This is the blessing we offer to women who have had a painful childhood

Authors of The Lives We Actually Lead, Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie, share a blessing for those who experienced trauma from their childhoods.

Blessed are you who come with your sorrow,

allowing your pain to convey all its truth.

For here in the arms of Jesus

is where reality is a welcome guest.

Here is where grief is understood at its core,

where the dark shadow of betrayal

is seen from the inside.