Take stock of where you are TODAY

*****I have been super busy with work and raising 2 grandbabies, so I have not had a chance to sit and write as i would hope, so bringing in an old post of mine****

When I was 17 and pregnant, I had to find myself a home. I moved into the “projects” and paid $19 a month in rent. I worked two jobs, was on Medicaid, WIC, food stamps…you name it. I had to teach myself how to “adult” all while I was still gripped with addictions, learned behavior, shame, fear, etc. but I didn’t know it at the time. I was in the trenches of “survival mode” and I did whatever I needed to to make it…literally one day at a time.

I drove by my old duplex today and what I thought would trigger pain actually brought a sense of pride.

I am extremely hard on myself and today was a reminder that I’m a fighter, that I have fought really hard to break the cycles, the chains, the stigma of fear and failure. I’m not perfect, but as my counselor said “Tiffany, you need to stop and be proud of the woman you have become and are still becoming. God has been there the entire time but YOU have put in the work and are extremely emotionally healthy for all that you’ve been through!”

So today, today I am acknowledging where I am and where I have come from and I am proud! #undaunted#restoration #redemption

(original date: June 6, 2019)