To the mothers who
call Sheffield Place home,
I’m a beneficiary of
the tremendous work that the staff at SP does.
From providing a safe roof over one’s head, to nurturing a person’s
health and mental wellbeing, to encouraging self sufficiency by teaching life
skills to make it back from whatever pulled you down to begin with. My wish is that each of you start with the
knowledge that you are at a safe place, not being judged for your past.
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| Ash and Twins 2008 |
Take this opportunity
to rethink a whole new and better life for yourself and your children. Take the help and resources that SP provides,
and chart your dreams for the future. Then break it down into small steps, and
diligently tackle each task.
The way out of the
depths is a struggle, and will challenge all your faculties – physical
emotional and mental. Take a break when
it gets overwhelming, but don’ t lose sight of the big dream.
I’m here to tell you
it can only get better. And with each
small accomplishment you will get stronger, in resolve but also in
character. For me as for all of us,
"We Are A Work in Progress.”
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| Twins 2018 |
I was a resident at
Sheffield Place in 2007 and 2008. My
children were one year old then. I
needed so much and I got even more than I could ask for. The work that the
staff do to manage the facility, implement best practices in family rebuilding,
help clients like me repair a broken heart, and organize and understand the
mental damage, and put the "baggage" in a safe place, so that
it would not fall and wreck my new-found peace.
Remember to take that outstretched hand that wants to help...as you will
need all the strength you can gather to overcome whatever it was that got you
down.
I moved in 2014 to
Houston and resumed my work as a home care nurse, now that the children are
middle schoolers. Today, I have learned
to put my self respect as my priority. When I walk with respect for myself
first, everything is done right. I say No to all injustice to myself, and keep
My Temple (body and mind) clean and in the best health I can.
So during this 13 year
journey, I have often given thanks for that moment in my life that brought me
to the doors of Sheffield Place where the Sheffield Place staff, who seemed
like family, held my hand and got me through a dark phase.
Hoping that from these
beginnings, your journeys are as beautiful and enriched as mine have been. Go
make the Sheffield Place family proud of you!
God Bless the
Sheffield Place family, and may you always shine your Beacon of Hope to those
in need.
Much Love,
Ash and Twins
