Author Description

Beautifully Broken was born many years prior to the first words hitting the pages of this book. My experience with suicide started as a child with my mother's suicide attempts and continued with the loss of one of my best friends while I was in college. After that loss, my brother attempted suicide and one of my first true loves took his life, and my father also died from suicide.<br/><br/>My husband was my strength, and the only way I survived the loss of my father and just a couple years before this book became real, he himself took his own life.<br/><br/>The journey through loss from suicide is unlike any other loss. There are more layers of grief and more challenges with a suicide than anyone could ever be prepared to face.<br/><br/>It is my hope that what I have learned and have experienced may help others in facing this horrible type of loss.<br/><br/>Suicide can be a haunting, and I pray that Beautifully Broken is a way to turn the light into the darkness and lead you through with someone that knows what you are feeling and how to navigate through the dark places.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Cover artist: Susan M. Gibbons