An Upside-Down House:: A Story of Brokenness and Love

A young girl at age 3 starts a life of heartbreak believing her mother is dying and going to heaven where God is waiting she was told. Through seemingly insurmountable odds, including an abusive father, mother’s mental illness, and neglect and abandonment, she and her siblings manage to reach adulthood. Due to shame, there is no one they can turn to because their unspeakable experiences and distorted reality could not be shared with others outside the home. As a young mother, she hopes to rise above her past but faces a future of more strife and struggle. A baby diagnosed with a terminal illness, a premature infant, and other circumstances force her to relive her deep dread of loss, terror, and pain from long ago. Experiencing more heartbreak, she turns away from God whose relationship she had grown to fear. She is convinced either God doesn’t know her, or he doesn’t care. When hope is impossible, faith is unheard of, and trust is nonexistent, there is only one way out.