gave me the power to take back my life…
My mom died when I was 18 years old. I remember blaming God for taking my mother away and I used alcohol and drugs to numb my pain. Whenever life presented a triggering experience such as a wedding, I would feel devastated and become depressed. This was the way I experienced the death of my Mom throughout my life. Twenty years later, I was willing to look at the death of my mom in the grieving process with David. The results have been life changing. The huge burden of carrying around the pain and grief is gone. I can now actually remember my mother in all the good times rather than the negative experiences I was holding onto. I no longer hold myself back from experiencing my self in life by getting depressed. This process made me wish I could have done this twenty years ago. It gave me the power to take my life back, never realizing how deeply it affected my whole entire life. And, it opened the doors to a greater understanding of my self.
Jenny Germano