Heather m. Bassett

 Here’s what I’ve learned: As children, we’re resilient - but life trials try to break us down. It’s how we persevere through them that builds resilience. 

• I was abandoned by my parents at age 3 and raised by my grandparents.
• Bullied by my 4th grade teacher and upper classmates for 2 years - resulting in an absence of courage and muting my voice. 
• Was raped at age 17 and scared into silence.
• Became pregnant at 20 and gave natural birth to a 9'9 oz girl.
• Spent 17 years in an on-and-off battle to live celibate. 
• Went through a 2 year custody battle - living without my child.
• At age 38, naturally birthed my second child out of wedlock, who was 9'6 oz. 
• Watched my 1 month old in ICU for 2 weeks fight for her life - alone.
• Listened to my 2.5 year old child scream at night - after she was molested by her teacher. 
• Experiencing the heartbreak of my child's dad abandoning us, when she was 5.
• Witnessed my 5 year old crack her head open and held her blood in my hands. 

(and many phenomenal experiences too)...

Through it all... God taught me my strength wasn’t in survival - it was in surrender.