Puzzles

Let’s use our imagination for a moment.

Picture a puzzle box—1,000 pieces, maybe more. You’ve just opened it. The pieces spill out across the table. As you begin flipping each one over, you try to envision what the finished picture will look like. Piece by piece, the image becomes clearer. You start to feel that satisfaction of progress… until you realize something’s not right. Some pieces are missing. No matter how hard you search, they’re just not there.

This is more than just a frustrating puzzle. For Dr. Danisha Keating, it’s a metaphor for her life.

Danisha grew up in the foster care system—moving from place to place, often without answers or a sense of stability. As an adult, she recently attempted to retrieve her childhood records, hoping to uncover the truth about what led to her placement in foster care. She was seeking answers, clarity, and maybe even healing. But instead, she found redacted files. Pages of information blacked out. Details erased. Just like a puzzle with critical pieces gone.

Her story brought to mind a song I hadn’t heard in years: “Does Anybody Hear Her” by Casting Crowns. The lyrics still hit hard:

"Does anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she's going down today?
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me..."

Danisha’s story is one of heartbreak, yes—but also of incredible resilience. She has taken those blank spaces, those unanswered questions, and chosen to build something beautiful with what she does have. She's now a speaker, educator, and advocate—helping others find hope amid their missing pieces.

In this episode, we lace up and try on Dr. Danisha Keating’s boots—walking with her through trauma, silence, and discovery. You’ll hear about what it means to grow up without a clear picture of your past, how to keep walking forward even when things don’t make sense, and how empathy and awareness can change everything for someone still struggling to be seen.

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