Suzanne G.

A couple of months ago, the still, small voice inside me said, 'Go visit your mother.' I accepted the quest, even though the idea made me cringe with distaste.

Accepting her difficult past was a big challenge to overcome, but taking it on helped Natalie feel that she was finally in charge of her life, and she began to think she was lovable.

Facing your demons and working through them is the road to peace. Trying to make this stuff go away and pretend it never existed is the road to hell.

Paola was a lovely, timid girl of 19, the fourth child of an angry, abusive father who terrorized his women. The more her classmates shared about their own lives, the more determined Paola became to change things in her family.

It won't help Janis to pretend that she doesn't know or care what really happened between her husband and her daughter. What will help is facing up to the truth that she knows exists deep in her heart.