I Held My Mother's Pain

Poet Taylor Kinney shares her journey through healing her maternal lineagethrough the lens of the inner child archetype. Navigating early childhood andadolescent trauma, she journeys through her school age years attempting to unpackher mother s expression of pain and the messages of feminine conditioning. Taylor accepts the invitation into the unknown. She steps into the journey ofre-parenting and self-love, reclaiming fragmented parts of herself, and ultimatelyreconnecting with the great mother. I Held My Mother s Pain is a heart-wrenching poetry collectionexploring the lasting effects of generational trauma and thelong, emotional journey to recovery and self-love. Thepain in these poems has been hidden and held tightlyfor generations in Taylor s maternal lineage. The womenwho came before her had their own stories that were leftuntold as they held and passed on the wounds from theirmothers of generations prior. Taylor s writing is vulnerable, raw, and will touchyour heart in the most sensitive and delicate ways. She offers the message that in times of pain anduncertainty, there remains a light inside, alwaysguiding the way. This is an invitation to sprint asfast as you can towards the little being inside ofyou and squeeze them with an abundance of love,expression, and belonging.