WILDFIRE MAGAZINE: MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS

AN OPEN LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER, LAYKE

In a tenderly written essay, Gillian Lichota, Founder and CEO of the iRise Above Foundation, explains how for her, wisdom is forged by a combination of experience and reflection. She shares how being the mother of a daughter resurrected her soul, offering her the chance to (re)claim her power and heal the brokenness that once defined her. Motherhood became the catalyst for breaking free from the weight of her past, the shattered remnants of a life once held together by fragile, fractured pieces.