04/04/2025
🌿 For the daughters who are surviving their mother’s wounds 🌿
This post is dedicated to all of the daughters who felt their presence and innocence was stomped on by a toxic mother, grandmother, great grandmother, auntie, sister, sister/cousin. Sometimes, they are all one and the same.
The purpose of this post is not to bash mothers, yet hold their hand in accountability. Let's be honest, motherhood can be extremely difficult at times. However, as mothers we are our daughter’s first reflection of who they are. Either we can pour into that image, or contribute to the draining of their joy and life’s source of energy.
Growing up with a toxic mother can feel like being taught to doubt your own worth before you even understand who you are. It's confusing when the person who was supposed to love you the most was also the one who taught you
how to shrink, how to self-blame, how to carry shame that was never yours.
But here's what I need you to hear today:
✨You are not broken.
✨You are not too much.
✨You are not unlovable.
You learned survival skills in a battlefield you never signed up for. And now, you're unlearning. Rebuilding. Choosing yourself in ways you were never taught to.
This healing isn’t about blaming — it’s about liberation.
✨It’s about breaking the cycle for yourself and anyone who comes after you.
✨It’s about learning that boundaries are love, that distance can be a lifeline, and that peace is your birthright.
To every daughter who’s walking this path:
✨You’re allowed to grieve the mother you needed but didn’t get.
✨You’re allowed to feel the rage, the sadness, the confusion — and still choose to heal anyway.
Your story doesn’t end with what she did to you.
✨It begins with how you decide to love yourself now.
✨You are the cycle breaker. You are your own soft place to land.
✨You are rewriting the ending — and it’s powerful.
🖤 &DaughterHealing .SheaButtaflyy
~Dr. Sharesa McCray/SheaButtaflyy
