A survivor describes the trauma of childhood abuse and her longing for maternal protection. Her inner child, age 12, keeps asking where her mother was during the assault. The hosts encourage her to voice the pain she's held inside.
In your mind, you want the mom you saw everybody else have. You want it. And she's saying to you, "I can get there one day, but I'm still learning right now." But the little 12-year-old girl in you, rightfully so, wants her here right now.
Yes, 'cause that little girl is scared, confused. She don't know how to do anything. She is hurt. She's down bad. Yeah. And she was looking for her mom. I gotta tell you this. She was in places. She was being raped and molested. And where was my mom? I gotta tell you this. Where was my mom?
I gotta tell you this. I gotta tell you this. I gotta tell you this, Kwame. Come here, baby. I gotta tell you this.