Childhood trauma and growing up in a dysfunctional family is as American as apple pie. Yet we still struggle to talk about it and be real about it. So many of us are just learning that it’s OK to talk about it. Some of us are just learning how bad our chi
My friend Sherri Snider joins me to talk about growing up with a parent that suffered addiction, group homes, foster homes, running away, aging out of the system, becoming an adult, and becoming a mother. We also touch on her mother Diane Francis Who is missing and vanished while Sherri was in foster care. As promised I have provided links below that will take you to podcasts, YouTube, and blogs as well as Sherri's Facebook page that she has set up for her mother. Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sipping-on-some-crime/id1504284954?i=1000471182314 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voices-for-justice/id1469338483?i=1000539441235 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-diane-francis/id1322200189?i=1000548092454 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/29-diane-francis-case/id1497783394?i=1000477398321 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversation-w-sherri-snider-concerning-diane-theresa/id1473822102?i=1000487219170 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-diane-t-francis-george-j-contos-florida/id1529670096?i=1000491069910 YouTube: https://youtu.be/wgbkx76zX3s https://youtu.be/yjCMP7z6mMw https://youtu.be/1ngbJNNGo14 Blogs and News: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/s8ft07/a_determined_daughter_has_spent_almost_20_years/ https://charleyproject.org/case/diane-theresa-francis https://investigationsforthemissing.org/blog/f/searching-for-diane-t-francis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FindingDianeFrancis/
New places, new experiences and new traumas unfold in just a few months. While my story is coming to a close for now, I'll be moving forward telling more stories as I can, because every story matters.
Runaway life isn't easy but in some cases completely necessary. The system is so broken and there are times kids have no better options than running.
The last eight months before I turned 18 seemed like years! So much happened in such a short time frame but it left years of damage on my mental health.
I can hear all the anger and bitterness now, but then I was just surviving and numb, so numb.
Every action has consequences, no matter who's the driving force. Those consequences can set off a ripple effect destroying everything in it's path and this was just the first of many ripples to come.
I thought I had beat the system, found a way out, but in reality, this was just the build-up to everything coming.
There was always hope after each event that things would get better, but I was chicken little and the sky was always falling.
Disassociating as the abuser and the abused.
As I grew and started realizing maybe things were off in my household I always thought there would be a point where things would change. As more people entered my life I was sure they'd see what was happening and they would stop it, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.
Understanding how we got here. I take a deeper dive into the beginning of the dysfunction that was my normal.
I knew I needed to tell my story not only for me to heal but because I see so many struggling with the same stories. We are just learning that we have a voice and that we have the right to tell stories. I didn't learn that I was traumatized until recently. It's taken a lot of therapy and self-reflection to get here and I don't want anyone else to ever feel as alone as I did in that journey. I'm here to remind you that you're not alone. It's a messy story and I'm putting it out there for the world to hear but maybe through this podcast, others can begin to heal too. So buckle in because all the dirty laundry is coming out.
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