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A journey of survival, self-discovery, and spirituality.
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Jayme crawled into the closet in the hallway, rocking and cradling her knees for comfort. She relaxed into the familiar smell of old clothes, amid the moldy leather saddle shoes and discolored boxes of long discarded papers. Even the old stinky bottle of “cough syrup” with oranges and lemons floating in the maple-colored liquid was still on the closet floor. She could sneak over to her secret “fort,” behind the triangular attic access door, with the scary missing floorboards and hidden pictures inside the plastic covered pink furry walls, but the register here had better acoustics. Jayme wanted to know what was happening. She needed to know what she had done wrong. Jayme didn't understand the sporadic eruptions that wafted up through the floor filter, but she did know that they were talking about her, and her mother.
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About the Book
The author was initially inspired by a series of unexplainable “God Moments” directing her to share her dysfunctional childhood and adult experiences focusing on education and recovery processes. W. Paul Young’s book: “The Shack’” opened the door to converting decades of diary and journal entries into a self-help format of encouragement, strength and hope. Names were changed to protect THE GUILTY and exonerate the victims of child abuse, domestic violence and rape. Jayme weaves her rich Irish heritage, intergenerational ghost stories and unexplained mysterious spiritual interventions through the cultural revolutions of the 60’s, 70’s. and 80’s, The book highlights the evolution of Codependency treatment, mental health and therapeutic recovery. Family patterns of repetitive narcissistic and misogynistic relationships, domestic violence and suicide were buried beneath multiple layers of denial, misrepresentation and deception.
About the Author
The author writes through the eyes of a former licensed child protection social worker as well as having significant experience as an advocate for domestic violence, sexual assault and suicide prevention agencies. She anonymously documents personal stories, emphasizing intergenerational family patterns of repeated abuse, neglect and traumatizing relationships.