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by Jen Mz Cookie Weiland (Author)
This raw, unfiltered story chronicles Jen's journey from that eighth-grade heartbreak through decades of wearing the "I'm fine" mask, struggling with depression, feeling unwanted even in church, and slowly isolating from everyone who loved her.
At 13, Jen stood in a school hallway as her best friend delivered crushing words: "I don't want to be friends with you anymore. I don't like you. I never did." That moment planted a wound that would filter every experience for the next 35 years with one devastating message: "You're not wanted."
At her lowest point, a simple Facebook friend request from someone named Trista became the lifeline that pulled her back from the edge.
Now through her life coach Keith's wisdom that she was like a "lighthouse"-shaped by crashing waves but standing firm in her purpose-Jen discovered her mission wasn't despite her pain, but because of it.
After losing four friends to suicide, Jen realized the urgent need for spaces where people can hurt without being labeled, where children learn early that big emotions don't make them "too much," and where anyone wearing a mask of "fine" can find permission to not be okay.
It's more than a book. It's a mission.
