Prologue This is the story of one woman's 13-year struggle to come to grips with  God, faith, and depression. The Shadow of the Valley of Death Depression is a strange beast. Whether it comes upon a person slowly or quickly, the depressive often may not realize that his or her perception of reality has changed. This is not unlike the infamous frog in warm water, so acclimated to the slowly-increasing temperature that he doesn't realize he's boiling until it's too late! Likewi

In the Beginning CRASH ! The glass measuring cup dropped from Jennifer’s hand and shattered into a thousand, glittering pieces across the floor. Unable to cope with this loss and overcome by grief and rage, she rushed into the late afternoon air, slamming the door and leaving behind her husband, her infant daughter, and her life, and found herself face-to-face with who she had become—purposeless, directionless, boiling over with rage and despair.    Meanwhile, buried in my se

Repentance offers a path out of a dystopian future!

Clouds     It's amazing the impact clouds have on the psyche! White and puffy, they instantly trigger my imagination as I see "lions and...