A Story of Courage, Redemption and Truth by Patricia Bonelli offers readers the compelling challenge to overcome adversity and to triumph during times of conflict.
Everyone’s life conveys a story. In our minds and public conversations, we often prefer the edited, cleaned up versions. We carefully omit the scenes of darkness and ugly thoughts from our history. We strive for a non-threatening image so we can, on the surface, look and be whole to ourselves and the outside world. We know the raw truth of our stories--and the revised version we are most comfortable sharing.
I’ve had decades of practice in hiding behind an edited life, a half truth. Through different life circumstances of pain I drew towards me a sense of deprecation for who I had been- echoed: “People leave you and I, Patricia, was not worthy.” I did not ever want that to be my story, then or now…but that's how my life got started, with abandonment, when my birth mother gave me up. When my adoptive parents reminded me as a child, “We didn't have to have you”, my young heart broke repeatedly as I longed for someone to tell me and show me, You are loved. But uncomfortable events happen to everyone. With courageous dedication to improve the quality of my life, I was able to break free from limiting constraints.