Tyanna's Story

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:03]I was a young mother.

[00:00:07]A lot of pressure around feeling isolated at times and not knowing what to do or even which way to go at times.

[00:00:16]I gave a lot of support to different people. And it seemed like after I had my child, I didn't have the support that I gave out to others. I had older sisters that had children that used the nursery before, so I was aware about the nursery, but not knowing exactly how it worked. To be able to send them off into a building with complete strangers, it was hard for me as a mother. I have to admit that the staff were friendly, smiles, asking questions, what my needs are, what they can help with. I saw a shine in his eyes, like he was excited that he can be in that place to be innocent as a child while being watched somewhere else away from home.

[00:01:12]It felt like a relief, like I can just exhale, like I have someone that I can trust. When he aged out at 7 years old, he just had tears.

[00:01:24]>> That is true. It was at a point in time where I definitely probably shouldn't have cried. This was my place of social interaction. This was where I got to go and have fun. And after that, I didn't really have nobody to play with like that for a couple of years. That sold me to be able to come back and bring my children when I had them in the future.

[00:01:45]I could tell them, "I'm really tired. I have twins. They're running around and I'm just exhausted. I need a break." And that was enough for them to say, "Come on in."

[00:01:55]>> I couldn't even imagine what it was like watching them every day, 365 days a year. Every parent definitely deserved that break.

[00:02:05]>> When they were one, one had to go to the ICU. I was very scared and I was able to call the crisis nursery and they just opened up the doors. It was such a huge relief for me to be able to not worry about my child while I'm worrying about my other child that was in ICU. These people really have my back.

[00:02:30]I've been co-parenting with my kid's dad and I remember a time that we ended up in family court and I remember him bringing up the case of me bringing my children to the nursery. He mentioned to the judge that I'm an unfit mother because I use the crisis nursery. And the judge said I I commend her for that.

[00:02:53]There's not a lot of people that will go out and reach out for help. That means that she's really concerned about her children and taking time out for herself to get that break to be a better mother.

[00:03:04]I've come a long way. so long and I'm thankful for places like the nursery that can help to get over barriers to jump over those mountains to swim through those seas and on a couple board of directors so I can help the community to be their voice because we all need to be selffilled before we can pour it out to those that we love our children. We need to take that breath and exhale so that we'll have something and more joy and laughter to bring back to them so that we can be fully attentive to them because that's what they need.

[00:03:42]>> My mom has always supported me and spoke words of life into me and tell me I'm the best. And when I hear other people speak about their relationship with their parents, I can really see how lucky I am cuz you know like not everybody gets a mom like I got. For me, hope not seeing people lost to be able to know that the world is so much broader in our areas where we live at and that there's people out there that can help us get there.