What inspired Trust Despite Trauma?
“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first and then the lesson afterward.”
Hazel, Tierra, & David (left to right)
The real motivators behind the Trust Despite Trauma movement.
Can I set the scene(s)?
The year is 2018, and I am going through a divorce. I won’t go into detail, but I was not a victim. A mother to a then one-year-old son, I was now expecting a little girl. Little did I know that I was preparing to embark on a single-mother journey that would inherently change the rest of my life.
Post-divorce, the year is 2019. The prior years thought of somehow becoming a family with my daughter’s dad crumbled, and rightfully so. Mentally, I was tired, and it showed. Ultimately, I had to lean on what would turn out to be my most powerful support system to raise my daughter while I worked on myself. That was an almost 2-year process.
I should have my life together by now. Ha, not quite. It is now 2020, and I finally trusted myself to re-enter the dating world. A few months after meeting an exceptional gentleman, I found out I was expecting another precious little girl. Unlike my first two children’s fathers, the “nice gentleman” opted not to be in our child’s life. To this day, that has remained his choice.
“What is love after all but trusting the unknown.”
What now, Miya?
I know what you’re thinking - “Okay, Miya, can you get to the point of this story?”. Please stick with me; I’m getting there.
Fast forward to the year 2022. My children reside with me, and I have been at my fantastic tech job for almost three years. Life is good. HA!
Within the last year, I switched jobs. I entered multiple custody battles. I experienced heartbreak behind my children and endured betrayal from loved ones. Between 2021-2022, I can say that I experienced the worst pain that I’ve ever felt in my life.
Lately, I have been thinking about all that I have been through.
Instead of being heartless, I’ve allowed myself to feel.
Lastly, I’ve committed myself and others to trust despite traumatic experiences.
“Think. Feel. Trust Despite Trauma.”
In conclusion -
I started this brand to encourage you all to trust despite the trauma. Yes, you will experience trauma. Whatever trauma you may experience, I do not want it to change your pure heart or your genuine ability to trust.
