path d="M0,80 L0,120 L240,120 L240,80 L0,80 Z M0,80"></path>
						<path d="M0,0 L0,40 L240,40 L240,0 L0,0 Z M0,0"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</button>
					<header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner" style="background-position: center center; background-attachment: fixed; -webkit-background-size: cover; -moz-background-size: cover; -ms-background-size: cover; background-size: cover;">
		
				
		<div class="site-branding">
				
											
						
				<h1 class="site-title">
				<a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/" title="Vernetta R. Freeney" rel="home">Vernetta R. Freeney</a>
				</h1>
						
											<h2 class="site-description">Teaching stressed individuals to define their peace using journaling.</h2>
										
		</div><!-- .site-branding -->
		
		
<div class="contact-links">
	<div class="contact-links-container">
							<a class="contact-link TwitterLink" href="https://twitter.com/VRFreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.772,0 0,44.772 0,100 C0,155.228 44.772,200 100,200 C155.228,200 200,155.228 200,100 C200,44.772 155.228,0 100,0 Z M131.085844,49.1820697 C135.882815,50.1099098 141.754127,52.7769806 144.349825,55.2862809 L146.460943,57.2809493 L150.570486,56.2253903 C152.865669,55.6318732 156.377938,54.4335696 158.436466,53.5245117 C160.494994,52.6154537 162.373213,51.9430514 162.546009,52.1158475 C163.263489,52.8333271 159.112625,58.6745877 155.502689,61.9764964 L151.629801,65.5000349 L155.033134,65.0304802 C156.937648,64.7787989 160.247069,63.9786777 162.31311,63.268711 C164.551947,62.4986412 166.069548,62.2619857 166.069548,62.6827067 C166.069548,63.0696198 163.34613,66.0296927 160.081786,69.2564726 L154.21423,75.1240283 L153.744676,81.8142438 C152.294691,102.455869 144.781815,119.371108 130.852945,133.465262 C119.910442,144.53924 107.288811,151.270776 92.2330088,154.125669 C85.3925358,155.425396 72.9775093,155.85363 67.1099537,155.064778 C59.920132,154.099374 50.9873232,151.402252 43.6322182,147.905008 L37.0584523,144.734575 L43.9853234,144.26502 C52.2419734,143.746632 57.9404893,142.375532 64.529281,139.336574 C69.3976242,137.090224 75.832402,133.149721 75.3290393,132.646358 C75.1787818,132.496101 73.2855372,131.988982 71.1030469,131.590799 C63.2896566,130.159597 56.0021675,124.953174 52.3208586,117.973713 L50.5590893,114.57038 L55.9608467,114.217275 C61.3776298,113.879196 63.3309774,113.270653 61.0094989,112.571955 C53.9924733,110.46835 46.9341269,104.642115 43.7524242,98.3688646 C42.471479,95.840782 40.5819908,89.0153348 40.5819908,86.8666524 C40.5819908,86.7389335 41.2318546,87.0469614 41.990655,87.4526567 C43.4594221,88.2377522 52.1856268,90.1685611 52.5575141,89.8004302 C52.6777201,89.6802242 51.0436698,87.8658648 49.0339756,85.8110934 C47.0280379,83.756322 44.5675712,80.322938 43.5157687,78.1817685 C41.7878073,74.6544736 41.6413063,73.6402354 41.6375498,67.2655607 C41.6337934,61.852534 41.9230391,59.4709525 42.9297644,56.9353571 L44.221979,53.6484741 L46.9228576,56.6987015 C59.2477296,70.5186357 77.2523354,79.5265732 96.9285559,81.7015506 L100.684994,82.0546558 L100.452094,76.7731044 C100.189144,70.3383267 101.402473,65.7442034 104.678087,60.8082443 C109.681662,53.2578046 118.787267,48.5134238 127.445856,48.712515 C128.681724,48.7425665 129.880027,48.9491706 131.085844,49.1820697 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
		
		
					<a class="contact-link FacebookLink" href="https://facebook.com/vernetta.freeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C155.2286,0 200,43.710622 200,97.6306793 C200,148.238532 160.560101,189.852716 110.051993,194.774255 L110.051993,158.959922 L110.051993,122.527905 L124.471404,122.397324 L138.890815,122.266743 L139.306759,112.603771 C139.588936,107.28151 139.836506,101.324314 139.861352,99.4151196 L140,96.0200212 L125.025997,96.0200212 L110.051993,96.0200212 L110.190641,83.7454348 C110.322191,71.8949744 110.326406,71.3586533 111.299827,69.6427184 C113.362468,66.0067247 116.171813,65.3456729 129.740035,65.3335551 L139.445407,65.3335551 L139.722704,53.1895493 C139.898177,46.5698387 139.96983,41.1477099 139.861352,41.0455435 C139.358669,40.5721101 130.494503,40.0219997 122.807626,40.0008979 C113.439445,39.9751996 108.802828,40.4950153 103.258232,42.3513506 C92.4161664,45.9812853 85.2503847,53.0437168 81.7677643,63.5054252 C80.9145789,66.0681499 80.8160832,67.5452788 80.6585789,81.1338206 L80.5199307,96.0200212 L70.2599653,96.0200212 L60,96.0200212 L60,109.208673 L60,122.527905 L70.3986135,122.527905 L80.6585789,122.527905 L80.3812825,158.56818 C80.2399717,174.801548 80.213175,188.737218 80.3034396,193.368062 C34.5074589,184.437036 0,144.968308 0,97.6306793 C0,43.710622 44.7714,0 100,0 Z M100,0" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
		
					<a class="contact-link GooglePlusLink" href="https://plus.google.com/+VernettaFreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.7714,0 0,44.7714 0,100 C0,155.2286 44.7714,200 100,200 C155.2286,200 200,155.2286 200,100 C200,44.7714 155.2286,0 100,0 L100,0 L100,0 Z M173.163613,87.3180651 L173.163613,87.2198751 L153.89495,87.2198751 L153.89495,67.5861017 L142.615733,67.5861017 L142.615733,87.2198751 L123.22582,87.2198751 L123.22582,98.1767526 L123.347071,98.1767526 L123.347071,98.5934728 L142.615733,98.5934728 L142.615733,117.855628 L153.89495,117.855628 L153.89495,98.5934728 L173.63358,98.5934728 L173.63358,87.3180651 L173.163613,87.3180651 Z M95.9225951,130.283006 C98.9548245,133.750194 100.472819,137.817797 100.472819,142.482997 C100.472819,148.223589 98.2555131,152.918387 93.8227808,156.56833 C89.2734967,160.27653 82.6817343,162.189591 74.0484337,162.310332 C64.4235019,162.190061 56.8401084,160.036928 51.2987231,155.850933 C45.4645481,151.663058 42.5493405,146.340126 42.5493405,139.881667 C42.5493405,136.591597 43.219514,133.781201 44.5612708,131.448601 C45.7286698,129.235333 47.1569006,127.380528 48.8492531,125.886537 C50.5989416,124.451741 52.3190222,123.344402 54.0113747,122.567808 C55.7023173,121.849001 57.0144662,121.31154 57.9487614,120.952136 C61.9143461,119.755534 65.7929868,118.889207 69.5856235,118.351276 C73.4355962,117.992812 75.8272602,117.872071 76.7610853,117.992812 C78.335946,117.992812 79.7059009,118.051068 80.8728299,118.171809 C87.698636,122.95587 92.7141278,126.991997 95.9225951,130.283006 Z M89.9760979,76.1760831 C89.5333886,78.6336522 88.5365878,81.0296763 86.9861655,83.3655649 C83.7706487,86.6622123 79.7519577,88.4000345 74.9296225,88.5790316 C71.1120775,88.5790316 67.7189131,87.4124967 64.7505992,85.074259 C61.7818153,82.7383704 59.3581935,79.8922696 57.4816138,76.5364264 C53.6025031,69.3469445 51.6643577,62.4247838 51.6643577,55.7737027 C51.544516,50.742052 52.8726438,46.1881968 55.6478011,42.1126067 C58.9375727,38.2183628 63.0667061,36.2108704 68.0314414,36.0905994 C71.7846008,36.2108704 75.1039804,37.3200886 77.9914599,39.4163748 C80.8206635,41.6334019 83.1004752,44.5095705 84.832775,48.0444108 C88.5276585,55.4152387 90.3751002,62.7249916 90.3751002,69.9750787 C90.3751002,71.653705 90.2411595,73.7208631 89.9760979,76.1760831 Z M79.3698742,30 C74.5075918,30 69.2980035,30.5689383 63.7411093,31.7035262 C58.1264091,33.01993 52.7147348,35.8303254 47.5065563,40.1337727 C39.9236328,47.4895667 36.131936,55.6792712 36.131936,64.7080539 C36.131936,72.1822398 38.8074603,78.7285535 44.1594487,84.3484046 C49.2722238,90.3877949 56.7061677,93.4669208 66.4579906,93.5857824 C68.3007327,93.5857824 70.2623765,93.4669208 72.344332,93.2273184 C71.9998459,94.1885469 71.6266918,95.2395089 71.2248697,96.3820835 C70.7652416,97.4640528 70.5363675,98.8180414 70.5363675,100.440291 C70.5363675,103.146388 71.1383957,105.462075 72.344332,107.385002 C73.3773203,109.369474 74.5545885,111.233675 75.8756668,112.977135 C71.6013136,113.096936 66.2300565,113.632518 59.7628354,114.588578 C53.2335787,115.722227 47.0004015,117.989993 41.0661235,121.392817 C35.7827503,124.554159 32.1325137,128.225244 30.1163536,132.403722 C28.0390979,136.581731 27,140.371207 27,143.774031 C27,150.756797 30.1948382,156.754845 36.5812248,161.769112 C42.9093355,167.139965 52.4905603,169.885527 65.3225495,170.006267 C80.6510053,169.766665 92.3809209,166.089003 100.510417,158.973281 C108.349002,152.096222 112.26853,144.202967 112.26853,135.293985 C112.157148,129.014993 110.728447,123.932133 107.984778,120.044936 C105.07333,116.217875 101.686275,112.721559 97.8236131,109.55082 L91.6092345,104.438362 C90.7125368,103.541498 89.7885809,102.495704 88.8373669,101.298631 C87.7174347,100.042833 87.1577036,98.4591076 87.1577036,96.5451071 C87.1577036,94.5719108 87.7038056,92.837847 88.7955399,91.3424461 C89.7227855,89.9071806 90.7322754,88.6227238 91.8240096,87.4857868 C93.733957,85.8123284 95.5353419,84.1670585 97.2272245,82.5523262 C98.7550884,80.937124 100.201648,79.1744019 101.566903,77.2594619 C104.35099,73.3130692 105.797549,68.0516821 105.906582,61.4734213 C105.906582,57.8850228 105.50288,54.7457614 104.698296,52.0546974 C103.719824,49.3641033 102.598482,47.0324429 101.333799,45.0592466 C100.010371,42.966249 98.6573352,41.2021175 97.277511,39.7663823 C95.8394108,38.3917222 94.5451207,37.3445187 93.3946406,36.6271209 L104.691716,36.6271209 L116.008061,30 L79.3698742,30 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
								
				
				
				
					<a class="contact-link LinkedInLink" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrfreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M82.3806444,80.7221807 L82.3806444,159.65156 L106.90504,159.65156 L106.90504,120.605335 C106.90504,110.310265 108.852259,100.338328 121.617533,100.338328 C134.189081,100.338328 134.369024,112.111232 134.369024,121.269978 L134.369024,159.65156 L158.87198,159.65156 L158.87198,116.357901 C158.87198,95.0977583 154.286864,78.7542871 129.463839,78.7542871 C117.529368,78.7542871 109.525325,85.2988733 106.249586,91.5027153 L105.914967,91.5027153 L105.914967,80.7221807 Z M100,0 C155.228474,-2.27373675e-14 200,44.771526 200,100 C200,155.228474 155.228474,200 100,200 C44.771526,200 -7.5791226e-15,155.228474 0,100 C0,44.771526 44.771526,1.51545443e-14 100,0 Z M54.7252307,41.4822291 C46.8620791,41.4822291 40.5058594,47.8568261 40.5058594,55.7023661 C40.5058594,63.556329 46.8620791,69.930926 54.7252307,69.930926 C62.5677078,69.930926 68.9423048,63.556329 68.9423048,55.7023661 C68.9423048,47.8568261 62.5677078,41.4822291 54.7252307,41.4822291 Z M42.4530786,80.7221807 L42.4530786,159.65156 L66.9950856,159.65156 L66.9950856,80.7221807 Z M42.4530786,80.7221807" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
								
