Facing Me: My Victory

I am including the best review (of 13) I have received on Facing Me... I still love to read my own book because I am continually inspired by it, and it continues to inspire those whom I tell the story. To this day, I still get jaw drops when I relate the story in public. Read on:

From Midwest Book Review: Midwest Book Review - an amazing first person story, March 18, 2003

Reviewer: L.A. Johnson from Nebraska USA
If this book does not inspire you, nothing will. And I don't mean strictly Christian inspiration, although it is that too. This is an amazing first person story.

From childhood, the author struggled with epilepsy of the petit mal type. It was a bleak existence for a child, with little support or understanding from family or peers. She grew up thinking epilepsy was a shameful thing, a condition to hide, one that made her past, present and future hopeless. Doctors medicated her, sometimes to the point of toxicity, and told her there was nothing they could do. Not until college years when she met her future husband did Stephanie feel safe, loved, and accepted.

Despite her husband's love and support, life does not get easier. Her study of and love for music is put on hold. Children come along, financial worries threaten. And through it all, the spectre of "seizure invasion" looms, to strike with regularity. When she meets a special doctor with a positive persona, her life is changed. Surgery turns out to be the godsend he has promised it would be in her case.
Life looks brighter for awhile, despite setbacks. The blessing of a nurturing mentor with a can do attitude leads the author back to the music she always loved. She resurrects her musical artistry and pours it into passion borne of pain.

Facing Me documents one woman's trials, defeats, and triumphs with painful honesty. If you struggle with epilepsy, or know someone who does, I recommend you read this book. Or if you simply enjoy well written non-fiction, give Facing Me a try.