Poetry and Ponderings: A Journey of Abuse and Healing Through Poetry

Winner of a Gold Medal from the Nonfiction Author's Association! A Gold Medal winner from Mom's Choice Awards! Also a Pinnacle Achievement Award winner for Poetry! Winner of two Gold Medals from Royal Dragonfly Book Awards for Poetry and Religion/Spiritual and a Finalist in the Book Excellence Awards! More recently a winner of a Gold Medal from the Human Relations Indie Book Awards for Motivational Indie Poetry Book and a Silver Medal also from The Human Relations Indie Book Awards for Personal Challenge Indie Poetry Book. Last but not least, a 5 star review medal winner from Reader's Favorite and a Gold Medal winner from Reader's Favorite for Poetry!
In this rare collection of nonfiction Christian poetry and prose based on real life experiences, Diamante Lavendar, a victim of abuse, shows the reader the raw emotions of pain, hate, and denial that occur before a victim of abuse can find a way to heal from the pains of assault. Knowing herself the very difficult journey of being a victim, Diamante was abused as a child, and turned to alcohol and drugs to numb the pain. Many years later, she started to heal under God's watchful eyes and was able to find love in her life again. She shares these truly inspiring, religious poems in the hopes that it may help other victims heal their hurts, as she did while writing the poetry collection.