					<a class="contact-link PinterestLink" href="http://pinterest.com/VRFreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C155.228474,-2.27373675e-14 200,44.771526 200,100 C200,155.228474 155.228474,200 100,200 C44.771526,200 -7.5791226e-15,155.228474 0,100 C0,44.771526 44.771526,1.51545443e-14 100,0 Z M103.549742,24.2536772 C62.2072785,24.2536772 41.3620871,53.8954253 41.3620871,78.6121841 C41.3620871,93.5785078 47.0283376,106.893182 59.181348,111.855862 C61.1731854,112.669607 62.9591705,111.883889 63.5371029,109.677502 C63.9391429,108.150523 64.890122,104.297318 65.3143901,102.69399 C65.8971547,100.511764 65.6710073,99.7463418 64.0638139,97.8443835 C60.5594946,93.7109103 58.3192816,88.35972 58.3192816,80.7799139 C58.3192816,58.7894885 74.7729597,39.1040277 101.161664,39.1040277 C124.529269,39.1040277 137.367487,53.3822445 137.367487,72.4511152 C137.367487,97.5409207 126.264033,118.715669 109.780395,118.715669 C100.67651,118.715669 93.8621257,111.187084 96.0472515,101.954662 C98.662444,90.9304562 103.728534,79.0345194 103.728534,71.0768344 C103.728534,63.955122 99.9052887,58.0134355 91.9930265,58.0134355 C82.6871548,58.0134355 75.2117245,67.6411325 75.2117245,80.5363705 C75.2117245,88.7501626 77.9873464,94.3062387 77.9873464,94.3062387 C77.9873464,94.3062387 68.4640252,134.656166 66.7949795,141.721825 C63.469452,155.795156 66.2943625,173.047115 66.5340401,174.789611 C66.6741742,175.821771 68.0010994,176.067247 68.60126,175.287328 C69.4594606,174.166256 80.543586,160.483367 84.3117441,146.812076 C85.3777298,142.940509 90.4322224,122.893598 90.4322224,122.893598 C93.45622,128.659393 102.291434,133.739013 111.688152,133.739013 C139.660854,133.739013 158.637913,108.238469 158.637913,74.1037314 C158.637913,48.2919936 136.776024,24.2536772 103.549742,24.2536772 Z M103.549742,24.2536772" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
				
					<a class="contact-link InstagramLink" href="http://instagram.com/vrfreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.7714,0 0,44.7714 0,100 C0,155.2286 44.7714,200 100,200 C155.2286,200 200,155.2286 200,100 C200,44.7714 155.2286,0 100,0 Z M150.003136,165 L49.9968638,165 C41.7151679,165 35,158.282476 35,149.994964 L35,49.9969963 C35,41.7140787 41.7151679,35 49.9968638,35 L150.003136,35 C158.285981,35 165,41.7140787 165,49.9969963 L165,149.994964 C165,158.282476 158.285981,165 150.003136,165 Z M155,88 L142.438773,88 C143.354031,91.5742396 143.894519,95.3087878 143.894519,99.1703003 C143.894519,123.842429 124.018868,143.837394 99.4993626,143.837394 C74.9811316,143.837394 55.1042066,123.842429 55.1042066,99.1703003 C55.1042066,95.3087878 55.6472432,91.5742396 56.5625022,88 L44,88 L44,149.421262 C44,152.500469 46.485731,155 49.5552901,155 L149.44471,155 C152.514269,155 155,152.500469 155,149.421262 L155,88 Z M156,48.9990813 C156,46.239423 153.760577,44 150.995177,44 L135.999081,44 C133.237126,44 131,46.239423 131,48.9990813 L131,64.0009187 C131,66.760577 133.237126,69 135.999081,69 L150.995177,69 C153.760577,69 156,66.760577 156,64.0009187 L156,48.9990813 Z M100.498369,65 C80.8917497,65 65,80.890484 65,100.497554 C65,120.101362 80.8917497,136 100.498369,136 C120.104989,136 136,120.101362 136,100.497554 C136,80.890484 120.104989,65 100.498369,65 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
		
				
				
					<a class="contact-link iTunesLink" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-toast-to-truths/id1087057592" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.771526,0 0,44.771526 0,100 C0,155.228484 44.771526,200 100,200 C155.228474,200 200,155.228484 200,100 C200,44.771526 155.228474,0 100,0 L100,0 L100,0 Z M149,49 C148.668441,61.5550901 148.460879,86.4761451 148,104 L148,137 L147,139 C143.518359,144.25531 136.882449,149.249408 131,151 C127.118503,151.394631 119.660938,150.856832 116,150 C111.727474,147.686235 107.360918,143.224358 106,139 C105.649392,137.688869 105.506363,135.48484 106,133 C105.945624,128.281332 107.530167,125.11911 112,121 C118.01357,114.711914 123.97545,113.215118 136,115 L138,115 L138,90 L138,65 L137,65 C134.506093,64.7474554 118.179227,67.111509 108,69 C100.638618,70.2215058 89.6194811,72.6314459 81,75 L77,76 L76,107 C76.0101464,141.644043 75.5639761,152.168046 74,155 C73.3364657,157.108322 67.6672516,162.744669 65,164 C63.4753272,164.98039 61.1612794,165.871823 60,166 C56.4363802,167.16669 49.7772783,167.264166 46,166 C38.9416117,164.444789 33.7902199,158.413752 33,151 C32.8626364,147.960317 32.90928,147.368897 34,144 C37.222562,137.668539 44.1870761,131.913186 51,131 C53.8297703,129.932611 61.7150482,130.15965 65,131 L66,131 L66,88 C66.1456948,57.2466992 66.2844036,43.4063874 67,42 C67.2077808,40.6193086 66.4679619,40.9769126 78,37 C89.6126056,33.9635683 101.876124,30.3497105 112,28 C119.878756,27.1237702 134.41096,26.2067087 142,26 L149,26 L149,49 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
					<a class="contact-link YouTubeLink" href="http://www.youtube.com/c/VernettaFreeney%20" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.771524,1.5158245e-14 0,44.771524 0,100 C-1.5158245e-14,155.228476 44.771524,200 100,200 C155.228476,200 200,155.228476 200,100 C200,44.771524 155.228476,-2.2737368e-14 100,0 L100,0 L100,0 Z M64.087495,29.3759643 C64.6671855,29.3754756 65.3010639,29.3978516 65.916503,29.4484003 L68.9044863,29.6958898 L71.5544351,39.1729278 C73.0122561,44.3845135 74.406065,48.4466351 74.6510724,48.2032774 C74.8960701,47.9599273 76.1385883,43.6944673 77.4157115,38.7262394 L79.7396985,29.6958898 L83.4158234,29.460473 C86.1576327,29.2845405 87.0919484,29.5003378 87.0919484,30.3055591 C87.0919484,30.89942 85.1777248,37.6692944 82.8363358,45.3541296 L78.5746868,59.3282334 L78.5746868,70.2479542 L78.5746868,81.1676751 L74.789908,81.1676751 L71.0051291,81.1676751 L70.6791673,69.3666501 L70.3532055,57.5595887 L65.6871225,43.7484659 C62.356745,33.8893485 61.2990274,29.8307579 61.9808159,29.5691269 C62.3091227,29.4431463 63.1213461,29.3767795 64.087495,29.3759643 L64.087495,29.3759643 L64.087495,29.3759643 Z M114.182997,42.4687639 L117.665959,42.4687639 L121.148922,42.4687639 L121.148922,58.7185641 L121.148922,74.9744006 L122.965857,74.9744006 C126.957165,74.9744006 127.342196,73.4186558 127.342196,57.3060629 L127.342196,42.4687639 L130.825159,42.4687639 L134.308121,42.4687639 L134.308121,61.8152013 L134.308121,81.1676751 L130.825159,81.1676751 C127.85811,81.1676751 127.342196,80.9410606 127.342196,79.6223746 C127.342196,77.6629529 127.219517,77.6751048 123.780762,80.0086997 C120.336256,82.3462043 117.800694,82.4674215 115.728298,80.3950248 C114.268106,78.9348337 114.182997,77.8135193 114.182997,60.656226 L114.182997,42.4687639 L114.182997,42.4687639 Z M97.9754512,42.4748003 C99.9359275,42.480033 101.929332,42.9111255 103.408148,43.7846839 C107.347619,46.1117866 107.992935,48.7192126 107.989723,62.3222531 C107.987405,73.1235923 107.804963,74.887149 106.474604,77.0690071 C103.565972,81.8393264 97.4558227,83.2963709 92.6574446,80.3708795 C88.5936907,77.8932703 87.8645986,75.0767342 87.8645986,61.8031287 C87.8645986,49.1445991 88.3641266,47.1062203 92.2107561,44.080464 C93.5713932,43.0101851 95.7535776,42.4688702 97.9754512,42.4748003 L97.9754512,42.4748003 L97.9754512,42.4748003 Z M97.9271606,48.6680748 C97.4965761,48.6680748 97.0683753,48.8221567 96.5750227,49.1328722 C95.4099704,49.8666214 95.1849109,51.4917192 94.9935042,60.7407346 C94.7182959,74.0388931 94.9135407,74.9744006 97.9271606,74.9744006 C99.6609664,74.9744006 100.323748,74.5530222 100.649545,73.2359376 C100.886479,72.2780966 100.983218,66.6549781 100.860817,60.7407346 C100.66941,51.4917192 100.444351,49.8666214 99.2792985,49.1328722 C98.7859459,48.8221567 98.357745,48.6680748 97.9271606,48.6680748 L97.9271606,48.6680748 L97.9271606,48.6680748 Z M97.7098527,90.0169347 C118.932022,89.9681148 142.48865,90.8679066 146.688634,92.1598319 C150.495694,93.3309069 153.468667,95.5853631 154.93426,98.419506 C159.079705,106.435905 160.100745,140.397381 156.708941,157.454813 C155.845267,161.798272 152.528639,166.425616 148.958294,168.271916 C145.391881,170.11618 105.875468,171.941137 85.932973,171.181427 C69.5362245,170.556791 54.2104406,169.269832 51.9665445,168.332279 C48.2754012,166.790019 44.7075768,162.057706 43.7692085,157.454813 C42.4622339,151.043886 41.3327796,131.609939 41.8315466,124.128235 C43.2747703,102.479219 44.4587969,97.6767419 49.1717238,94.320838 C52.8606554,91.6940938 55.1106438,91.3914042 78.0736715,90.4032599 C83.8257704,90.1557375 90.6357956,90.0332087 97.7098527,90.0169347 L97.7098527,90.0169347 L97.7098527,90.0169347 Z M49.9383377,102.838099 L49.9383377,106.707387 L49.9383377,110.582711 L54.1939503,110.582711 L58.4555992,110.582711 L58.4555992,133.025785 L58.4555992,155.474896 L62.7112118,155.474896 L66.9668244,155.474896 L66.9668244,133.025785 L66.9668244,110.582711 L71.222437,110.582711 L75.4840859,110.582711 L75.4840859,106.707387 L75.4840859,102.838099 L62.7112118,102.838099 L49.9383377,102.838099 L49.9383377,102.838099 Z M102.569098,102.838099 L102.569098,129.156498 L102.569098,155.474896 L106.052061,155.474896 C109.001346,155.474896 109.535023,155.238744 109.535023,153.947705 C109.535023,152.501671 109.682275,152.52095 112.353989,154.33403 C115.897251,156.738556 118.154558,156.753549 120.913505,154.382321 L123.080547,152.511058 L123.297855,136.774346 C123.497983,122.134848 123.406982,120.85377 121.95779,118.514448 C119.997113,115.349468 115.882499,114.849077 112.112536,117.319255 L110.31371,118.496339 L110.31371,110.667219 L110.31371,102.838099 L106.444422,102.838099 L102.569098,102.838099 L102.569098,102.838099 Z M139.378638,115.840354 C137.143326,115.836951 134.972336,116.342372 133.613943,117.337364 C129.596398,120.280116 128.893533,123.034464 128.893533,135.736098 C128.893533,148.906921 129.607105,151.388826 134.308121,154.557374 C138.061774,157.087398 143.469875,156.624751 146.742961,153.488944 C149.242241,151.094481 150.869378,146.850945 150.443231,143.830816 C150.207124,142.157501 149.731659,141.901609 146.495471,141.693955 L142.819346,141.458538 L142.819346,144.500849 C142.819346,147.925486 141.445039,149.526347 138.829332,149.148823 C136.814197,148.857987 136.046457,146.790209 135.931894,141.37403 L135.853421,137.728086 L143.012509,137.504742 L150.171596,137.281398 L150.135378,130.315473 C150.094588,122.250195 148.854465,119.078892 144.938098,117.053656 C143.375637,116.245677 141.350973,115.843358 139.378638,115.840354 L139.378638,115.840354 L139.378638,115.840354 Z M89.4159354,115.91279 L89.4159354,131.051906 C89.4159354,145.306022 89.3189832,146.275899 87.816308,147.778576 C86.9387164,148.656167 85.6316433,149.262839 84.9128333,149.124677 C83.7431277,148.89985 83.5846765,147.145862 83.3977145,132.434225 L83.1924792,115.997299 L79.7698802,115.997299 C77.8877892,115.997299 76.1162046,116.374 75.8341931,116.830312 C75.5521815,117.286616 75.5756875,125.690103 75.88852,135.506717 C76.3966361,151.451481 76.6126015,153.506775 77.9046542,154.798827 C79.5485893,156.44277 81.7760665,156.648757 84.2428006,155.378315 C85.1726524,154.899409 86.7135931,153.793957 87.671436,152.921529 L89.4159354,151.333974 L89.4159354,153.404435 C89.4159354,155.341705 89.6391038,155.474896 92.8988977,155.474896 L96.3818601,155.474896 L96.544841,139.99171 C96.6348973,131.477566 96.7216331,122.681036 96.7380036,120.446074 L96.7681852,116.383624 L93.0920603,116.148207 L89.4159354,115.91279 L89.4159354,115.91279 Z M139.891726,122.263009 C140.409336,122.244369 140.800504,122.59833 141.606044,123.403876 C142.345574,124.143406 142.819346,125.967713 142.819346,128.05185 L142.819346,131.480485 L139.771,131.480485 C138.093296,131.480485 136.494391,131.118987 136.221638,130.677653 C135.318116,129.21572 136.716688,123.742594 138.195517,122.951151 C139.009109,122.515731 139.489141,122.277508 139.891726,122.263009 L139.891726,122.263009 L139.891726,122.263009 Z M113.35602,122.456172 C113.848071,122.467043 114.279594,122.727826 114.816812,123.26504 C115.766362,124.214598 116.117462,126.65264 116.356076,133.985562 C116.730203,145.482808 116.058325,148.796193 113.295657,149.124677 C112.219554,149.25262 111.009284,148.905679 110.603453,148.352027 C110.17989,147.774164 109.987528,142.312945 110.156765,135.530862 C110.42897,124.622239 110.575043,123.6531 112.021991,122.878715 C112.554867,122.593528 112.973315,122.447715 113.35602,122.456172 L113.35602,122.456172 L113.35602,122.456172 Z M113.35602,122.456172" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
					<a class="contact-link WordPressLink" href="http://houstonafricanamericanbloggers.com/" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M149.868313,160.544386 L113.76602,53.159318 C119.780129,52.8430335 125.199295,52.2104644 125.199295,52.2104644 C130.582011,51.5731922 129.94709,43.6625514 124.562022,43.9776602 C124.562022,43.9776602 108.380952,45.2475015 97.9353322,45.2475015 C88.1199295,45.2475015 71.6261023,43.9776602 71.6261023,43.9776602 C66.2386831,43.6625514 65.6072898,51.8918283 70.9923574,52.2104644 C70.9923574,52.2104644 76.0881834,52.8430335 81.4708995,53.159318 L97.0335097,95.8036449 L75.1687243,161.368607 L38.792475,53.159318 C44.8112875,52.8430335 50.2245738,52.2104644 50.2245738,52.2104644 C55.6037625,51.5731922 54.9688419,43.6625514 49.5861258,43.9776602 C49.5861258,43.9776602 33.4085832,45.2475015 22.9617872,45.2475015 C21.0875955,45.2475015 18.8783069,45.2016461 16.5326279,45.1263962 C34.3950617,18.0082305 65.0970018,0.0999412111 99.9988242,0.0999412111 C126.004703,0.0999412111 149.684891,10.0435038 167.45679,26.3280423 C167.026455,26.3021752 166.606702,26.2480894 166.163433,26.2480894 C156.350382,26.2480894 149.387419,34.7960024 149.387419,43.9776602 C149.387419,52.2104644 154.137566,59.175779 159.20047,67.4074074 C162.999412,74.0611405 167.436802,82.6078777 167.436802,94.9582598 C167.436802,103.507349 164.148148,113.429747 159.835391,127.252205 L149.868313,160.544386 Z M56.4056437,189.90241 C23.0781893,173.711934 0.102292769,139.537919 0.102292769,99.9964727 C0.102292769,85.5132275 3.20870076,71.7648442 8.75249853,59.3415638 L56.4056437,189.90241 Z M99.9988242,199.901235 C90.1928277,199.901235 80.728983,198.463257 71.776602,195.830688 L101.753086,108.734862 L132.457378,192.86067 C132.659612,193.354497 132.907701,193.809524 133.172252,194.237507 C122.788948,197.893004 111.631981,199.901235 99.9988242,199.901235 Z M187.659024,52.0717225 C195.45679,66.2998236 199.89418,82.627866 199.89418,99.9964727 C199.89418,136.851264 179.921223,169.027631 150.222222,186.343327 L180.733686,98.1246326 C186.432687,83.8730159 188.330394,72.4773663 188.330394,62.3445032 C188.330394,58.6666667 188.088183,55.2533804 187.659024,52.0717225 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
					
