The Emerging Voice™

Some wounds do not stay buried simply because we stop talking about them. In this personal letter to God, Dr. Donna Rixey reflects on the fear of confronting her past and what it taught her about healing, identity, and freedom from other people’s opinions.

There are moments in life that fracture you. Moments so unexpected, so painful, that you find yourself simply going through the motions. Surviving each day while something deep inside you quietly goes silent. I know that place. I have lived there. At 19, I lay alone in a hospital bed. I had been violated. I was pregnant. With every contraction, I gripped the bed rail as silent tears ran down my cheeks. No one was there with me. My pregnancy was a secret so heavy it had begun