Out of respect and to keep the peace, with the one woman I love above all women-my mother what I do, is unspoken. While I’m living within the my passion and I believe God's purpose for my life, it alienates me from the woman who birthed the woman I was destined and designed to be. Now, writing this-my feelings-my experience, I feel censured by some whispered unwritten rule created to rise up against my voice steeped in what have become my greatest allies, TRANSPARENCY and HONESTY. If I never got another opportunity to speak it she would love it. She also doesn’t want to know anything about me speaking anywhere. Recently, she let me know that she doesn't want to see the new one or anything else I write. In my case, my mom still spews displeasure, hate, and venom anytime my last book, I Say A Prayer For Me, is mentioned, comes to mind.
I love it! Gives me hope but surprisingly, also, brought up pain. Minutes ago, I visited Novelist Rhonda McKnight's FB page as she shared about her mom crying when she received copies of Rhonda's new book, An Inconvenient Friend. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Hey there, Water Walkers and Water Walker Wannabes: Combining African-American preaching cadences and King James phrasing with a novelist's ear for dialogue, Anderson's stories bring to life her conviction that "when we ask God for a dream or a vision for our lives, our prayers will not only be answered with tailor-made dreams prepared in advance for us but we will also be given absolutely everything that we need to realize the dream."Ĭopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Following each story is a brief spiritual application, a prayer and a quotation from the Bible.
Each of the more than 40 chapters in this book tells a gripping personal story, alternating devastating experiences of rape, abuse and failed relationships with inspirational accounts of miracles, forgiveness, successes and tough love. Today Anderson, clean for 17 years, is an author (12-Step Programs: A Resource Guide for Helping Professionals) and motivational speaker who credits God, a treatment program, AA and a circle of caring friends for her recovery and for the subsequent fulfillment of her deepest aspirations. Even before leaving the hospital she was using drugs again, despite signing herself into the psychiatric ward for help. Though grateful for rescue, Anderson was hopelessly addicted. A co-worker had found Anderson's nearly lifeless body and called 911. Three days later she awoke in intensive care, recovering from an accidental overdose.
One Sunday afternoon in the 1980s, Anderson locked herself in her deserted office suite, prepared some heroin and, after searching 10 minutes for a usable vein, injected herself.
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