				
				
					<a class="contact-link SkypeLink" href="skype:Vernetta R. Freeney?userinfo" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.7714,0 0,44.7714 0,100 C0,155.2286 44.7714,200 100,200 C155.2286,200 200,155.2286 200,100 C200,44.7714 155.2286,0 100,0 L100,0 L100,0 Z M164.926099,114.836301 C167.45958,119.935497 168.890707,125.679343 168.890707,131.759126 C168.890707,152.807004 151.826776,169.864489 130.778897,169.864489 C124.261468,169.864489 118.13083,168.226358 112.767327,165.344764 C108.867185,166.066774 104.844558,166.447119 100.73168,166.447119 C64.4377874,166.447119 35.0158825,137.025214 35.0158825,100.731322 C35.0158825,96.2058664 35.4800318,91.7900021 36.3503116,87.5159611 C33.0239087,81.8623655 31.1092931,75.2804713 31.1092931,68.2408745 C31.1092931,47.1994421 48.1732243,30.1355108 69.2211032,30.1355108 C76.6732772,30.1355108 83.6226228,32.2822011 89.4954001,35.982502 C93.1441289,35.3507433 96.9024484,35.0219709 100.73168,35.0219709 C137.025572,35.0219709 166.447477,64.4438758 166.447477,100.731322 C166.447477,105.57194 165.918862,110.291507 164.926099,114.836301 Z M80.4996434,57.3491254 C74.9742618,59.3926714 70.6830301,62.3716786 67.7441345,66.2044913 C64.7837505,70.0645226 63.2824283,74.5384056 63.2824283,79.5029402 C63.2824283,84.7110098 64.7128388,89.1419161 67.5349808,92.6724587 C70.3134298,96.1507129 74.111861,98.9298781 78.8235489,100.934745 C83.4320924,102.89377 89.2260789,104.627883 96.0457779,106.088377 C101.060452,107.138443 105.115311,108.142668 108.102914,109.073831 C110.967317,109.967032 113.326026,111.267796 115.11386,112.940309 C116.822187,114.539762 117.651639,116.57901 117.651639,119.173375 C117.651639,122.456801 116.061498,125.138552 112.788816,127.372629 C109.438059,129.65971 104.984949,130.820083 99.5526833,130.820083 C95.6016845,130.820083 92.3906026,130.247775 90.0082564,129.120351 C87.6395194,128.000806 85.7850713,126.566814 84.4972004,124.860636 C83.1563248,123.086411 81.8856446,120.835144 80.7216901,118.167718 C79.6795031,115.718042 78.3816043,113.822049 76.8688216,112.539909 C75.2858434,111.201898 73.3382789,110.524298 71.0805653,110.524298 C68.329335,110.524298 66.0221981,111.382401 64.2221872,113.075686 C62.4035531,114.784729 61.4809848,116.872685 61.4809848,119.280101 C61.4809848,123.132969 62.8970698,127.127661 65.6884118,131.153869 C68.4525351,135.139966 72.0926685,138.370387 76.5078166,140.754882 C82.6835802,144.031146 90.5970383,145.691482 100.03474,145.691482 C107.898774,145.691482 114.807292,144.477388 120.570479,142.081432 C126.389535,139.661839 130.881325,136.253064 133.921216,131.951088 C136.972567,127.633354 138.519015,122.698904 138.519015,117.285978 C138.519015,112.761955 137.620084,108.868259 135.847292,105.714479 C134.078797,102.57216 131.58686,99.9391162 128.438811,97.88984 C125.355227,95.8835406 121.57327,94.1565902 117.197517,92.7555471 C112.876202,91.3738436 107.988309,90.0952843 102.670649,88.9535345 C98.4689521,87.9822592 95.4039913,87.2315981 93.5781944,86.7244721 C91.7953742,86.2316716 90.0161354,85.5426106 88.2884688,84.6744796 C86.6231185,83.8414463 85.3058801,82.8400873 84.3725677,81.6990537 C83.4908274,80.6224853 83.0617758,79.3711447 83.0617758,77.8734039 C83.0617758,75.4323226 84.3940561,73.3715859 87.1352585,71.5744402 C89.9796052,69.7092479 93.810269,68.7644749 98.5212406,68.7644749 C103.593217,68.7644749 107.284206,69.6168478 109.49178,71.2965237 C111.767401,73.0256229 113.75078,75.4803134 115.388911,78.5939812 C116.804996,81.0321973 118.08069,82.7276314 119.310543,83.8142277 C120.632795,84.9846287 122.537383,85.5791408 124.970585,85.5791408 C127.649471,85.5791408 129.920077,84.6300702 131.719372,82.7584314 C133.508639,80.8989693 134.416165,78.7651721 134.416165,76.4172072 C134.416165,73.9775586 133.723523,71.4555378 132.360442,68.9213402 C131.010971,66.4122124 128.8607,63.996201 125.971227,61.7384874 C123.101811,59.4972482 119.450217,57.6757489 115.118874,56.326278 C110.811884,54.9868349 105.652521,54.3085181 99.7840417,54.3085181 C92.4407422,54.3092343 85.953397,55.3320818 80.4996434,57.3491254 Z M80.4996434,57.3491254" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
		
					<a class="contact-link PayPal" href="https://gumroad.com/vrfreeney" rel="me" target="_blank">
				<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" style="enable-background:new 0 0 200 200;" xml:space="preserve">
					<ellipse cx="65" cy="8.5" rx="117" ry="100.5" style="display:none; fill:#BC3939;" />
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0C44.8,0,0,44.8,0,100c0,55.2,44.8,100,100,100s100-44.8,100-100C200,44.8,155.2,0,100,0z M62.7,143.3 c-1.7,0-3.1-1.6-2.8-3.3l13.7-87.1c0.4-2.3,2.3-4,4.7-4h30.7c11.4,0,20.2,2.5,25.2,8c5,5.5,6.9,13.4,2.5,26.7 c-3.5,10.6-10.3,17.3-20.6,20.2c-4.1,1.2-8.6,1.7-13.8,1.7c0,0-3.9,0-9.7,0c-4.5,0-6.4,3.2-6.9,6.2c-0.1,0.9-5,31.5-5,31.5H62.7z M149.1,99.3c-3.8,19.5-16.8,26.3-33.5,26.3h-2.6c-2,0-3.8,1.5-4.1,3.5l-3.6,22.5c-0.3,2-2,3.5-4.1,3.5H86.4c-1.4,0-2.7-1.2-2.5-2.7 c0.4-2.5,6.3-40.1,6.3-40.1c0.2-1.2,1.2-2.1,2.4-2.1h2c0,0,2.8,0,7.4,0c31.3,0,38.6-19.9,40.9-32.9C150.2,82,150.7,91.1,149.1,99.3z" fill="#444444" />
				</svg>
			</a>
		
					<a class="contact-link Periscope" href="http://www.periscope.tv/vrfreeney" rel="me" target="_blank">
				<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" style="enable-background:new 0 0 200 200;" xml:space="preserve">
					<ellipse cx="65" cy="8.5" rx="117" ry="100.5" style="display:none; fill:#BC3939;" />
					<g>
						<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,55.5c-2.4,0-4.8,0.3-7,0.8c4.1,2,6.9,6.2,6.9,11.1c0,6.8-5.5,12.3-12.3,12.3c-6.6,0-11.9-5.1-12.3-11.6 c-3.6,5-5.8,11.2-5.8,17.9c0,16.9,13.7,30.5,30.5,30.5s30.5-13.7,30.5-30.5C130.5,69.2,116.9,55.5,100,55.5z" fill="#444444" />
						<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0C44.8,0,0,44.8,0,100c0,55.2,44.8,100,100,100s100-44.8,100-100C200,44.8,155.2,0,100,0z M100,164.4 c-10.1,0-50.3-41.1-50.3-78.6c0-27.8,22.5-50.3,50.3-50.3c27.8,0,50.3,22.5,50.3,50.3C150.3,123.3,110.1,164.4,100,164.4z" fill="#444444" />
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
		
		
		
		
		
