A Message to Every Survivor Still Healing: You Are Not Your Trauma
Tina Strambler has a message for anyone still carrying the weight of their past. It’s a message she wishes someone ...
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This blog is more than just a collection of stories; it is a space dedicated to the belief that our beginnings do not have to dictate our endings. Having spent thirteen years in the foster care system, I know what it feels like to be ‘raised by strangers.’ But I also know the power of being ‘rebuilt by love.’ My mission here is to shine a light on the foster care system, give a voice to the unheard, and prove that with faith and resilience, healing isn’t just possible—it’s transformative.
The Scars on My Thighs: Why I Stopped Hiding My Past
There are parts of abuse that live beyond memory. They live in the body. Long after the details blur, the ...
13 Years in Foster Care: The Truth About Growing Up “In the System”
When people hear that a child spent 13 years in foster care, they often imagine one thing: institutions. Cold halls. ...
The Simple Act of Kindness That Changed Everything: A Sack Lunch Story
It wasn’t a grand gesture. There was no ceremony, no speeches, no dramatic rescue. It was just a brown paper ...
Becoming the Mother I Never Had: Breaking Generational Cycles
When Tina Strambler held her firstborn son in her arms at twenty years old, she felt something she had never ...
How I Learned to Forgive My Mother Without Forgetting the Pain
Forgiveness, Tina Strambler says, is one of the hardest things she has ever learned to do. “It wasn’t a moment,” ...
The Moment Everything Changed: When a Teacher Noticed My Bruises
Some moments in life divide everything into before and after. For Tina Strambler, one of those moments happened in a ...
What Foster Care Taught Me About Real Family (It’s Not About Blood)
When people ask Tina Strambler who raised her, she never has just one answer. “I wasn’t brought up by a ...
