Has one of life's traumatic events such as Divorce,Disease, Death or Disaster landed you at the Big D crossroads of Despair? Then this book is you.This is my journey to that same dark place and beyond into a future I could never have imagined possible. At the time, my life as I knew it had been destroyed. There was no light at the end of my tunnel.My faith in God was unravelling and I found myself clinging to hope by the merest of threads. Alone and in pain, I faced many challenging decisions.Taking hold of God's promise of a future filled with hope and joy was my life line but first I had to learn that:
ContentsIntroduction: Arriving at the Big D crossroads
Poem: Chocolate Box
1: Journeying forward... Time frames
Poem: Hospital Sojourn - Odious Room 1024
2: Confronting the Truth... Reality bites
Poem: Sideways into Silence
3: Laying down the stones... Compassion not condemnation
Poem: Remembrance Day
4: Removing the prickles... Defusing anger
Poem: Bitter Shreds
5: Letting Go... Learning to forgive
Poem: It's just a Typo
6: Standing tall on the Rock of Life... Laying foundations for self-worth
Poem: Lost Things
7: Moving on... Learning to be thankful
Poem: Thunderstorm
8: Changing Playgrounds... Living with depression
Poem: Feathers
9: Where are you God? Finding light in the dark
Poem: Being Me
10: The season of 'Me Time'... Enjoying the now
Poem: Wildheart
11: The road ahead... The future begins today
Poem: Marriage Pyre