The Latter Glory Of This House

by Daily Dew Testimonies | May 26, 2025 | Testimonies

I never had the emotional security that a young developing girl needed growing up in a single parent household. Even worse, I was an only child so that doubled the loneliness growing up. My mom raised me to the best of her ability, and I will never take her sacrifices for granted but I felt like a burden, unheard, and misunderstood. I remember my mom being angry and depressed for majority of my childhood and I carried those physical and emotional wounds into my adulthood. I didn’t learn how damaged I truly was until my college years when didn’t know how to stop them from bleeding into my own personal relationships. I was fiercely independent and fun to be around, but I mostly stayed to myself in school. Honestly, my college years feel like a blur. I started out doing everything I was supposed to do as far as going to class, studying, and taking tests but something wasn’t right. I fell into cycles of depression, that I could never quite recover from. I partied throughout my freshman year. I used drinking and drugs to soothe my emotional wellbeing over my failing grades and lack of focus in my junior and senior year. Working and dating different men to fill the empty voids became my priority. I eventually dated the

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