How I Learned to Rest From My Inner Critic

ByKia Stephens July 22, 2018June 17, 2019

The day of my son’s 6th birthday party, I remember going over the details in my head: Cake? Check. Gifts? Check. Party Favors? Check. I thought I had everything and all I needed to do was grab the kids and arrive at the party on time. Unbeknownst to me, being on time would soon be the least of my concerns.

Confidently, I gave my son’s name to the representative at the front of the restaurant and waited as she began to look for his name on the list of birthday parties. It wasn’t there and it wasn’t a mistake. I had forgotten to book the birthday party.

Fear mounted inside as I imagined all of the parents and kids that would soon be arriving with gifts in tow. My private debacle was about to go public. Then, what I was dreading happened. Parents began to arrive and I had to look each of them in the eyes and tell them I forgot to book the party.

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Kia Stephens

Kia Stephens is passionate about helping women who lacked the emotional love and support of their fathers. As a child of divorced parents she knows the damaging impact growing up without a father can have on a woman. Kia candidly shares her story as source of encouragement for others. If you missed the love and affirmation of your father due to death, abuse, abandonment, divorce, or you never knew him THERE IS HOPE. God can and will fill the voids within your soul. Kia has experienced this first hand and today she attributes God's AMAZING grace for enabling her to forgive and love her dad. For this reason, she created The Father Swap blog to be a source of encouragement, healing, and practical wisdom for women dealing with the effects of a physically or emotionally absent father.