Trauma and Restoration with Heather

Heather is a High School English teacher; she is married to a First Responder and this week she shares a small piece of her experience as a teacher and as an adoptive parent. Heather has a strong love and burden that is evident to those around her for her English students at one of the local high schools and she is also the co-leader of our Sunday School department at Victory. Heather shares her journey from deciding to adopt to the heartbreak of not being able to adopt a child she and her husband had already begun to love and then to ultimately getting to adopt her son. There were many small details that God was able to work out where they were uniquely able to raise a wonderful young man despite the rough hand he was dealt in his early life. Heather was able to be an advocate for herself and her family within our church to learn about trauma and how to respond Biblically to trauma which led to a larger movement within Victory for more people to become informed and able to help others.

Heather’s story is deeply personal and she shares openly in hopes that her story inspires and encourages others. I am grateful that she has trusted us to respect her story as we share it with our wonderful listeners.

Heather references the Gallup (Clifton) StrengthsFinder https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx (not a paid ad) as a key to her personal and professional growth. 

Heather and Jessica uncover that they are more alike than they may have realized, starting with their shared love of reading, their strong personalities, and ultimately their love of talking! They talked so much, there will be another episode with Heather next week.