Mack's friends suggested he visit a quaint town in Washington State called Leavenworth, but they had an ulterior motive—a motive that resulted him agreeing to help one of their friends track down her missing sister. That led him to the remote small t
Astrid Hendren is the author of Surviving Lasts a Lifetime: A Parent's Journey through Medical Trauma, a memoir of her traumatic, near-death experience when she suffered a massive stroke after a brain aneurysm ruptured at the age of 32.
After surviving against all odds, she began a journey of recovery to overcome intense pain, loneliness and the fear that her children could be left without a mother. Through sheer grit and determination she developed new ways to parent and cope as her life as she knew it was changed forever.