Angela Kayne

Waking the Wounds Angela Kayne

Imagine for a moment a world in which no love or support exists for you, a small child. Imagine that the adults in your life, those who are supposed to protect and nurture you instead grossly neglect and abuse you. Imagine never feeling safe, never feeling valued, never feeling loved. Then imagine this reality of adults unable to protect you carrying over into your school life, once again proving to you there is no safe place and you can trust no one. Imagine being so desperate for love, security, and approval that you would do anything to gain it, even fall into the snares of yet another monster masquerading as your salvation. This is the true condensed autobiography of Angela Kayne. Be prepared for raw honesty as she boldly and vividly tells her story. This is a story of a young girl, destined for failure and defeat, facing one mountain after another with no support system and no reason to hope. She shares how her painful childhood affected her adult relationships, and the cycle of fear, shame, and addiction that claimed her identity as a result of unhealed wounds. But be prepared as you read through the last chapters, you'll soon see that this is not just another book about child abuse. No, she tells her story with purpose as she overcame her past, she boldly faced her wounds, and claimed victory over them. She finally realized that it took strength, not weakness to surrender to grief. Allowing herself to be broken meant cleansing her infected wounds. Her story is eye opening, and unfortunately not singular in this society where many children are abused, and like Angela they have no advocate. It is her hope that her story will empower you to DO something, be the one person in the life of a child who says "you are enough, you are loved, you deserve so much better, and I will help you." If you are struggling with lingering wounds from past abuse, let her story give you hope that you too can heal and claim complete victory.