Michelle Montoya | The Healing Cheff®

People keep asking me...

"What is your book about?"

At first, I thought it was about alcoholism.

Then I thought it was about recovery.

Then I thought it was about trauma.

But the more I write, the more I realize it's really about a little girl.

A little girl who lost her daddy at nine years old.

A little girl who grew up too fast.

A little girl who learned to take care of everyone else before she ever learned how to take care of herself.

It's about grief.

It's about secrets.

It's about survival.

It's about faith.

It's about searching for love, belonging, and acceptance in all the wrong places.

It's about becoming the caretaker, the fixer, the rescuer, and the strong one.

But most of all...

It's about healing.

It's about discovering that the little girl who spent her life trying to save everyone else was worthy of being saved too.

This isn't a story about what happened to me.

It's a story about how I survived.

And how God never left me, even in my darkest moments.

📖 Writing my story one tamale and one chapter at a time.

— Michelle Montoya
The Healing Cheff®