02/10/2026
The return isn’t a conclusion, it’s a threshold!
She young women come home, they often carry layers that don’t fit neatly into celebration or certainty. They bring with them a new awareness, unanswered questions, and grief for who they once were, and a tenderness about who they are becoming.
Some return grounded in faith, some return changed forever. Most return holding devotion and dissonance at the same time. That complexity deserves care, not correction.
As a therapist, I had worked with many girls who have returned home early with crippling anxiety, depression and even suicidal ideation. I have also worked with those who stay on their mission and come home with so many unanswered questions about the future and what is expected of them next. They are confused about what “coming home” should even look like, and are thrown into other’s expectations and they are not given a chance to find their OWN authentic self!
Healing doesn’t ask for anyone to choose sides. It asks for space. Space to integrate what was learned, space to honor what was lost, and most importantly, space to listen inwardly without fear.