				
					<a class="contact-link RSSLink" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/feed/">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C155.228476,-3.41060513e-14 200,44.771524 200,100 C200,155.228476 155.228476,200 100,200 C44.771524,200 0,155.228476 0,100 C0,44.771524 44.771524,3.03201907e-14 100,0 Z M40.0135555,79.4855784 L40.0135555,102.780614 C55.2214198,102.790103 69.6051125,108.763989 80.3694989,119.544636 C91.1311742,130.291394 97.0806631,144.696768 97.1050629,159.95749 L97.1131962,159.95749 L97.1131962,159.999512 L120.504488,159.999512 C120.485511,137.809245 111.465711,117.709228 96.8827535,103.115434 C82.2970845,88.5243505 62.2051899,79.4991339 40.0135555,79.4855784 Z M44.7525423,155.112773 L44.7471201,155.112773 L44.7525423,155.118195 L44.7525423,155.112773 C47.7008537,158.048883 51.7200459,159.849046 56.1947014,159.849046 C60.6747791,159.849046 64.7034602,158.054305 67.6531271,155.118195 L67.6639714,155.112773 C70.6082161,152.172597 72.4056694,148.168318 72.4165138,143.718064 C72.4056694,139.259678 70.6082161,135.255399 67.6531271,132.304378 L67.6585492,132.304378 L67.6531271,132.300311 L67.6531271,132.304378 C64.6993935,129.369624 60.6747791,127.55726 56.1947014,127.55726 C51.7214015,127.55726 47.7022092,129.365557 44.7525423,132.304378 L44.7525423,132.300311 C41.8110087,135.24591 40,139.259678 40,143.718064 C40,148.17374 41.8110087,152.173952 44.7525423,155.112773 Z M40.0555774,62.9029686 C93.5271714,62.9416349 136.994841,106.477281 137.030841,159.999512 L160,159.999512 C159.984,126.919781 146.538769,96.9493582 124.809601,75.2055351 C103.073766,53.4683787 73.1233263,40.0151548 40.0555774,40.0004883 Z M40.0555774,62.9029686" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
					</div>
</div><!-- .contact-links -->
		<nav id="header-menu" class="menu horizontal-menu header-menu" role="navigation"><ul><li id="menu-item-1153" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-1153"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/vernetta/">Vernetta</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li id="menu-item-1151" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1151"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/spot-me/">Spot Me</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-1154" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1154"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/need-a-speaker/">Trainer</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-2964" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2964"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/category/podcast/">A Toast To Truths Podcast</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-4492" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category current-post-ancestor current-menu-parent current-post-parent menu-item-4492"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/category/truth-confidants-journal/">Truth Confidant&#8217;s Journal</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-4235" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-has-children menu-item-4235"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/">The Truth Confidant™</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li id="menu-item-4437" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4437"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/blog-policy/">Blog Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul></nav><!-- #header-menu -->		
				
	</header><!-- #masthead -->
	
			
		
	<div id="content" class="site-content center-content-mobile">
		
<div id="primary" class="content-area">

	<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

	
		





		
	<article id="post-4534" class="post-4534 post type-post status-publish format-image hentry category-black-mental-health-awareness category-truth-confidants-journal post_format-post-format-image">

		
		

		<header class="entry-header">

			
			<h1 class="entry-title">Healing from Hurricane Harvey Trauma</h1>

			
		</header><!-- .entry-header -->

		

		<div class="entry-content">

			<div class='mailmunch-forms-before-post' style='display: none !important;'></div><p>Looking at social media and watching the news is just too much to take in right now. It&#8217;s heart breaking to see the city I love being washed away in a sense. But the strength and resiliency of the people is why I love Houston. It has been my home for 10 years now. And to see yet another devastating natural disaster hit this city breaks my heart.</p>
<p>I was away at Podcast Movement (which I&#8217;ll talk about in the <a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/category/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">next season of my podcast</a>) really enjoying myself when things took a turn for the absolute worst. And so quickly.</p>
<p>Let me share how a range of emotions can happen in a short amount of time.</p>
<p>I left Houston Tuesday. I left the heat and humidity for a few days. I thought. I was excited to finally spend some time in California, learn some new things and take a break from the heat and my regular routine. For a brief moment. I thought it would be brief.</p>
<h1>Brief.</h1>
<p>So I&#8217;m in Anaheim enjoying the temperature break. Meeting people. Having fun. Learning quite a lot actually.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m watching the news of a tropical storm. No big deal. I live in Houston. We are used to heavy rains.</p>
<p>I get an advisory alert from the airline. I call and they say everything is fine. This was Thursday. So I&#8217;m enjoying my day. Literally that was one of the best days in Cali.</p>
<p>The next day I arrive at the airport to a cancelled flight. I&#8217;m a little upset I didn&#8217;t receive an email or anything before I checked out of my hotel.</p>
<p>They rebooked me to Dallas. No problem. I knew I could get someone to pick my up from DFW airport. Shout out to my cousin and aunt picking me at up 1 something in the morning. Family came thru.</p>
<p>As I sat in the airport extra hours, I grew a little impatient. Let&#8217;s just say LAX is the worst airport I have ever been too.</p>
<p>When we finally get a gate and on the plane I was relieved to get back to Texas. I was thinking, I could go home by Sunday at the latest.</p>
<h2>Ummm&#8230;..that turned into a NOPE.</h2>
<p>As I watched and read what was happening in Houston this weekend all I could feel was disbelief, hurt and helplessness. Here I am at my cousin&#8217;s house safe and sound while my family and friends are literally trying to survive in the worst natural disaster to ever hit Houston.</p>
<p>I guess you can say I feel some guilt for being safe and they&#8217;re not.</p>
<p>I also feel a little numb. Mentally I&#8217;m just not here.</p>
<p>I checked in on all my friends and family. And keep checking in on them.</p>
<p>I made sure the members of <a href="http://houstonafricanamericanbloggers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HAAB</a> are okay. It&#8217;s important I help as much as I can to ensure our members get help if they need it.</p>
<p>So I wrote this post on a Monday. Houston is only halfway through this storm.</p><div class='mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle' style='display: none !important;'></div>
<p>I don&#8217;t know when it&#8217;ll be safe for me to get home. I miss home. I miss my family. I miss my friends. I miss my life before the storm.</p>
<p>I think the saddest part is seeing photos of children and babies separated from their parents. To be a parent who doesn&#8217;t know where your child is or if they are safe is gut-wrenching. Or to be a child surrounded by strangers is scary. So many emotions are running through at this moment.</p>
<p>As Houston grapples with recovery and restoring the city, I want people to understand that local officials are doing their very best. They made the right call. It was much safer for millions of people to stay put that get stranded on the road in the middle of the hurricane.</p>
<p>There are too many moving pieces to get millions of people safely out of a city in such a short amount of time.</p>
<p>Hurricane Harvey developed from a tropical storm to a hurricane 4 in such a short amount of time. It didn&#8217;t give much time to prep.</p>
<p>You notice the short amount of time I keep repeating???</p>
<p>I am thankful for everyone who is risking his or her life to help those in need. To everyone who is sharing information (accurate) and trying to help people get to safety. This is what makes #HoustonStrong. We come together in a time of need.</p>
<p>And have a Mayor who is exemplifying true leadership. Thank You Mayor Sylvester Turner for all that you&#8217;re doing.</p>
<p>As I continue to process my feelings and emotions while away from Houston, I will continue to help and support the efforts as best as I can.</p>
<p>Now these are my emotions and I&#8217;m not in the city, wasn&#8217;t directly affected (as I don&#8217;t know the condition of my apartment) or have had to deal with the constant downpour of rain.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t fathom how everyone there is dealing with life right now. Or even processing what&#8217;s going on.</p>
<p>It will take some time for the healing from Hurricane Harvey trauma to happen.</p>
<p>The residents of Houston and all the cities that are affected will have to deal with mental, emotional and financial frustrations for awhile.</p>
<p>This is only the beginning of a new journey for so many of us. How we get through it will show the true sense of Houston Strong.</p>
<p>I will be starting a journaling series to help people heal after Harvey, request to join:  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/truthconfidant/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Truth Confidant w/ Vernetta R. Freeney.</a></p>
<h3>To support the recovery efforts:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://houstonafricanamericanbloggers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Harvey Resource Page </a></li>
<li><a href="http://ghcf.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greater Houston Community Foundation</a></li>
<li>Disaster Assistance </li>
</ul>
<h3>For mental health resources:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/melaninandmentalhealth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mental Health &amp; Melanin</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Join.No.More.Martyrs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No More Martyrs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LuLuBInc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lulu B Inc.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/therapyforblackgirls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Therapy for Black Girls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MentalWellnessMentor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catrice M. Jackson Mental Wellness Mentor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MHAGreaterHouston/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mental Health America of Greater Houston</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.counselingpc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Counseling Space</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/minoritymentalhealth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nami.org/nmmham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Alliance on Mental Illness</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lynettedavis.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lynette Davis</a></li>
</ul>
</p><div class='mailmunch-forms-after-post' style='display: none !important;'></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share the Truth</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-linkedin"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-linkedin-4534" class="share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=linkedin" target="_blank" title="Click to share on LinkedIn"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=email" target="_blank" title="Click to email this to a friend"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-4534" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-reddit"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=reddit" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Reddit"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-google-plus-1"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-google-4534" class="share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=google-plus-1" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Google+"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-pocket"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=pocket" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Pocket"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-pinterest-4534" class="share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=pinterest" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Pinterest"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-tumblr"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=tumblr" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Tumblr"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-twitter-4534" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=twitter" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-print sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/#print" target="_blank" title="Click to print"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to print (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-jetpack-whatsapp"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=Healing%20from%20Hurricane%20Harvey%20Trauma http%3A%2F%2Fvernettarfreeney.com%2Fhealing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma%2F" target="_blank" title="Click to share on WhatsApp"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-telegram"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-telegram sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=telegram" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Telegram"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-skype"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-skype-4534" class="share-skype sd-button share-icon no-text" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/?share=skype" target="_blank" title="Share on Skype"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Share on Skype (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-59320061-4534-5a8858fee3d5e' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=59320061&amp;post_id=4534&amp;origin=vernettarfreeney.com&amp;obj_id=59320061-4534-5a8858fee3d5e' data-name='like-post-frame-59320061-4534-5a8858fee3d5e'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading">Loading...</span></div><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div>
		</div>

		

		
		

		<footer class="entry-footer">

			
	

		<section class="author-section cf vcard">

			

			<div class="author-image photo"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/author/iam/" rel="author"><img alt='' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/798dd2e7971f1a4024673cddd52f585a?s=250&#038;r=pg' srcset='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/798dd2e7971f1a4024673cddd52f585a?s=500&#038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' /></a></div>

			

			<div class="author-text">

				<div class="author-name fn n"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/author/iam/" rel="author">Vernetta R Freeney</a></div>

				<div class="author-site url"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com" rel="me">Website</a></div>
				<div class="author-bio note">Vernetta is the owner of The Truth Confidant. She is an outspoken Introvert, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, TV Host/Producer, ESL Instructor &amp; Organizer for Houston African American Bloggers Association. MavsNation, Netflix Connoisseur.

