My Journey, His Power

I never set out to become a voice for survivors of Childhood Trauma. For much of my life, I didn’t even know I was one.

Like many survivors, I moved through the world unaware of the depth of my wounds. I had witnessed the abuse. I knew what had been done to me—physically, emotionally—but I believed that because it happened in childhood, it was over. I thought I had left it in the past. But trauma doesn’t work that way. It lingers, it festers, and eventually, it demands to be acknowledged.

For me, that moment of reckoning came when my life fell apart. I lost my mind, my sense of identity, my marriage, and, most painfully, my relationship with my only son. That’s when I finally asked the question: What is wrong with me?

That question led me down a path of deep study and soul-searching. I began to explore the painful reality of sexual abuse and the broader, often hidden world of Childhood Trauma. What I found was both heartbreaking and freeing. I wasn’t crazy—something crazy had happened to me. I learned that a child’s world is forever changed by trauma, and that change doesn’t magically disappear with age.

But knowledge was only the beginning. Healing, I discovered, is a journey—one that requires truth, faith, and often, heartbreak. I carefully recorded the steps along the way. From that place of pain and revelation, Tower of Hope Ministries was born, a nonprofit dedicated to helping others walk through their pain into healing.

This blog is part of that mission.

Here, we will have open, honest, Holy Spirit-filled conversations about the hard stuff: family secrets, spiritual abuse, broken relationships, and the journey back to trusting the same God who allowed the suffering to now bring healing. It's a place for us to understand what happened in our childhood, what God is doing about it, and how He will use it for our divine purpose.

I believe in the Resurrection Power of Jesus Christ. Because of that power, I have risen from the depths of complex and chronic trauma. And if He did it for me, He can do it for you.

My prayer is that this space becomes more than a blog-it becomes a ministry. May the words shared here carry the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation. May your eyes be enlightened. May you come to know the hope of His calling and the immeasurable depth of His love for you.

“He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” Psalm 107:20

Let His Word begin to heal you.

With love and hope,

Dr. Dora Washington