Waiting for Words

[Alyssa Silvester]

This is heartbreaking and beautifully captured. Thank you for sharing such vulnerability.

[Rebecca Marie]

Thanks Alyssa! 💛

[Kym VdP]

So sad to read stories like this but beautifully written... They're just so stuck, these women, aren't they?

[Rebecca Marie]

Thanks Kym. Yeah, you can see how people really do get stuck, and how hard it is to get out.

[Joy Nicholas]

Wow! This is heart-wrenching but so well written. Thank you for sharing this glimpse of your work and heart.

[Rebecca Marie]

Thanks so much Joy!

[Lindsay Sledge]

Bec, this story is upsetting and heartbreaking and beautifully told. I’m so glad you shared it here. Thanks for taking the time to put it into words. It’s truthfully haunting.

[Rebecca Marie]

Thanks so much friend. Thanks for your edits and the encouragement to put it into the world 💛

[Lauren Flanagan]

Thank you for sharing this. It's hard to even know what response is appropriate for such a heartrending and well-written story... It goes hand in hand with a memoir I just read called "The Many Lives of Mama Love" by Laura Love Hardin. I would highly recommend.

[Rebecca Marie]

Thanks so much Lauren! I worried a lot before sharing it, glad to hear it has had an impact. Thanks for the book rec 💛

[Sara Koert]

Wow bec, I was engrossed the entire time in this true narrative you wrote. I hope it was healing to write it--such a terribly difficult situation. Thank-you for wrestling with these words and for sharing ❤️

[Rebecca Marie]

Thanks Sara! The saddest thing about it is the fact it sticks out for me is because it was my first day as duty officer and I wrote notes about it in my journal. But it’s a pretty common interaction for child protection/corrections role and definitely not unusual.