Finding Sarah

Imagine…falling apart in front of the world.  Now, imagine a friend offering you help to put yourself back together.   This is the very personal journey that OWN and Sarah are taking us on in “Finding Sarah” as she works to put her own pieces back together in front of the world.  So often we see the mess and aftermath of lives falling apart and so rarely do we see the heart and lessons of lives being built up.  In Finding Sarah, we see the heart…and with her, we are on a journey to find those lessons.

As any good royal story, the tale begins with the background of information.  Married in 1986. 26 years old.  A little girl from a small english village marrying into the royal family.  Two beautiful daughters.  “On the outside, it looked perfect.  On the inside, I felt worthless,” Sarah says.  This”perfect royal life” came with spending only 40 days a year together for the first five years of marriage and dealing with learning how to be part of the royal family and a new mother. With this also came the press over the years and the hard fall - Dutchess of Pork, Fat Frumpy Fergie, a bad mum, Dutchess sells Andy… For anyone else, it is called living life and making some bad decisions.  For someone in the British Royal family, well…it’s worldwide news and public history.

Early in the show, Sarah’s daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice join in and show us a different side of Sarah. Princess Eugenie says, “She’s the best mother.  Kindness, love and generosity and I want everyone to know that she’s not what they portray her to be.”   Her daughters are her best side…because it’s clear that they love their mother very much and that she loves them.   “I’ve got to change the way I feel about myself…I’m on this journey for my daughters just as much as I am for myself,” Sarah says.  “If I don’t heal who I am, then how can I inspire them?”  [read more…]

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