About Sarah’s Story
This ongoing series is the heart of TOMFAW — Trusting Our Maker, Finding A Way. If you reached this page searching for the Tom Faw blog, you’re in the right place: this is a storytelling project about discernment, healing, and faith, told through Sarah’s journey. Sarah’s Story is a reflective, third-person narrative told through the eyes of Sarah, a woman navigating love, betrayal, spiritual abuse, and the slow, often messy journey toward healing. While the events are inspired by real experiences, names, locations, and identifying details have been changed to protect privacy — making this a fictionalized story that captures the emotional truth rather than a literal report of events.
Through her diary-style reflections, Sarah shares the highs and lows of relationships that were once safe and loving but became confusing, hurtful, and at times, terrifying. Her story explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways emotional and spiritual manipulation can erode trust, distort reality, and leave someone questioning their own sanity.
Sarah’s Story does not shy away from the raw, uncomfortable feelings that arise in the wake of deception and abuse — fear, doubt, shame, and anger. It examines how trauma can feel surreal, how the mind can replay events in endless loops, and how the body often bears the weight of unresolved tension.
At the heart of the narrative is Sarah’s healing journey. Guided by reflective introspection, psychological insight, and the support of therapists and trusted community, she begins to untangle the false narratives imposed upon her, confront the lingering trauma, and reclaim a sense of self. This process is gradual and sometimes frightening, but it is grounded in psychological realism: the acknowledgment that recovery is rarely linear, that boundaries are learned and re-learned, and that growth comes with vulnerability and courage.
This series is intended to offer readers a window into the psychological and emotional realities of someone surviving spiritual and emotional abuse. It is an invitation to reflect, empathize, and perhaps see pieces of your own journey mirrored in Sarah’s story. It is not professional advice, but it is a candid exploration of resilience, faith, and the power of bearing witness to one’s own truth.
Sarah writes not just to share her experiences, but to validate the experiences of others who may feel isolated, frightened, or unheard. Her story is a reminder that even when life feels surreal and scary, healing is possible — and that the process of naming, understanding, and reclaiming your own story is a profoundly courageous act.