"By the time I was 21-years-old, everything about me--my soul, if you will--had changed not once, but twice."
In an instant, her world changed forever. While on active duty in the U.S. Army, Lori Williams-just your average American young woman-sustained a severe traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident. For the next 22 years, what would occur is a transformation. In her memoir, the author discusses the ways-cognitive, physical, emotional, and spiritual-in which she was affected by a brain injury, discussing the ramifications of this incomprehensible tragedy, and bringing us...

Lilly and Henrietta are the best of friends. While Lilly is determined to be in the town's parade, she has more than a little trouble finding her talent. With Henrietta's help, Lilly realizes she is special just the way she is

Take a therapeutic journey with four women who have life sentences in prison as they negotiate the three stages of therapeutic growth: 1.Stabilization and adjustment 2.Shift to responsibility 3.Existential life issues This is a chronicle of their growth across twenty-plus years of incarceration, as expressed in poetry. Get to know these women through their struggles and their achievements as they stare down their demons. As you travel with them, you will learn that they are not much different than you. They have similar struggles, and you don't have to be in prison to have a life sentence...