She's been featured on EOFire podcast, Madame Noire, CNBC.com as well as various websites, podcasts and blogs.</div>

			</div>

			

		</section>

	

	
			

			
			

			<div class="entry-meta">

				<p class="tags"></p>

				<p class="categories">Categorized in&#058; <a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/category/black-mental-health-awareness/" rel="category tag">Black Mental Health Awareness</a>, <a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/category/truth-confidants-journal/" rel="category tag">Truth Confidant's Journal</a></p>

				
					<p class="date"><span class="posted-on"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/" rel="bookmark"><i class="icon-calendar"></i><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-08-28T16:19:51+00:00">August 28, 2017</time><time class="updated screen-reader-text" datetime="2017-09-18T08:28:33+00:00">September 18, 2017</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/author/iam/"><i class="icon-user"></i>Vernetta R Freeney</a></span></span><span clas="post-comments"><i class="icon-comment"></i>Comments are off for this post.</span></p>

				
			</div>

		</footer><!-- .entry-footer -->

		

		
	</article><!-- #post-4534 -->

		



		
		

	
	
	<nav class="navigation post-navigation" role="navigation">
		<h2 class="screen-reader-text">Post navigation</h2>
		<div class="nav-links"><div class="nav-previous"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/its-time-for-me-to-tap-the-future/" rel="prev">It&#8217;s Time for Me to Tap The Future</a></div><div class="nav-next"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/are-you-the-toxic-person-in-the-relationship/" rel="next">Are You The Toxic Person in the Relationship?</a></div></div>
	</nav>
		
	</main><!-- #main -->

</div><!-- #primary -->


	</div><!-- #content -->
	
	
	<footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo">
	
	
<div class="contact-links">
	<div class="contact-links-container">
							<a class="contact-link TwitterLink" href="https://twitter.com/VRFreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.772,0 0,44.772 0,100 C0,155.228 44.772,200 100,200 C155.228,200 200,155.228 200,100 C200,44.772 155.228,0 100,0 Z M131.085844,49.1820697 C135.882815,50.1099098 141.754127,52.7769806 144.349825,55.2862809 L146.460943,57.2809493 L150.570486,56.2253903 C152.865669,55.6318732 156.377938,54.4335696 158.436466,53.5245117 C160.494994,52.6154537 162.373213,51.9430514 162.546009,52.1158475 C163.263489,52.8333271 159.112625,58.6745877 155.502689,61.9764964 L151.629801,65.5000349 L155.033134,65.0304802 C156.937648,64.7787989 160.247069,63.9786777 162.31311,63.268711 C164.551947,62.4986412 166.069548,62.2619857 166.069548,62.6827067 C166.069548,63.0696198 163.34613,66.0296927 160.081786,69.2564726 L154.21423,75.1240283 L153.744676,81.8142438 C152.294691,102.455869 144.781815,119.371108 130.852945,133.465262 C119.910442,144.53924 107.288811,151.270776 92.2330088,154.125669 C85.3925358,155.425396 72.9775093,155.85363 67.1099537,155.064778 C59.920132,154.099374 50.9873232,151.402252 43.6322182,147.905008 L37.0584523,144.734575 L43.9853234,144.26502 C52.2419734,143.746632 57.9404893,142.375532 64.529281,139.336574 C69.3976242,137.090224 75.832402,133.149721 75.3290393,132.646358 C75.1787818,132.496101 73.2855372,131.988982 71.1030469,131.590799 C63.2896566,130.159597 56.0021675,124.953174 52.3208586,117.973713 L50.5590893,114.57038 L55.9608467,114.217275 C61.3776298,113.879196 63.3309774,113.270653 61.0094989,112.571955 C53.9924733,110.46835 46.9341269,104.642115 43.7524242,98.3688646 C42.471479,95.840782 40.5819908,89.0153348 40.5819908,86.8666524 C40.5819908,86.7389335 41.2318546,87.0469614 41.990655,87.4526567 C43.4594221,88.2377522 52.1856268,90.1685611 52.5575141,89.8004302 C52.6777201,89.6802242 51.0436698,87.8658648 49.0339756,85.8110934 C47.0280379,83.756322 44.5675712,80.322938 43.5157687,78.1817685 C41.7878073,74.6544736 41.6413063,73.6402354 41.6375498,67.2655607 C41.6337934,61.852534 41.9230391,59.4709525 42.9297644,56.9353571 L44.221979,53.6484741 L46.9228576,56.6987015 C59.2477296,70.5186357 77.2523354,79.5265732 96.9285559,81.7015506 L100.684994,82.0546558 L100.452094,76.7731044 C100.189144,70.3383267 101.402473,65.7442034 104.678087,60.8082443 C109.681662,53.2578046 118.787267,48.5134238 127.445856,48.712515 C128.681724,48.7425665 129.880027,48.9491706 131.085844,49.1820697 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
		
		
					<a class="contact-link FacebookLink" href="https://facebook.com/vernetta.freeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C155.2286,0 200,43.710622 200,97.6306793 C200,148.238532 160.560101,189.852716 110.051993,194.774255 L110.051993,158.959922 L110.051993,122.527905 L124.471404,122.397324 L138.890815,122.266743 L139.306759,112.603771 C139.588936,107.28151 139.836506,101.324314 139.861352,99.4151196 L140,96.0200212 L125.025997,96.0200212 L110.051993,96.0200212 L110.190641,83.7454348 C110.322191,71.8949744 110.326406,71.3586533 111.299827,69.6427184 C113.362468,66.0067247 116.171813,65.3456729 129.740035,65.3335551 L139.445407,65.3335551 L139.722704,53.1895493 C139.898177,46.5698387 139.96983,41.1477099 139.861352,41.0455435 C139.358669,40.5721101 130.494503,40.0219997 122.807626,40.0008979 C113.439445,39.9751996 108.802828,40.4950153 103.258232,42.3513506 C92.4161664,45.9812853 85.2503847,53.0437168 81.7677643,63.5054252 C80.9145789,66.0681499 80.8160832,67.5452788 80.6585789,81.1338206 L80.5199307,96.0200212 L70.2599653,96.0200212 L60,96.0200212 L60,109.208673 L60,122.527905 L70.3986135,122.527905 L80.6585789,122.527905 L80.3812825,158.56818 C80.2399717,174.801548 80.213175,188.737218 80.3034396,193.368062 C34.5074589,184.437036 0,144.968308 0,97.6306793 C0,43.710622 44.7714,0 100,0 Z M100,0" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
		
					<a class="contact-link GooglePlusLink" href="https://plus.google.com/+VernettaFreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.7714,0 0,44.7714 0,100 C0,155.2286 44.7714,200 100,200 C155.2286,200 200,155.2286 200,100 C200,44.7714 155.2286,0 100,0 L100,0 L100,0 Z M173.163613,87.3180651 L173.163613,87.2198751 L153.89495,87.2198751 L153.89495,67.5861017 L142.615733,67.5861017 L142.615733,87.2198751 L123.22582,87.2198751 L123.22582,98.1767526 L123.347071,98.1767526 L123.347071,98.5934728 L142.615733,98.5934728 L142.615733,117.855628 L153.89495,117.855628 L153.89495,98.5934728 L173.63358,98.5934728 L173.63358,87.3180651 L173.163613,87.3180651 Z M95.9225951,130.283006 C98.9548245,133.750194 100.472819,137.817797 100.472819,142.482997 C100.472819,148.223589 98.2555131,152.918387 93.8227808,156.56833 C89.2734967,160.27653 82.6817343,162.189591 74.0484337,162.310332 C64.4235019,162.190061 56.8401084,160.036928 51.2987231,155.850933 C45.4645481,151.663058 42.5493405,146.340126 42.5493405,139.881667 C42.5493405,136.591597 43.219514,133.781201 44.5612708,131.448601 C45.7286698,129.235333 47.1569006,127.380528 48.8492531,125.886537 C50.5989416,124.451741 52.3190222,123.344402 54.0113747,122.567808 C55.7023173,121.849001 57.0144662,121.31154 57.9487614,120.952136 C61.9143461,119.755534 65.7929868,118.889207 69.5856235,118.351276 C73.4355962,117.992812 75.8272602,117.872071 76.7610853,117.992812 C78.335946,117.992812 79.7059009,118.051068 80.8728299,118.171809 C87.698636,122.95587 92.7141278,126.991997 95.9225951,130.283006 Z M89.9760979,76.1760831 C89.5333886,78.6336522 88.5365878,81.0296763 86.9861655,83.3655649 C83.7706487,86.6622123 79.7519577,88.4000345 74.9296225,88.5790316 C71.1120775,88.5790316 67.7189131,87.4124967 64.7505992,85.074259 C61.7818153,82.7383704 59.3581935,79.8922696 57.4816138,76.5364264 C53.6025031,69.3469445 51.6643577,62.4247838 51.6643577,55.7737027 C51.544516,50.742052 52.8726438,46.1881968 55.6478011,42.1126067 C58.9375727,38.2183628 63.0667061,36.2108704 68.0314414,36.0905994 C71.7846008,36.2108704 75.1039804,37.3200886 77.9914599,39.4163748 C80.8206635,41.6334019 83.1004752,44.5095705 84.832775,48.0444108 C88.5276585,55.4152387 90.3751002,62.7249916 90.3751002,69.9750787 C90.3751002,71.653705 90.2411595,73.7208631 89.9760979,76.1760831 Z M79.3698742,30 C74.5075918,30 69.2980035,30.5689383 63.7411093,31.7035262 C58.1264091,33.01993 52.7147348,35.8303254 47.5065563,40.1337727 C39.9236328,47.4895667 36.131936,55.6792712 36.131936,64.7080539 C36.131936,72.1822398 38.8074603,78.7285535 44.1594487,84.3484046 C49.2722238,90.3877949 56.7061677,93.4669208 66.4579906,93.5857824 C68.3007327,93.5857824 70.2623765,93.4669208 72.344332,93.2273184 C71.9998459,94.1885469 71.6266918,95.2395089 71.2248697,96.3820835 C70.7652416,97.4640528 70.5363675,98.8180414 70.5363675,100.440291 C70.5363675,103.146388 71.1383957,105.462075 72.344332,107.385002 C73.3773203,109.369474 74.5545885,111.233675 75.8756668,112.977135 C71.6013136,113.096936 66.2300565,113.632518 59.7628354,114.588578 C53.2335787,115.722227 47.0004015,117.989993 41.0661235,121.392817 C35.7827503,124.554159 32.1325137,128.225244 30.1163536,132.403722 C28.0390979,136.581731 27,140.371207 27,143.774031 C27,150.756797 30.1948382,156.754845 36.5812248,161.769112 C42.9093355,167.139965 52.4905603,169.885527 65.3225495,170.006267 C80.6510053,169.766665 92.3809209,166.089003 100.510417,158.973281 C108.349002,152.096222 112.26853,144.202967 112.26853,135.293985 C112.157148,129.014993 110.728447,123.932133 107.984778,120.044936 C105.07333,116.217875 101.686275,112.721559 97.8236131,109.55082 L91.6092345,104.438362 C90.7125368,103.541498 89.7885809,102.495704 88.8373669,101.298631 C87.7174347,100.042833 87.1577036,98.4591076 87.1577036,96.5451071 C87.1577036,94.5719108 87.7038056,92.837847 88.7955399,91.3424461 C89.7227855,89.9071806 90.7322754,88.6227238 91.8240096,87.4857868 C93.733957,85.8123284 95.5353419,84.1670585 97.2272245,82.5523262 C98.7550884,80.937124 100.201648,79.1744019 101.566903,77.2594619 C104.35099,73.3130692 105.797549,68.0516821 105.906582,61.4734213 C105.906582,57.8850228 105.50288,54.7457614 104.698296,52.0546974 C103.719824,49.3641033 102.598482,47.0324429 101.333799,45.0592466 C100.010371,42.966249 98.6573352,41.2021175 97.277511,39.7663823 C95.8394108,38.3917222 94.5451207,37.3445187 93.3946406,36.6271209 L104.691716,36.6271209 L116.008061,30 L79.3698742,30 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
								
				
				
				
					<a class="contact-link LinkedInLink" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrfreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M82.3806444,80.7221807 L82.3806444,159.65156 L106.90504,159.65156 L106.90504,120.605335 C106.90504,110.310265 108.852259,100.338328 121.617533,100.338328 C134.189081,100.338328 134.369024,112.111232 134.369024,121.269978 L134.369024,159.65156 L158.87198,159.65156 L158.87198,116.357901 C158.87198,95.0977583 154.286864,78.7542871 129.463839,78.7542871 C117.529368,78.7542871 109.525325,85.2988733 106.249586,91.5027153 L105.914967,91.5027153 L105.914967,80.7221807 Z M100,0 C155.228474,-2.27373675e-14 200,44.771526 200,100 C200,155.228474 155.228474,200 100,200 C44.771526,200 -7.5791226e-15,155.228474 0,100 C0,44.771526 44.771526,1.51545443e-14 100,0 Z M54.7252307,41.4822291 C46.8620791,41.4822291 40.5058594,47.8568261 40.5058594,55.7023661 C40.5058594,63.556329 46.8620791,69.930926 54.7252307,69.930926 C62.5677078,69.930926 68.9423048,63.556329 68.9423048,55.7023661 C68.9423048,47.8568261 62.5677078,41.4822291 54.7252307,41.4822291 Z M42.4530786,80.7221807 L42.4530786,159.65156 L66.9950856,159.65156 L66.9950856,80.7221807 Z M42.4530786,80.7221807" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
								
					<a class="contact-link PinterestLink" href="http://pinterest.com/VRFreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C155.228474,-2.27373675e-14 200,44.771526 200,100 C200,155.228474 155.228474,200 100,200 C44.771526,200 -7.5791226e-15,155.228474 0,100 C0,44.771526 44.771526,1.51545443e-14 100,0 Z M103.549742,24.2536772 C62.2072785,24.2536772 41.3620871,53.8954253 41.3620871,78.6121841 C41.3620871,93.5785078 47.0283376,106.893182 59.181348,111.855862 C61.1731854,112.669607 62.9591705,111.883889 63.5371029,109.677502 C63.9391429,108.150523 64.890122,104.297318 65.3143901,102.69399 C65.8971547,100.511764 65.6710073,99.7463418 64.0638139,97.8443835 C60.5594946,93.7109103 58.3192816,88.35972 58.3192816,80.7799139 C58.3192816,58.7894885 74.7729597,39.1040277 101.161664,39.1040277 C124.529269,39.1040277 137.367487,53.3822445 137.367487,72.4511152 C137.367487,97.5409207 126.264033,118.715669 109.780395,118.715669 C100.67651,118.715669 93.8621257,111.187084 96.0472515,101.954662 C98.662444,90.9304562 103.728534,79.0345194 103.728534,71.0768344 C103.728534,63.955122 99.9052887,58.0134355 91.9930265,58.0134355 C82.6871548,58.0134355 75.2117245,67.6411325 75.2117245,80.5363705 C75.2117245,88.7501626 77.9873464,94.3062387 77.9873464,94.3062387 C77.9873464,94.3062387 68.4640252,134.656166 66.7949795,141.721825 C63.469452,155.795156 66.2943625,173.047115 66.5340401,174.789611 C66.6741742,175.821771 68.0010994,176.067247 68.60126,175.287328 C69.4594606,174.166256 80.543586,160.483367 84.3117441,146.812076 C85.3777298,142.940509 90.4322224,122.893598 90.4322224,122.893598 C93.45622,128.659393 102.291434,133.739013 111.688152,133.739013 C139.660854,133.739013 158.637913,108.238469 158.637913,74.1037314 C158.637913,48.2919936 136.776024,24.2536772 103.549742,24.2536772 Z M103.549742,24.2536772" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
				
