"Secret Sins of the Heart" is the private emotional struggle women from all walks of life often find themselves battling. This struggle is driven by fear, shame and guilt because of past mistakes, choices, experiences, or victimization. The author chronicles her triumphant life's journey from childhood to the present. She candidly takes the reader into the inner depths of her struggles with death, men, marriage, the loss of a child, victimization, drugs, motherhood, interracial love and family life and, so much more. She openly shares her pain, fears, and courage, as well as her present joy,...

I felt somewhat uneasy when Rachael asked me to share my thoughts about this book because I knew what a great price had to be paid for this story to have been conceived. Life Beyond the Pain is not simply a story about a young man's battle with cancer. It is a gift to the world, fashioned out of the grief, faith and love of his most loyal and trustworthy confidant. This book is a beautiful and heartfelt story, shared through the unique lenses of a mother's love for a boy who grows into a young warrior as he journeys the wilderness, valley and eventual mountain top of his battle with cancer....