THE IMPACT OF ABANDONMENT

[@sarahfitzgerald7091]

I love Tuesday’s. Needed this podcast. Best one yet.

[@stephanieanderson6860]

Paige we have so much in common. The strength this took to tell 🥹 many Christmass I spent on our porch waiting on a mom that didn't care if she ruined a little girls exciting day and my dad just crying trying to make me understand it wasn't my fault. 💟

[@Okiemomof5]

This episode completely breaks my heart! My two step daughters have been thru this for the last 8 years and i just wish it was different for them and I hope I am able to help make this easier on them! 😢

[@allycox365]

My 1st daughter ran back to a father that left & was never involved and never showed up & at 17, she left our family (my husband adopted her at 4 years old) as he gave her so many promises and so did his young young wife and he continued to hurt her so bad mentally. She found someone and got married not with my blessing & now I have a grandchild 5 hrs away and it hurts me to see her pain about her bio. They never see each other & it hurts her, but she won't let him in her life again or her child's. Oh, this hits Hard or her watching this! I will always be there for her, and so will my husband, who adopted her years ago she is now almost 23 next month! ❤😢❤

[@userlynard]

My dad walked out on me when I was 5 and as a little girl it hurt me and my mom thankfully would drive me up to where my dad is but I just didn’t feel welcomed there.. my dad never tried to have a relationship with me till I got old enough to try, he promised me he was gonna come to my high school graduation, he didn’t come that BROKE my heart and I graduated 7 years ago and I just seen him the other day for the first time in 6 years 😢 when I seen him he didn’t even ask about my life my child nothing. I just don’t understand.. but like you said “as a child I will never understand but as a mother I will” thank you guys for sharing ❤❤

[@ashleys.9555]

Thank you for sharing. This shattered my heart in ways I didn’t know was possible. To know this is how my child is feeling and there isn’t a damn thing I can do to save her, quite frankly sucks.

[@kierstynbirmingham7371]

I have never related to someone so much, especially when I've never met them! I always knew you were one of my favorites but the PJs sealed the deal! Love you ladies!!

[@karenfarias5813]

Wow! Wow! This is hands down the best podcast ever! First off I can relate to this especially as a mother to a child who has an absent father my daughter has been struggling with a lot of bad eating habits and people look at me crazy for getting help😢

[@DestinyStanek]

I relate to this so much. I’m 1 of 6 also no full siblings but grew up with my baby sister. My parents didn’t tell me my dad wasn’t my biological dad until I was 24. I’m now 29 and it’s affected me so much..

[@bbbitchhfaayyce]

My dad was the in and out parent, but, my mom and i lived with my grandparents from 5-12. They did so much of raising me because my mom alwayscworked at night. She was always more of my friend then a mom. She was in active addiction my whole childhood. When i turned 12 i lived with my dad for less then 6 months and it was pure Trauma, lots of abuse, just for when i got back to my mom she was different because she felt like i abandoned her. Then she choose men over me. When i was 17 she dropped me off on her best friends door step and said she couldnt be a mom anymore. She went to prison right before i turned 19. I gave her one last shot right before i turned 21 and it was such a slap in the face and lasted a week. Its crazy the trauma i am trying to heal while also trying to make sure i give my child nothing to hopefully heal from in their lives. I couldnt imagine just being done. Treating them the way my parents have me. They are my soul. The reason i want to be the best me. I have spent a whole 3 days away from either of my 2 kids and all her hospital related. Thank you for your rawness and being open. Its nice to hear storys that are relatable. Especially since the situations always feel so isolating

[@tiffanybaker9600]

I have that with my little girl her dad left before she was born and try to come back in at 5 years old

[@jenniferlyle6169]

Longer podcasts please 🙏 I love you guys ! 143 From Michigan

[@MomsTheWordPodcast]

We’ve been seeing this request often! We’re on it! 🫶🏼

[@melodypharisstucker4535]

Wow! This was so healing and triggering for me all at the same time! Healing because it’s feels good to know that broken little girl is not alone! Triggering because I feel Paige’s pain so deeply. We almost had the exact childhood. I still at 44 deal with attachment and abandonment issues! I love so hard because that little girl still wants to be loved and accepted by the momma that was only there for small periods of time. I overcompensate in a lot of areas of my life even now that my boys are grown and especially with my bonus baby! Thank you for sharing this! It brought up things that happened that I had totally forgot about, but I feel like i needed those to come up as we are constantly still trying to heal that beautiful little girl inside.

[@kelseytucker9131]

"I haven't heard from her all week" hits so hard. The dread that gets bigger and bigger as the days go by and you hear nothing, knowing you'll have to eventually explain that they're not going to show up and you have no answers as to why 🥺

[@ctr8203]

Mamas! You somehow knew what I needed to hear we are going through this with our boys now, their mom has been MIA for 3 months and with just a 5min phone call with her and our littlest it has had him feeling all the emotions this week and it's hard to see your child upset about something that is beyond your control. I have been their bonus momma for almost 3 years and I can't imagine not seeing them for months on end. We just went away for the weekend for the first time and I felt SOOOO guilty about leaving them for 2 nights! Being a parent is hard, you just keep trying your best and just hope one day they understand it was never their fault and that they ARE enough.❤

[@baileykoch1829]

Watching this just made me bawl, because all of these feelings are the same way I feel about and towards my mom.