					<a class="contact-link InstagramLink" href="http://instagram.com/vrfreeney" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.7714,0 0,44.7714 0,100 C0,155.2286 44.7714,200 100,200 C155.2286,200 200,155.2286 200,100 C200,44.7714 155.2286,0 100,0 Z M150.003136,165 L49.9968638,165 C41.7151679,165 35,158.282476 35,149.994964 L35,49.9969963 C35,41.7140787 41.7151679,35 49.9968638,35 L150.003136,35 C158.285981,35 165,41.7140787 165,49.9969963 L165,149.994964 C165,158.282476 158.285981,165 150.003136,165 Z M155,88 L142.438773,88 C143.354031,91.5742396 143.894519,95.3087878 143.894519,99.1703003 C143.894519,123.842429 124.018868,143.837394 99.4993626,143.837394 C74.9811316,143.837394 55.1042066,123.842429 55.1042066,99.1703003 C55.1042066,95.3087878 55.6472432,91.5742396 56.5625022,88 L44,88 L44,149.421262 C44,152.500469 46.485731,155 49.5552901,155 L149.44471,155 C152.514269,155 155,152.500469 155,149.421262 L155,88 Z M156,48.9990813 C156,46.239423 153.760577,44 150.995177,44 L135.999081,44 C133.237126,44 131,46.239423 131,48.9990813 L131,64.0009187 C131,66.760577 133.237126,69 135.999081,69 L150.995177,69 C153.760577,69 156,66.760577 156,64.0009187 L156,48.9990813 Z M100.498369,65 C80.8917497,65 65,80.890484 65,100.497554 C65,120.101362 80.8917497,136 100.498369,136 C120.104989,136 136,120.101362 136,100.497554 C136,80.890484 120.104989,65 100.498369,65 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
		
				
				
					<a class="contact-link iTunesLink" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-toast-to-truths/id1087057592" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.771526,0 0,44.771526 0,100 C0,155.228484 44.771526,200 100,200 C155.228474,200 200,155.228484 200,100 C200,44.771526 155.228474,0 100,0 L100,0 L100,0 Z M149,49 C148.668441,61.5550901 148.460879,86.4761451 148,104 L148,137 L147,139 C143.518359,144.25531 136.882449,149.249408 131,151 C127.118503,151.394631 119.660938,150.856832 116,150 C111.727474,147.686235 107.360918,143.224358 106,139 C105.649392,137.688869 105.506363,135.48484 106,133 C105.945624,128.281332 107.530167,125.11911 112,121 C118.01357,114.711914 123.97545,113.215118 136,115 L138,115 L138,90 L138,65 L137,65 C134.506093,64.7474554 118.179227,67.111509 108,69 C100.638618,70.2215058 89.6194811,72.6314459 81,75 L77,76 L76,107 C76.0101464,141.644043 75.5639761,152.168046 74,155 C73.3364657,157.108322 67.6672516,162.744669 65,164 C63.4753272,164.98039 61.1612794,165.871823 60,166 C56.4363802,167.16669 49.7772783,167.264166 46,166 C38.9416117,164.444789 33.7902199,158.413752 33,151 C32.8626364,147.960317 32.90928,147.368897 34,144 C37.222562,137.668539 44.1870761,131.913186 51,131 C53.8297703,129.932611 61.7150482,130.15965 65,131 L66,131 L66,88 C66.1456948,57.2466992 66.2844036,43.4063874 67,42 C67.2077808,40.6193086 66.4679619,40.9769126 78,37 C89.6126056,33.9635683 101.876124,30.3497105 112,28 C119.878756,27.1237702 134.41096,26.2067087 142,26 L149,26 L149,49 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
					<a class="contact-link YouTubeLink" href="http://www.youtube.com/c/VernettaFreeney%20" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.771524,1.5158245e-14 0,44.771524 0,100 C-1.5158245e-14,155.228476 44.771524,200 100,200 C155.228476,200 200,155.228476 200,100 C200,44.771524 155.228476,-2.2737368e-14 100,0 L100,0 L100,0 Z M64.087495,29.3759643 C64.6671855,29.3754756 65.3010639,29.3978516 65.916503,29.4484003 L68.9044863,29.6958898 L71.5544351,39.1729278 C73.0122561,44.3845135 74.406065,48.4466351 74.6510724,48.2032774 C74.8960701,47.9599273 76.1385883,43.6944673 77.4157115,38.7262394 L79.7396985,29.6958898 L83.4158234,29.460473 C86.1576327,29.2845405 87.0919484,29.5003378 87.0919484,30.3055591 C87.0919484,30.89942 85.1777248,37.6692944 82.8363358,45.3541296 L78.5746868,59.3282334 L78.5746868,70.2479542 L78.5746868,81.1676751 L74.789908,81.1676751 L71.0051291,81.1676751 L70.6791673,69.3666501 L70.3532055,57.5595887 L65.6871225,43.7484659 C62.356745,33.8893485 61.2990274,29.8307579 61.9808159,29.5691269 C62.3091227,29.4431463 63.1213461,29.3767795 64.087495,29.3759643 L64.087495,29.3759643 L64.087495,29.3759643 Z M114.182997,42.4687639 L117.665959,42.4687639 L121.148922,42.4687639 L121.148922,58.7185641 L121.148922,74.9744006 L122.965857,74.9744006 C126.957165,74.9744006 127.342196,73.4186558 127.342196,57.3060629 L127.342196,42.4687639 L130.825159,42.4687639 L134.308121,42.4687639 L134.308121,61.8152013 L134.308121,81.1676751 L130.825159,81.1676751 C127.85811,81.1676751 127.342196,80.9410606 127.342196,79.6223746 C127.342196,77.6629529 127.219517,77.6751048 123.780762,80.0086997 C120.336256,82.3462043 117.800694,82.4674215 115.728298,80.3950248 C114.268106,78.9348337 114.182997,77.8135193 114.182997,60.656226 L114.182997,42.4687639 L114.182997,42.4687639 Z M97.9754512,42.4748003 C99.9359275,42.480033 101.929332,42.9111255 103.408148,43.7846839 C107.347619,46.1117866 107.992935,48.7192126 107.989723,62.3222531 C107.987405,73.1235923 107.804963,74.887149 106.474604,77.0690071 C103.565972,81.8393264 97.4558227,83.2963709 92.6574446,80.3708795 C88.5936907,77.8932703 87.8645986,75.0767342 87.8645986,61.8031287 C87.8645986,49.1445991 88.3641266,47.1062203 92.2107561,44.080464 C93.5713932,43.0101851 95.7535776,42.4688702 97.9754512,42.4748003 L97.9754512,42.4748003 L97.9754512,42.4748003 Z M97.9271606,48.6680748 C97.4965761,48.6680748 97.0683753,48.8221567 96.5750227,49.1328722 C95.4099704,49.8666214 95.1849109,51.4917192 94.9935042,60.7407346 C94.7182959,74.0388931 94.9135407,74.9744006 97.9271606,74.9744006 C99.6609664,74.9744006 100.323748,74.5530222 100.649545,73.2359376 C100.886479,72.2780966 100.983218,66.6549781 100.860817,60.7407346 C100.66941,51.4917192 100.444351,49.8666214 99.2792985,49.1328722 C98.7859459,48.8221567 98.357745,48.6680748 97.9271606,48.6680748 L97.9271606,48.6680748 L97.9271606,48.6680748 Z M97.7098527,90.0169347 C118.932022,89.9681148 142.48865,90.8679066 146.688634,92.1598319 C150.495694,93.3309069 153.468667,95.5853631 154.93426,98.419506 C159.079705,106.435905 160.100745,140.397381 156.708941,157.454813 C155.845267,161.798272 152.528639,166.425616 148.958294,168.271916 C145.391881,170.11618 105.875468,171.941137 85.932973,171.181427 C69.5362245,170.556791 54.2104406,169.269832 51.9665445,168.332279 C48.2754012,166.790019 44.7075768,162.057706 43.7692085,157.454813 C42.4622339,151.043886 41.3327796,131.609939 41.8315466,124.128235 C43.2747703,102.479219 44.4587969,97.6767419 49.1717238,94.320838 C52.8606554,91.6940938 55.1106438,91.3914042 78.0736715,90.4032599 C83.8257704,90.1557375 90.6357956,90.0332087 97.7098527,90.0169347 L97.7098527,90.0169347 L97.7098527,90.0169347 Z M49.9383377,102.838099 L49.9383377,106.707387 L49.9383377,110.582711 L54.1939503,110.582711 L58.4555992,110.582711 L58.4555992,133.025785 L58.4555992,155.474896 L62.7112118,155.474896 L66.9668244,155.474896 L66.9668244,133.025785 L66.9668244,110.582711 L71.222437,110.582711 L75.4840859,110.582711 L75.4840859,106.707387 L75.4840859,102.838099 L62.7112118,102.838099 L49.9383377,102.838099 L49.9383377,102.838099 Z M102.569098,102.838099 L102.569098,129.156498 L102.569098,155.474896 L106.052061,155.474896 C109.001346,155.474896 109.535023,155.238744 109.535023,153.947705 C109.535023,152.501671 109.682275,152.52095 112.353989,154.33403 C115.897251,156.738556 118.154558,156.753549 120.913505,154.382321 L123.080547,152.511058 L123.297855,136.774346 C123.497983,122.134848 123.406982,120.85377 121.95779,118.514448 C119.997113,115.349468 115.882499,114.849077 112.112536,117.319255 L110.31371,118.496339 L110.31371,110.667219 L110.31371,102.838099 L106.444422,102.838099 L102.569098,102.838099 L102.569098,102.838099 Z M139.378638,115.840354 C137.143326,115.836951 134.972336,116.342372 133.613943,117.337364 C129.596398,120.280116 128.893533,123.034464 128.893533,135.736098 C128.893533,148.906921 129.607105,151.388826 134.308121,154.557374 C138.061774,157.087398 143.469875,156.624751 146.742961,153.488944 C149.242241,151.094481 150.869378,146.850945 150.443231,143.830816 C150.207124,142.157501 149.731659,141.901609 146.495471,141.693955 L142.819346,141.458538 L142.819346,144.500849 C142.819346,147.925486 141.445039,149.526347 138.829332,149.148823 C136.814197,148.857987 136.046457,146.790209 135.931894,141.37403 L135.853421,137.728086 L143.012509,137.504742 L150.171596,137.281398 L150.135378,130.315473 C150.094588,122.250195 148.854465,119.078892 144.938098,117.053656 C143.375637,116.245677 141.350973,115.843358 139.378638,115.840354 L139.378638,115.840354 L139.378638,115.840354 Z M89.4159354,115.91279 L89.4159354,131.051906 C89.4159354,145.306022 89.3189832,146.275899 87.816308,147.778576 C86.9387164,148.656167 85.6316433,149.262839 84.9128333,149.124677 C83.7431277,148.89985 83.5846765,147.145862 83.3977145,132.434225 L83.1924792,115.997299 L79.7698802,115.997299 C77.8877892,115.997299 76.1162046,116.374 75.8341931,116.830312 C75.5521815,117.286616 75.5756875,125.690103 75.88852,135.506717 C76.3966361,151.451481 76.6126015,153.506775 77.9046542,154.798827 C79.5485893,156.44277 81.7760665,156.648757 84.2428006,155.378315 C85.1726524,154.899409 86.7135931,153.793957 87.671436,152.921529 L89.4159354,151.333974 L89.4159354,153.404435 C89.4159354,155.341705 89.6391038,155.474896 92.8988977,155.474896 L96.3818601,155.474896 L96.544841,139.99171 C96.6348973,131.477566 96.7216331,122.681036 96.7380036,120.446074 L96.7681852,116.383624 L93.0920603,116.148207 L89.4159354,115.91279 L89.4159354,115.91279 Z M139.891726,122.263009 C140.409336,122.244369 140.800504,122.59833 141.606044,123.403876 C142.345574,124.143406 142.819346,125.967713 142.819346,128.05185 L142.819346,131.480485 L139.771,131.480485 C138.093296,131.480485 136.494391,131.118987 136.221638,130.677653 C135.318116,129.21572 136.716688,123.742594 138.195517,122.951151 C139.009109,122.515731 139.489141,122.277508 139.891726,122.263009 L139.891726,122.263009 L139.891726,122.263009 Z M113.35602,122.456172 C113.848071,122.467043 114.279594,122.727826 114.816812,123.26504 C115.766362,124.214598 116.117462,126.65264 116.356076,133.985562 C116.730203,145.482808 116.058325,148.796193 113.295657,149.124677 C112.219554,149.25262 111.009284,148.905679 110.603453,148.352027 C110.17989,147.774164 109.987528,142.312945 110.156765,135.530862 C110.42897,124.622239 110.575043,123.6531 112.021991,122.878715 C112.554867,122.593528 112.973315,122.447715 113.35602,122.456172 L113.35602,122.456172 L113.35602,122.456172 Z M113.35602,122.456172" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
					<a class="contact-link WordPressLink" href="http://houstonafricanamericanbloggers.com/" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M149.868313,160.544386 L113.76602,53.159318 C119.780129,52.8430335 125.199295,52.2104644 125.199295,52.2104644 C130.582011,51.5731922 129.94709,43.6625514 124.562022,43.9776602 C124.562022,43.9776602 108.380952,45.2475015 97.9353322,45.2475015 C88.1199295,45.2475015 71.6261023,43.9776602 71.6261023,43.9776602 C66.2386831,43.6625514 65.6072898,51.8918283 70.9923574,52.2104644 C70.9923574,52.2104644 76.0881834,52.8430335 81.4708995,53.159318 L97.0335097,95.8036449 L75.1687243,161.368607 L38.792475,53.159318 C44.8112875,52.8430335 50.2245738,52.2104644 50.2245738,52.2104644 C55.6037625,51.5731922 54.9688419,43.6625514 49.5861258,43.9776602 C49.5861258,43.9776602 33.4085832,45.2475015 22.9617872,45.2475015 C21.0875955,45.2475015 18.8783069,45.2016461 16.5326279,45.1263962 C34.3950617,18.0082305 65.0970018,0.0999412111 99.9988242,0.0999412111 C126.004703,0.0999412111 149.684891,10.0435038 167.45679,26.3280423 C167.026455,26.3021752 166.606702,26.2480894 166.163433,26.2480894 C156.350382,26.2480894 149.387419,34.7960024 149.387419,43.9776602 C149.387419,52.2104644 154.137566,59.175779 159.20047,67.4074074 C162.999412,74.0611405 167.436802,82.6078777 167.436802,94.9582598 C167.436802,103.507349 164.148148,113.429747 159.835391,127.252205 L149.868313,160.544386 Z M56.4056437,189.90241 C23.0781893,173.711934 0.102292769,139.537919 0.102292769,99.9964727 C0.102292769,85.5132275 3.20870076,71.7648442 8.75249853,59.3415638 L56.4056437,189.90241 Z M99.9988242,199.901235 C90.1928277,199.901235 80.728983,198.463257 71.776602,195.830688 L101.753086,108.734862 L132.457378,192.86067 C132.659612,193.354497 132.907701,193.809524 133.172252,194.237507 C122.788948,197.893004 111.631981,199.901235 99.9988242,199.901235 Z M187.659024,52.0717225 C195.45679,66.2998236 199.89418,82.627866 199.89418,99.9964727 C199.89418,136.851264 179.921223,169.027631 150.222222,186.343327 L180.733686,98.1246326 C186.432687,83.8730159 188.330394,72.4773663 188.330394,62.3445032 C188.330394,58.6666667 188.088183,55.2533804 187.659024,52.0717225 Z" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
					
