Andrew M. Kai

Dear Mama, I’m Still Healing How Daughters of Wounded Women Are Learning to Break the Chain By Andrew M. Kai "You’re allowed to grieve a mother who’s still alive. You’re allowed to say: I needed more. I needed softer. I needed safe." This book is for every daughter who was told to be quiet, to be grateful, to be strong — even when it was breaking her. It’s for the ones who flinched when love came dressed in harshness. For the ones who learned to apologize for needing too much. For the ones who left, looked back, and still longed for a kind of mother they never knew. Dear Mama, I’m Still Healing is a tender, unflinching journey into the heart of the mother wound. Blending storytelling, cultural insight, African proverbs, faith, and trauma-informed reflection, this book invites you to name what hurt you - not to stay in the pain, but to begin healing. Inside You’ll Find: 12 heartfelt chapters, including: The Mother Wound When Discipline Becomes Damage Shame That Wasn’t Ours The Sons We Raise, the Cycles We Break The Letter Our Mothers Never Wrote Cultural insights rooted in African traditions and global resonance Non-dogmatic faith reflections for those who believe, question, or hold both A benediction of grace to close the book with peace Reflection prompts at the end of each chapter Who This Book Is For: Women healing from emotionally unavailable, abusive, or absent mothers Adult daughters navigating complicated family ties Mothers breaking intergenerational cycles Therapists, coaches, and soul friends walking alongside others Anyone carrying pain that has never been named. “The mother wound is not your fault. But the healing? That’s your sacred inheritance.”