Abandoned but Not Alone

Book excerpt: Gracie came out of the womb giggling. Well, she might as well have. She was born happy, optimistic, and always giggling so much so that her nickname was Giggles. Her joy was infectious, and she made it her mission to put a smile on everyone's face. As a kid, whenever she saw someone sad, she would dance, sing, do somersaults, jump up and down, and be silly, anything it took to get a smile. Gracie and her older brother thought they had the most cool parents that they loved so much. Her happy place was being with her family and pretending they lived in one of her favorite fairy tales. As a happy innocent child that focused on making people smile, naturally she would not notice adult issues that were going on behind the scenes. Suddenly, while she wasn't looking, her whole world unraveled and fell apart overnight. "Abandoned but Not Alone" tells the true story about a little girl that lost her pure innocent joy when she was suddenly abandoned by someone she loved and idolized crumbling her perfect family dream. Discover how the error of shouldering the blame for this incident as a child shaped her life and all of her relationships. Gracie would spend the next fifty years fighting the uphill battles of trusting others with her heart, loving others, letting them love her, and trying to control relationships in her life. Enjoy traveling through her story and seeing how she found hope, healing, and happiness along the way and how she finally learned the meaning of true love. Her prayer is that her story will encourage and inspire you to find healing, hope, and happiness in your experience with abandonment.