In this episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I sit down with Tiffany Wilkson, a wife, mother, grandmother, and advocate whose story has moved through domestic violence, shelter, serious illness, loss, healing, and eventually service to others.

Years ago, Tiffany escaped an abusive relationship and entered a domestic violence shelter while working, attending college full time, and trying to regain custody of her children. During that already overwhelming season, she was diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer. Faced with circumstances few of us can imagine, Tiffany made extraordinarily difficult decisions about her family and her future.

Years later, she returned to the same shelter, this time as an advocate. When the emotional weight of that work became too much, she found another way to serve through board lead ...