We call ourselves Broken Moms because we came by this way of being broken...we stay for the healing!
A Broken Mom is one who is broken by their circumstances, whatever they may be. Thousands of moms who were broken and lost see the beauty in calling it like it is! Many people do not.
It is not shameful to admit you feel broken. Thousands have been Broken Into Beautiful when they found,
Broken Moms!
FOUNDERS TESTIMONY
"For ten years I kept myself locked inside my own prison of shame. Ten years, every day and every night, I held this burden and suffered in silence. In ten years I did not tell one person the truth. For ten years I blamed myself for not being able to care for my own child. Everyday I degraded myself for not being able to understand in my own mind why I could not be a good mom and care for my child. In addition I felt ashamed for not being able to explain to the people who have cared for him why I could not. For ten years, not one person who knew of the course of events leading up to me leaving my child reached out to help me or told me that it was not my fault.
At 18 I abandoned my 1 1/2 year old baby with family. I was unable to explain the detached negative feelings I was having or that I was suffering from Postpartum Depression because PPD wasn't even acknowledged back then. For the next 10 years I stayed trapped in a prison of shame and debilitating depression because the judgment from others was so severe and the help was nowhere to be found. Life was so hard back then being trapped in a place that had no voice, and no title. I felt like I was the worst person alive for having Postpartum Depression and that it was better for my child to be without me. For years I tried to come back into my child's life and we would try to get to know one another but it was the time that I had already missed that made my child resentful and not interested in having me around. That took and still does a lot of strength to respect and hope that someday we can try again. What I can do is offer Brokenmoms.com and work with an amazing group of women who push past the limits everyday in their own lives and make minor or radical changes to further enhance the lives of their children and themselves.
Now at the age of 31 and after years of rehabilitation I am here to say that Postpartum Depression led me to abandon my baby and that help is available today! You don't have to abandon, abuse, or regret. Back then you couldn't talk about it, TODAY YOU CAN! I founded Broken Moms Healing Ministry to be a place for thousands of moms to learn that they are not alone or forgotten and that help is available. Please read our Postpartum Depression page to learn more about PPD. It was not easy to break my silence; in fact many times I wanted to give up because it was so difficult to come out of the years of shame, hiding and living in lies. It was my inability to reach out and admit why I was a broken mom that led me down years of self abuse that could of been prevented. When I was finally told that it was not my fault and that by leaving my child somewhere safe with family was heroic even while I couldn't explain what was happening to me, I knew that was how I felt deep inside and that it was my turn to take my pain and turn it into another woman's gain.
If by speaking out I can spare ONE woman from the lies, the shame, the grief, the alienation, the misunderstanding and the lack of education of what it means to be an unprepared mother, it will be my greatest honor to moms who are suffering in silence. It is not glamorous to admit these truths, but what I have come to respect is that it is the truth. You can not expect to change or get better if you can not break free from the ties that bind you. Help is available and Postpartum Depression is treatable. Don't wait until you do something you are going to regret, GET HELP NOW!!! And may you someday be able to speak the truth about your own life!"
- Liana Preble
At 18 I abandoned my 1 1/2 year old baby with family. I was unable to explain the detached negative feelings I was having or that I was suffering from Postpartum Depression because PPD wasn't even acknowledged back then. For the next 10 years I stayed trapped in a prison of shame and debilitating depression because the judgment from others was so severe and the help was nowhere to be found. Life was so hard back then being trapped in a place that had no voice, and no title. I felt like I was the worst person alive for having Postpartum Depression and that it was better for my child to be without me. For years I tried to come back into my child's life and we would try to get to know one another but it was the time that I had already missed that made my child resentful and not interested in having me around. That took and still does a lot of strength to respect and hope that someday we can try again. What I can do is offer Brokenmoms.com and work with an amazing group of women who push past the limits everyday in their own lives and make minor or radical changes to further enhance the lives of their children and themselves.
Now at the age of 31 and after years of rehabilitation I am here to say that Postpartum Depression led me to abandon my baby and that help is available today! You don't have to abandon, abuse, or regret. Back then you couldn't talk about it, TODAY YOU CAN! I founded Broken Moms Healing Ministry to be a place for thousands of moms to learn that they are not alone or forgotten and that help is available. Please read our Postpartum Depression page to learn more about PPD. It was not easy to break my silence; in fact many times I wanted to give up because it was so difficult to come out of the years of shame, hiding and living in lies. It was my inability to reach out and admit why I was a broken mom that led me down years of self abuse that could of been prevented. When I was finally told that it was not my fault and that by leaving my child somewhere safe with family was heroic even while I couldn't explain what was happening to me, I knew that was how I felt deep inside and that it was my turn to take my pain and turn it into another woman's gain.
If by speaking out I can spare ONE woman from the lies, the shame, the grief, the alienation, the misunderstanding and the lack of education of what it means to be an unprepared mother, it will be my greatest honor to moms who are suffering in silence. It is not glamorous to admit these truths, but what I have come to respect is that it is the truth. You can not expect to change or get better if you can not break free from the ties that bind you. Help is available and Postpartum Depression is treatable. Don't wait until you do something you are going to regret, GET HELP NOW!!! And may you someday be able to speak the truth about your own life!"
- Liana Preble