Have you ever wondered where you came from? Why your parents say the things they say? How your grandparents choose the traditions that they do? Have you ever thought about how their choices directly affected you? Do you wish you could go back in time, even as just a spectator, to see what it was they had to go through?

I've written this book for those reasons so my children and their children and their children after that have something to read, a recording of time. Somewhere to start with feeding this deep feeling inside that something went wrong somewhere and how it can be "all right." Asking yourself, "Why is my life like this?" This book contains stories of resilience, recovery, and redemption, revealing the history of mental illness and overcoming the multiple forms of abuse that can plague a family.