“Whenever we are faced with challenging things in our lives, we are hit with waves of emotions like dread, fear, anxiety, nausea, and even paralyzing thoughts. These emotions are triggered to help us protect ourselves from damaging things like physical harm, harsh words, or the silent killers of our souls—a look of disapproval or a cold shoulder when we have done something that did not meet with another person’s expectations, like our mothers. Nonetheless, we cannot get to a place of acceptance, forgiveness, or love without walking some hard steps on our journey of life. Most of the hard steps have already been walked which brought us to this point. However, to heal we must walk through a few more hard steps. The good news is, this time, you will not be alone as we march down that road toward healing together.”

– Chequita McCullough