[@kalissakidd7727]

I relate so hard to Paige, every episode that she speaks about her journey I flash back over and over, I break down, but she’s helping me so much, knowing that I’m not the only one. Thank you Paige. Thank you so much!

[@MomsTheWordPodcast]

This made my entire night. I’m so sorry you understand but thankful I can help in some way 🫶🏼 love to you - Paige

[@melodypharisstucker4535]

I feel exactly the same way! I completely see me in her story

[@jessicamariee5453]

This one got heavy. Thank you Paige for sharing and Cindy thank you for helping her share these moments when she got down you were that sounding voice. 🤍

[@_neelloc.colleen_]

This broke and healed me at the same time. I constantly worry that I’m going to follow in my parent’s footsteps unintentionally and seeing this made me realize that I get to choose what parent I am. I’m going to be the most “extra” parent ever bc I don’t want my kids ever wondering if I care

[@themhoffers7448]

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[@ShariJolliff]

“My hidden folder of trauma” I felt that in my soul💔 I’ve never been so greteful for two ppp sharing their stories. THANK YOU.

[@Angelalindsay22]

Thank you for sharing your stories. While I did not have this experience, it opened my eyes on ways to be a better mother! I seriously love you ladies and this podcast is what I look forward to!!! ❤❤❤ keep up the amazing work your doing with your lives Paige and Cindy because you're both amazing!!

[@corielynnesouza3508]

Thank you for this episode. im blown away, it feels like your talking about my childhood. I would NEVER wish this feeling on anyone but it’s so comforting knowing someone else knows how i feel. All the good vibes and healing to you ❤️

[@rhiannon___3270]

I can totally relate to Paige. My “mom” walked out when I was 11 for drugs, and she never came back. She was a horrible mom before that bc of the drugs too, but it’s still traumatic. Now I’m 27, and I have a 7 year old, and I will never understand how not only she could leave, but how my parents could abuse a child like that. I could never dream of treating my son the same way.

[@renaebegley1860]

This episode is what I needed, Paige I relate so much to you, we lived such a similar life growing up, today you both made me feel like I’m not alone. Thank you ❤

[@MomsTheWordPodcast]

You are so welcome! You’re not alone 🫶🏼 - Paige

[@VidaJones]

I just love Paige. I’m looking forward to her book, too!

[@Bestie4life973]

I would love to hear your dad and step mom’s perspective on how they handled you as such a fragile child. I’m going through this exact thing with my bonus daughter and I just want to protect her little heart.

[@MomsTheWordPodcast]

Paige’s step mom will be on an episode to discuss that side as well as her own journey. She was 21 and her own mother had just passed away. In many ways, they needed each other.

[@veronizabellaxoxo]

Paige thank you so much for sharing this. I have a lot of trauma from my childhood and it’s so unfair. I think you worded it all so well. When my parents divorced my father completely left us and my mother decided to go out and live and left myself my sister to navigate not only losing one parent but two. I had a really tough convo with her last week and as the child we know that we never mean to hurt our parents when we tell them our feelings and hurt but it’s also a very hard thing for our parents to have to hear from an adult view point. My sister being the older one turned to drugs at a young age and I am so grateful that she didn’t get addicted and learned to grow from such a hard childhood rather than self medicate. Now we get to be the mamas who nurture and love on our children and know that our babies will never have to live through the hurt we did. Cyndi, you are such a light to every child who is ever blessed enough to be put in your home. You are everything and more that little ol me wanted and needed. I hope you ladies nothing but the best and thank you for these podcasts!

[@morgan4282]

I can relate. My “mom” walked out when I was 4 as well; luckily I had my dads mother to replace her. My dad is also a drug addict and has never been in my life either. I’m sorry you had to go thru this as a child.

[@chloemorgan6798]

I've felt this so hard. I was in the foster system and have abdonment issues from my bio parents. It really stays with you for the rest of your life, but you can still be a normal person. I know am so self conscious on how I choose to raise my kids. I don't want them to feel what I felt when I was a child.

[@mskrista0206]

I worry about this so much with my beautiful daughter. I ended things with her dad when she was 5 months old and he has chosen to not be in her life. I’m so worried about how this is going to make her feel as she gets older. I just pray I can help her through her feelings. ❤

[@userlynard]

My dad walked out on me when I was 5 and as a little girl it hurt me and my mom thankfully would drive me up to where my dad is but I just didn’t feel welcomed there.. my dad never tried to have a relationship with me till I got old enough to try, he promised me he was gonna come to my high school graduation, he didn’t come that BROKE my heart and I graduated 7 years ago and I just seen him the other day for the first time in 6 years 😢 when I seen him he didn’t even ask about my life my child nothing. I just don’t understand.. but like you said “as a child I will never understand but as a mother I will” thank you guys for sharing ❤❤