Audrey P.

My life growing up was simple and lonely.  My mother had me at a very young age and I spent most of my childhood with my grandma because my mother was growing up herself.  I came from a family with tough love and performance-based approval.  Everyone worked hard and you didn’t have time to dwell on the problems life was throwing at you or show weakness.  Even with this upbringing I excelled in sports and school until a sports related injury took away sports and introduced me to pain medication.  My world quickly changed.  I replaced the friends I had with drugs and alcohol and with people who did the same.  I have a daughter who I was constantly putting off on someone else to take care of because I was self-involved in my own pain.  Even though I had all the materialistic advantages of life I was severely empty inside.  It was my grandpa who brought me to Home of Hope and I’m so grateful to be here.  While here I hope to learn and grow in my relationship with Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior and to allow Him to heal the wounds deep inside me that had me seek out artificial comfort and peace, I want His peace.