I am a college graduate who secured her first job at a fortune 500 company, bought her first house, and was living her best life! Look at God, won’t he do it? I made it or so I thought.

I knew deep down inside, something was off. I was angry, I was hurt, I was lost but I was successful! I had every reason to be happy, but I wasn’t.

May 11, 2020, I took the first step to healing. It was the height of the pandemic, I was struggling with my emotions, my identity, my past, my reality, and praying just wasn’t enough. Yes, prayer works but there’s nothing wrong with Jesus and therapy. So, I found a therapist and started doing the work.

Meeting my therapist for the first time during my intake session, I did what I assume most people do; say “everything’s fine, I’m just here to talk about this one issue.” She begins to ask questions and I’m getting agitated already cause ma’am you doing too much! My reason for being here is to discuss my daddy issues – PERIOD! Stay focused.

At 28 years old, I had dreams, plans, and timelines. Most of them, were predicated on the fact that because I had a good job, making good money, my personal life should be good too, right? WRONG! In my mind, it wasn’t – there was something missing.

I wasn’t married and I didn’t have children. I needed that to be happy and say I truly made it. Girl wait a minute, why are you divulging all of this information, you don’t know this woman! GETCHO SELF TOGETHER Khadijah! Y’all see how this is becoming more than daddy issues? Mind you – all of this is coming out all during intake!

Let’s just say, almost 3 years in and we’ve talked about daddy issues, abandonment, guilt, shame, rejection, trust, value, and all the other issues too.

This was the start of my journey. Where I am now, whew chile, GROWTH! Jesus, his disciples, Mary Magdaline, and my therapist all came to the rescue. Acknowledgement and acceptance of the problem led to my decision to change. Your life can be whatever you want it to be, when you do the work to make it a reality!

Stay tuned…there’s more!

Healing is a journey you decide where you want to go.

I love y’all! 🤟

~Dee