				
				
					<a class="contact-link SkypeLink" href="skype:Vernetta R. Freeney?userinfo" target="_blank" rel="me">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C44.7714,0 0,44.7714 0,100 C0,155.2286 44.7714,200 100,200 C155.2286,200 200,155.2286 200,100 C200,44.7714 155.2286,0 100,0 L100,0 L100,0 Z M164.926099,114.836301 C167.45958,119.935497 168.890707,125.679343 168.890707,131.759126 C168.890707,152.807004 151.826776,169.864489 130.778897,169.864489 C124.261468,169.864489 118.13083,168.226358 112.767327,165.344764 C108.867185,166.066774 104.844558,166.447119 100.73168,166.447119 C64.4377874,166.447119 35.0158825,137.025214 35.0158825,100.731322 C35.0158825,96.2058664 35.4800318,91.7900021 36.3503116,87.5159611 C33.0239087,81.8623655 31.1092931,75.2804713 31.1092931,68.2408745 C31.1092931,47.1994421 48.1732243,30.1355108 69.2211032,30.1355108 C76.6732772,30.1355108 83.6226228,32.2822011 89.4954001,35.982502 C93.1441289,35.3507433 96.9024484,35.0219709 100.73168,35.0219709 C137.025572,35.0219709 166.447477,64.4438758 166.447477,100.731322 C166.447477,105.57194 165.918862,110.291507 164.926099,114.836301 Z M80.4996434,57.3491254 C74.9742618,59.3926714 70.6830301,62.3716786 67.7441345,66.2044913 C64.7837505,70.0645226 63.2824283,74.5384056 63.2824283,79.5029402 C63.2824283,84.7110098 64.7128388,89.1419161 67.5349808,92.6724587 C70.3134298,96.1507129 74.111861,98.9298781 78.8235489,100.934745 C83.4320924,102.89377 89.2260789,104.627883 96.0457779,106.088377 C101.060452,107.138443 105.115311,108.142668 108.102914,109.073831 C110.967317,109.967032 113.326026,111.267796 115.11386,112.940309 C116.822187,114.539762 117.651639,116.57901 117.651639,119.173375 C117.651639,122.456801 116.061498,125.138552 112.788816,127.372629 C109.438059,129.65971 104.984949,130.820083 99.5526833,130.820083 C95.6016845,130.820083 92.3906026,130.247775 90.0082564,129.120351 C87.6395194,128.000806 85.7850713,126.566814 84.4972004,124.860636 C83.1563248,123.086411 81.8856446,120.835144 80.7216901,118.167718 C79.6795031,115.718042 78.3816043,113.822049 76.8688216,112.539909 C75.2858434,111.201898 73.3382789,110.524298 71.0805653,110.524298 C68.329335,110.524298 66.0221981,111.382401 64.2221872,113.075686 C62.4035531,114.784729 61.4809848,116.872685 61.4809848,119.280101 C61.4809848,123.132969 62.8970698,127.127661 65.6884118,131.153869 C68.4525351,135.139966 72.0926685,138.370387 76.5078166,140.754882 C82.6835802,144.031146 90.5970383,145.691482 100.03474,145.691482 C107.898774,145.691482 114.807292,144.477388 120.570479,142.081432 C126.389535,139.661839 130.881325,136.253064 133.921216,131.951088 C136.972567,127.633354 138.519015,122.698904 138.519015,117.285978 C138.519015,112.761955 137.620084,108.868259 135.847292,105.714479 C134.078797,102.57216 131.58686,99.9391162 128.438811,97.88984 C125.355227,95.8835406 121.57327,94.1565902 117.197517,92.7555471 C112.876202,91.3738436 107.988309,90.0952843 102.670649,88.9535345 C98.4689521,87.9822592 95.4039913,87.2315981 93.5781944,86.7244721 C91.7953742,86.2316716 90.0161354,85.5426106 88.2884688,84.6744796 C86.6231185,83.8414463 85.3058801,82.8400873 84.3725677,81.6990537 C83.4908274,80.6224853 83.0617758,79.3711447 83.0617758,77.8734039 C83.0617758,75.4323226 84.3940561,73.3715859 87.1352585,71.5744402 C89.9796052,69.7092479 93.810269,68.7644749 98.5212406,68.7644749 C103.593217,68.7644749 107.284206,69.6168478 109.49178,71.2965237 C111.767401,73.0256229 113.75078,75.4803134 115.388911,78.5939812 C116.804996,81.0321973 118.08069,82.7276314 119.310543,83.8142277 C120.632795,84.9846287 122.537383,85.5791408 124.970585,85.5791408 C127.649471,85.5791408 129.920077,84.6300702 131.719372,82.7584314 C133.508639,80.8989693 134.416165,78.7651721 134.416165,76.4172072 C134.416165,73.9775586 133.723523,71.4555378 132.360442,68.9213402 C131.010971,66.4122124 128.8607,63.996201 125.971227,61.7384874 C123.101811,59.4972482 119.450217,57.6757489 115.118874,56.326278 C110.811884,54.9868349 105.652521,54.3085181 99.7840417,54.3085181 C92.4407422,54.3092343 85.953397,55.3320818 80.4996434,57.3491254 Z M80.4996434,57.3491254" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
		
					<a class="contact-link PayPal" href="https://gumroad.com/vrfreeney" rel="me" target="_blank">
				<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" style="enable-background:new 0 0 200 200;" xml:space="preserve">
					<ellipse cx="65" cy="8.5" rx="117" ry="100.5" style="display:none; fill:#BC3939;" />
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0C44.8,0,0,44.8,0,100c0,55.2,44.8,100,100,100s100-44.8,100-100C200,44.8,155.2,0,100,0z M62.7,143.3 c-1.7,0-3.1-1.6-2.8-3.3l13.7-87.1c0.4-2.3,2.3-4,4.7-4h30.7c11.4,0,20.2,2.5,25.2,8c5,5.5,6.9,13.4,2.5,26.7 c-3.5,10.6-10.3,17.3-20.6,20.2c-4.1,1.2-8.6,1.7-13.8,1.7c0,0-3.9,0-9.7,0c-4.5,0-6.4,3.2-6.9,6.2c-0.1,0.9-5,31.5-5,31.5H62.7z M149.1,99.3c-3.8,19.5-16.8,26.3-33.5,26.3h-2.6c-2,0-3.8,1.5-4.1,3.5l-3.6,22.5c-0.3,2-2,3.5-4.1,3.5H86.4c-1.4,0-2.7-1.2-2.5-2.7 c0.4-2.5,6.3-40.1,6.3-40.1c0.2-1.2,1.2-2.1,2.4-2.1h2c0,0,2.8,0,7.4,0c31.3,0,38.6-19.9,40.9-32.9C150.2,82,150.7,91.1,149.1,99.3z" fill="#444444" />
				</svg>
			</a>
		
					<a class="contact-link Periscope" href="http://www.periscope.tv/vrfreeney" rel="me" target="_blank">
				<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" style="enable-background:new 0 0 200 200;" xml:space="preserve">
					<ellipse cx="65" cy="8.5" rx="117" ry="100.5" style="display:none; fill:#BC3939;" />
					<g>
						<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,55.5c-2.4,0-4.8,0.3-7,0.8c4.1,2,6.9,6.2,6.9,11.1c0,6.8-5.5,12.3-12.3,12.3c-6.6,0-11.9-5.1-12.3-11.6 c-3.6,5-5.8,11.2-5.8,17.9c0,16.9,13.7,30.5,30.5,30.5s30.5-13.7,30.5-30.5C130.5,69.2,116.9,55.5,100,55.5z" fill="#444444" />
						<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0C44.8,0,0,44.8,0,100c0,55.2,44.8,100,100,100s100-44.8,100-100C200,44.8,155.2,0,100,0z M100,164.4 c-10.1,0-50.3-41.1-50.3-78.6c0-27.8,22.5-50.3,50.3-50.3c27.8,0,50.3,22.5,50.3,50.3C150.3,123.3,110.1,164.4,100,164.4z" fill="#444444" />
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
		
		
		
		
		
				
					<a class="contact-link RSSLink" href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/feed/">
				<svg width="200px" height="200px" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
					<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
					<path class="social-icon-fill SocialIconFill" d="M100,0 C155.228476,-3.41060513e-14 200,44.771524 200,100 C200,155.228476 155.228476,200 100,200 C44.771524,200 0,155.228476 0,100 C0,44.771524 44.771524,3.03201907e-14 100,0 Z M40.0135555,79.4855784 L40.0135555,102.780614 C55.2214198,102.790103 69.6051125,108.763989 80.3694989,119.544636 C91.1311742,130.291394 97.0806631,144.696768 97.1050629,159.95749 L97.1131962,159.95749 L97.1131962,159.999512 L120.504488,159.999512 C120.485511,137.809245 111.465711,117.709228 96.8827535,103.115434 C82.2970845,88.5243505 62.2051899,79.4991339 40.0135555,79.4855784 Z M44.7525423,155.112773 L44.7471201,155.112773 L44.7525423,155.118195 L44.7525423,155.112773 C47.7008537,158.048883 51.7200459,159.849046 56.1947014,159.849046 C60.6747791,159.849046 64.7034602,158.054305 67.6531271,155.118195 L67.6639714,155.112773 C70.6082161,152.172597 72.4056694,148.168318 72.4165138,143.718064 C72.4056694,139.259678 70.6082161,135.255399 67.6531271,132.304378 L67.6585492,132.304378 L67.6531271,132.300311 L67.6531271,132.304378 C64.6993935,129.369624 60.6747791,127.55726 56.1947014,127.55726 C51.7214015,127.55726 47.7022092,129.365557 44.7525423,132.304378 L44.7525423,132.300311 C41.8110087,135.24591 40,139.259678 40,143.718064 C40,148.17374 41.8110087,152.173952 44.7525423,155.112773 Z M40.0555774,62.9029686 C93.5271714,62.9416349 136.994841,106.477281 137.030841,159.999512 L160,159.999512 C159.984,126.919781 146.538769,96.9493582 124.809601,75.2055351 C103.073766,53.4683787 73.1233263,40.0151548 40.0555774,40.0004883 Z M40.0555774,62.9029686" fill="#444444"></path>
					</g>
				</svg>
			</a>
				
