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I was a secret keeper.

Not until my 30’s, did I finally begin confronting the sexual abuse committed against me as a child and start to take steps toward healing. But the true healing came in my 40’s when Jesus became a part of my life.

It was then, I began to dig deep into those painful, throwaway parts of me.

To begin to mend them.

To appreciate the dormant gifts, talents and dreams that were never lived out as a result of shame, lack of confidence and not knowing my true self.

In this place of healing, feeling fully loved and accepted as the wounded person I was, I was able to reimagine and refine all that I held hidden and eventually live a life repurposed. This does not mean the perfect life I once strived for — I was chasing an illusion — but a sometimes messy life, full of passion and meaning.

Then another shift. I wanted to give it all away! It was too good to keep to myself. Because all that was hidden is now my treasure to share. First through Mend, and, most recently, by sharing my story. I hope to encourage other survivors who are living unfulfilled and unresolved lives, as I once did, to reimagine their own possibilities for all they hold hidden.

While survivors can obviously benefit greatly from this message, it is also a universal theme of healing for anyone whose wounds have left them feeling they have little to offer this world. It couldn’t be further from the truth. God has created and placed each of us here for a distinct purpose. Unattended and discarded wounds keep us from living our best lives. But when named and mended, they can become our repurposed treasures.