Heidi
Garrison, NY
2015
From feeling incomplete to completely whole
Heidi never felt like she was enough. For most of her life, she chased relationships in hopes that someone else could make her feel whole. But every time, she ended up more broken than before.
After her long-term boyfriend passed away unexpectedly, grief overtook her. She started drinking, then using cocaine. She lost her job, her apartment, and her direction. For nearly a year, Heidi was living out of her truck, through both summer and winter.
Still, she kept trying to find hope in people. She moved to Texas for another relationship, but it turned abusive. Broke, addicted, and desperate, she found herself at a payphone calling her mom.
Her mom had been telling her about Hoving Home for years. That day, Heidi was finally ready. She drove herself back to New York with nothing but a sliver of hope.
From the moment she walked through the doors, Heidi knew something was different. This wasn’t just about recovery, it was about redemption. She encountered God’s love in a personal way for the first time. Surrounded by women who understood her pain, Heidi began to believe that she was truly loved, chosen, and forgiven.
She found strength in Scripture, in chapel worship, and in the community of women who reminded her daily that she didn’t need to earn her worth, she already had it in Christ.
Today, Heidi is living a completely transformed life. She works as a hospital detox counselor, helping others take their first steps toward healing and often tells them about Hoving Home.
She still leans on the truths she learned in the program and cherishes the deep relationship she now has with Jesus.
Heidi once lived in chaos, addiction, and fear.
Now she lives in peace, purpose, and the presence of God.
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