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by Carol Bartolomucci (Author), Rickey Hargrave (Author)
Raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in a home marked by instability, illness, and emotional distance, a young girl learns early that survival will demand more than physical strength. When her body fails her, and her surroundings offer little comfort, she discovers an unexpected resource within herself: the ability to find stillness in the middle of chaos.
As her parents' relationship fractures and the family splinters, her mother quietly teaches her that true strength does not harden the heart, but makes room for mercy. This subtle but radical vision of forgiveness becomes a compass for her life, challenging the temptation to live from bitterness, anger, or blame.
At seven years old, she experiences a dramatic encounter with God that leaves her with one clear conviction: one day all will be well. That simple promise becomes the thread that pulls her through doctors' offices, academic setbacks, and the daily confusion of a dysfunctional home. Instead of constructing a life around resentment, she begins to build it around grace.
This memoir traces her journey from a fragile, frightened child to a journalist who has learned to see the world-and her own past-with unflinching honesty and unexpected compassion. It is a story about the quiet power of faith, the costly work of forgiveness, and the way a single, enduring hope can turn even the most painful beginnings into a calling.