				
					</div>
</div><!-- .contact-links --><nav id="footer-menu" class="menu horizontal-menu footer-menu" role="navigation"><ul><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-1153"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/vernetta/">Vernetta</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1151"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/spot-me/">Spot Me</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1154"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/need-a-speaker/">Trainer</a></li>
<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2964"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/category/podcast/">A Toast To Truths Podcast</a></li>
<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category current-post-ancestor current-menu-parent current-post-parent menu-item-4492"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/category/truth-confidants-journal/">Truth Confidant&#8217;s Journal</a></li>
<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-has-children menu-item-4235"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/">The Truth Confidant™</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4437"><a href="http://vernettarfreeney.com/blog-policy/">Blog Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul></nav><!-- #footer-menu -->
		<div class="site-colophon">
		<p>All Rights Reserved. 
2016</p>
	</div><!-- .site-colophon -->
		
		<div class="theme-info">
		<p><a href="https://www.machothemes.com/themes/decode/" rel="dofollow">Decode Theme</a> by <a href="https://www.machothemes.com/" rel="dofollow" title="Professional & Responsive WordPress Themes">Macho Themes</a></p>
	</div><!-- .theme-info -->
		
	</footer><!-- #colophon -->
	</div><!-- #page -->


	
<div id="sidebar" class="sidebar left">
	<div id="sidebar-top" class="sidebar-top SidebarTop clearfix">
		<button id="sidebar-close" class="sidebar-close SidebarClose" title="Hide sidebar">
			<svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 200 200" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
			<path class="close-icon" d="M0,172.881356 L72.8813559,100 L1.0658141e-14,27.1186441 L27.1186441,-2.84217094e-14 L100,72.8813559 L172.881356,0 L200,27.1186441 L127.118644,100 L200,172.881356 L172.881356,200 L100,127.118644 L27.1186441,200 Z M0,172.881356" fill="#444444"></path>
			</svg>
		</button>
	</div>
	<div class="sidebar-content">

		
		<div class="widget-area" role="complementary">
	
				<aside id="search-2" class="widget widget_search"><form role="search" method="get" class="search-form" action="http://vernettarfreeney.com/">
				<label>
					<span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span>
					<input type="search" class="search-field" placeholder="Search &hellip;" value="" name="s" />
				</label>
				<input type="submit" class="search-submit" value="Search" />
			</form></aside><aside id="blog_subscription-2" class="widget jetpack_subscription_widget"><h2 class="widgettitle">Get my posts when they are published.</h2>

			<form action="#" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" id="subscribe-blog-blog_subscription-2">
				<div id="subscribe-text"></div><p>Join 4,500 other subscribers</p>
					<p id="subscribe-email">
						<label id="jetpack-subscribe-label" for="subscribe-field-blog_subscription-2">
							Email Address						</label>
						<input type="email" name="email" required="required" class="required" value="" id="subscribe-field-blog_subscription-2" placeholder="Email Address" />
					</p>

					<p id="subscribe-submit">
						<input type="hidden" name="action" value="subscribe" />
						<input type="hidden" name="source" value="http://vernettarfreeney.com/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/" />
						<input type="hidden" name="sub-type" value="widget" />
						<input type="hidden" name="redirect_fragment" value="blog_subscription-2" />
												<input type="submit" value="Subscribe" name="jetpack_subscriptions_widget" />
					</p>
							</form>

			<script>
			/*
			Custom functionality for safari and IE
			 */
			(function( d ) {
				// In case the placeholder functionality is available we remove labels
				if ( ( 'placeholder' in d.createElement( 'input' ) ) ) {
					var label = d.querySelector( 'label[for=subscribe-field-blog_subscription-2]' );
						label.style.clip 	 = 'rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px)';
						label.style.position = 'absolute';
						label.style.height   = '1px';
						label.style.width    = '1px';
						label.style.overflow = 'hidden';
				}

				// Make sure the email value is filled in before allowing submit
				var form = d.getElementById('subscribe-blog-blog_subscription-2'),
					input = d.getElementById('subscribe-field-blog_subscription-2'),
					handler = function( event ) {
						if ( '' === input.value ) {
							input.focus();

							if ( event.preventDefault ){
								event.preventDefault();
							}

							return false;
						}
					};

				if ( window.addEventListener ) {
					form.addEventListener( 'submit', handler, false );
				} else {
					form.attachEvent( 'onsubmit', handler );
				}
			})( document );
			</script>
				
</aside><aside id="categories-2" class="widget widget_categories"><h2 class="widgettitle">What Are My Truths</h2>
<form action="http://vernettarfreeney.com" method="get"><label class="screen-reader-text" for="cat">What Are My Truths</label><select  name='cat' id='cat' class='postform' >
	<option value='-1'>Select Category</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="23">A Toast To Truths Podcast</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="29">Black Mental Health Awareness</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="25">How to Journal</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="30">Realities of Being An Entrepreneur</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1">Sponsored Posts</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="17">Travel Journal</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16">Truth Confidant&#8217;s Journal</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="20">TV Recaps</option>
</select>
</form>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
(function() {
	var dropdown = document.getElementById( "cat" );
	function onCatChange() {
		if ( dropdown.options[ dropdown.selectedIndex ].value > 0 ) {
			dropdown.parentNode.submit();
		}
	}
	dropdown.onchange = onCatChange;
})();
/* ]]> */
</script>

</aside><aside id="slideshowwidget-2" class="widget SlideshowWidget"><h2 class="widgettitle">Slideshow</h2>

	<div class="slideshow_container slideshow_container_style-light" style="height: 350px; " data-slideshow-id="4448" data-style-name="style-light" data-style-version="2.3.1" >

					<div class="slideshow_loading_icon"></div>
		
		<div class="slideshow_content" style="display: none;">

			<div class="slideshow_view">
				<div class="slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image">
					<a href="http://houstonafricanamericanbloggers.com/" target="_blank" >						<img src="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20120735_10155496043704643_1738868278_n-3.png" alt="houston african american bloggers association " width="800" height="800" />
					</a>					<div class="slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent">
						<div class="slideshow_title"><a href="http://houstonafricanamericanbloggers.com/" target="_blank" >HAAB</a></div>											</div>
				</div>

						<div style="clear: both;"></div></div>
		</div>

		<div class="slideshow_controlPanel slideshow_transparent" style="display: none;"><ul><li class="slideshow_togglePlay" data-play-text="Play" data-pause-text="Pause"></li></ul></div>

		<div class="slideshow_button slideshow_previous slideshow_transparent" role="button" data-previous-text="Previous" style="display: none;"></div>
		<div class="slideshow_button slideshow_next slideshow_transparent" role="button" data-next-text="Next" style="display: none;"></div>

		<div class="slideshow_pagination" style="display: none;" data-go-to-text="Go to slide"><div class="slideshow_pagination_center"></div></div>

		<!-- WordPress Slideshow Version 2.3.1 -->

			</div>

</aside>				
	</div><!-- .widget-area -->
		
	</div>
</div><!-- #sidebar -->


    <script type="text/javascript">

  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-44987993-1']);
  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

  (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(ga);
  })();
</script>

    	<div style="display:none">
	<div class="grofile-hash-map-798dd2e7971f1a4024673cddd52f585a">
	</div>
	</div>

	<script type="text/javascript">
		window.WPCOM_sharing_counts = {"http:\/\/vernettarfreeney.com\/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma\/":4534};
	</script>
	<div id="sharing_email" style="display: none;">
		<form action="/healing-from-hurricane-harvey-trauma/" method="post">
			<label for="target_email">Send to Email Address</label>
			<input type="email" name="target_email" id="target_email" value="" />

			
				<label for="source_name">Your Name</label>
				<input type="text" name="source_name" id="source_name" value="" />

				<label for="source_email">Your Email Address</label>
				<input type="email" name="source_email" id="source_email" value="" />

						<input type="text" id="jetpack-source_f_name" name="source_f_name" class="input" value="" size="25" autocomplete="off" title="This field is for validation and should not be changed" />
			
			<img style="float: right; display: none" class="loading" src="http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/sharedaddy/images/loading.gif" alt="loading" width="16" height="16" />
			<input type="submit" value="Send Email" class="sharing_send" />
			<a rel="nofollow" href="#cancel" class="sharing_cancel">Cancel</a>

			<div class="errors errors-1" style="display: none;">
				Post was not sent - check your email addresses!			</div>

			<div class="errors errors-2" style="display: none;">
				Email check failed, please try again			</div>

			<div class="errors errors-3" style="display: none;">
				Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.			</div>
		</form>
	</div>
		<link rel='stylesheet' id='slideshow-jquery-image-gallery-stylesheet_functional-css'  href='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/slideshow-jquery-image-gallery/style/SlideshowPlugin/functional.css?ver=2.3.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='slideshow-jquery-image-gallery-stylesheet_style-light-css'  href='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/slideshow-jquery-image-gallery/css/style-light.css?ver=2.3.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/js/devicepx-jetpack.js?ver=201807'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s.gravatar.com/js/gprofiles.js?ver=2018Febaa'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var WPGroHo = {"my_hash":""};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/wpgroho.js?ver=4.9.3'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/themes/decode/scripts/decode.js?ver=3.0.9'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js?ver=4.9.3'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/postmessage.min.js?ver=5.8'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/jquery.jetpack-resize.min.js?ver=5.8'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/likes/queuehandler.min.js?ver=5.8'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var SlideshowPluginSettings_4448 = {"animation":"directFade","slideSpeed":"1","descriptionSpeed":"0.4","intervalSpeed":"5","slidesPerView":"1","maxWidth":"0","aspectRatio":"3:1","height":"350","imageBehaviour":"natural","showDescription":"true","hideDescription":"true","preserveSlideshowDimensions":"false","enableResponsiveness":"true","play":"true","loop":"true","pauseOnHover":"true","controllable":"true","hideNavigationButtons":"false","showPagination":"true","hidePagination":"true","controlPanel":"false","hideControlPanel":"true","waitUntilLoaded":"true","showLoadingIcon":"true","random":"false","avoidFilter":"true"};
var slideshow_jquery_image_gallery_script_adminURL = "http:\/\/vernettarfreeney.com\/wp-admin\/";
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/slideshow-jquery-image-gallery/js/min/all.frontend.min.js?ver=2.3.1'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var sharing_js_options = {"lang":"en","counts":"1"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://vernettarfreeney.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/sharedaddy/sharing.min.js?ver=5.8'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-linkedin', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomlinkedin', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=580,height=450' );
				return false;
			});
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-facebook', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomfacebook', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=600,height=400' );
				return false;
			});
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-google-plus-1', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomgoogle-plus-1', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=480,height=550' );
				return false;
			});
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-pocket', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcompocket', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=450,height=450' );
				return false;
			});
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-tumblr', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomtumblr', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=450,height=450' );
				return false;
			});
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-twitter', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomtwitter', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=600,height=350' );
				return false;
			});
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-telegram', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomtelegram', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=450,height=450' );
				return false;
			});
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-skype', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomskype', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=305,height=665' );
				return false;
			});
</script>
	<iframe src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/master.html?ver=20171126#ver=20171126' scrolling='no' id='likes-master' name='likes-master' style='display:none;'></iframe>
	<div id='likes-other-gravatars'><div class="likes-text"><span>%d</span> bloggers like this:</div><ul class="wpl-avatars sd-like-gravatars"></ul></div>
	<script type='text/javascript' src='https://stats.wp.com/e-201807.js' async='async' defer='defer'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	_stq = window._stq || [];
	_stq.push([ 'view', {v:'ext',j:'1:5.8',blog:'59320061',post:'4534',tz:'-6',srv:'vernettarfreeney.com'} ]);
	_stq.push([ 'clickTrackerInit', '59320061', '4534' ]);
</script>

</body>
</html>
<!--Generated by Endurance Page Cache-->