Things I Could Never Thank You For is a love letter I wrote to anyone who has asked themselves: “What do I have to do to be loved?”
In a therapy session during a deep season of healing, my therapist gave me an exercise to write letters to people. The goal was for me to put words to the big feelings I had. She said I didn’t have to share the letters with them, but the goal of the exercise was to strengthen my ability to identify and communicate my feelings. I had never planned on sharing these letters with people, but I couldn’t ignore the deep pull I had to share the reflections I had written about those people I never got to thank or give gratitude to in my life.
These stories are about my stumbling through womanhood after losing someone who taught me how to be a woman. I used this book as a way to show myself that I could teach other people what she taught me, while also remembering the instructions she gave me to come back home to myself.
My prayer for you as you’re reading this book is to reflect on your relationship with yourself and who has helped to shape the way you experience yourself. Moreover, my hope is that you create your own set of directions whenever you need to come back home to yourself.