The Quill and Me Self-Love Devotional Series Self‑Love – What is that? Discovering the Meaning of Self-Love My Story: A 50-Year Journey I was past the age of 60 before I discovered this phrase. About 40 pages into a self‑love workbook, I realized something terrible: I hated myself. That discovery explained so many things. My story goes back 50 years. As an unmarried mother working nights in a bar, my son stayed with babysitters. My family didn’t approve. They said, “Let us keep him until you get on your feet.” What began as temporary guardianship became adoption by my sister and her husband. I was told I wasn’t a fit mother. Less than a year later, I was banned from their home over a false story about giving him gum. From then on, I was shut out—no birthdays, no graduations, no family gatherings. No pictures. Nothing. It has been 50 years now. Not much has changed. But I am learning to forgive myself. And I am trying, at last, to learn to love myself. The Workbook That Found Me An...
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