A mother's journey through the grief and loss of her daughter, an alcoholic.
In her most recent book, Before the Bow Breaks, EsthersChild shares her journey through the grief and loss of her daughter, an alcoholic. She says she wrote the book to give her daughter a chance to tell her story, to speak for herself. Who among us shall judge? Who among us can discern the legitimacy, the transparency, of a wounded heart bound with pain? Though Cassie succumbed to her afflictions, she continues to illuminate her mother's heart with her relentless courage.
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Cassie was like sunshine and stars all mixed together. And the deepest, darkest shadows of the night. Tiny in stature she fit between the cracks of mystery and amazement, yet fell easily through crevices in the floor, down down to a dungeon of pain and misery. A paradox of wit and confusion, the effervescence of a candle snuffed out while still warm, its glow only a memory of desire defeated. Quick passage on this earth, yet missed until the end of time. Where did you go, my darling little girl? Wait for me. I will come soon, though soon may linger yet awhile.
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