The story of a woman's coming to terms with her body image, her emotionally distant mother and a spiritual heritage of suffering.
Her scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, is a metaphor for the author's life. In this book, she visits the ghosts of her childhood, including her emotionally abusive father and long-suffering mother, to understand her own struggle to fit in. Through writing, she finds her voice and creates her own happiness.
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"I have moved through my life off kilter. My left side curves inward. On my right, I have no waist; my right side goes straight up and down. My left shoulder is lower than my right, and my left hip is higher than the right hip."
This book is an autobiographical account of the lessons I learned about life and how I was able to apply them to inspire, motivate and empower others in my own work as a firefighter, as well in my daily life as a husband, a father and a man. When I w
Join me as we travel together on the road called "Aging." I will be sharing my personal experiences with you and offer ideas on how we can better navigate the complex byways of our older years. Grief, healing, generations, ancestors, and more.
On February 20, 2003, pyrotechnics at a rock club in West Warwick, RI set off a devastating fire that roared through the crowded club, killing 100 people and injuring hundreds more. Gina Russo was one of the survivors, and she retells her harrowing e
