Page 30 of the unfolding is the story of Valena Claiborne.

During that period of time, I like to describe it as my mom being slave to the world.

She struggled with drug addiction, and that is what took my place in our relationship.

God's story has been unfolding.

Since the beginning of time.

He invites you to be a part of it.

Another page in the unfolding. Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

When someone you love is in the throes of drug addiction, there is a cost.

For Valena Claiborne, her mother's drug use cost her love, trust, and respect, not just toward her mom,

but toward the God who gave her a mom like that. If you heard last week's episode of the unfolding,

then you know some of the story of Valena's mom, El Trisha Lindsay. I actually met and heard

Valena's story first, and that's what we're sharing today. So tell me a little bit about

your relationship with your mom when you were younger. What was your family like? Yeah. So our family

was really interesting. I was the only girl for seven years before my youngest, well, my oldest of

the youngest brother was born. We're seven years apart. And we really

valued, like, spending time together. You know, Sunday dinners after church, you know, picnics

every holiday, just a lot of family time together. So her and I were close because it was just,

it was just the two of us for a really long time.

You've been the baby for a long time.

For a long time.

And, you know, my parents got divorced when I was two.

And so it was her and I for a really long time before she met my brother's father.

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