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Have you ever read a book and you could have sworn it was written after you? That everything that goes on in their life is exactly what has happened in your? The hurt, the pain, the tears, the moment of clarity? Yeah, that is what Falling into You is to me.  Let me start at the beginning.......

When I was 9 years old my dad died. It was a freak accident. No one was prepared, no one could even imagine that on April 23, 1995 a tree would fall on him and he would die. Crazy huh?  I shut myself down, it was better to not feel than to have to face his death. I blamed myself. I had convinced my 9 year old self that if I could have stopped him that day from going out that he would still be alive. I punished myself. Emotionally & physically I punished myself.  For 16 years I punished myself. Drugs, pain, bulimia, more drugs. I did allot of stupid reckless things looking for that next rush. Anything was better than feeling that pain. Then at 25 years old I had enough. I had enough of the guilt, the emptiness, the empty void. I decided life was not worthy living any more. This is the first time I admit this and it's not as easy as one would think. To look back and to see myself that broken. Why I let myself get that way I have no clue. I was sad. I didn't want to do it but I was tired and I didn't know what else to do. And then one day a complete stranger told, hey I see your struggle and I'll help you if you want it. To tell you the truth I wanted to be happy, I wanted to smile and to actually feel it. I decided that whatever he was offering couldn't make it any worse so I signed up for whatever kool-aid he was offering. It took  about 6 months, one intense crazy ass week, and me finally forgiving myself for something that was beyond my control but it happened. I did it. I survived. I smiled and I felt it. It's amazing to finally be out of the dark and to see the beauty in life. To watch a sunset. To hear a child laugh. To love. To laugh. To hurt. To feel. It's amazing. It's a blessing

So you see this book that Jasinda wrote isn't just another book to me. It's a story of survival. It's a beautiful story of my survival. 

If you haven't read it you can enter for the giveaway or you can buy it on Amazon or B&N. I recommend you read this one. And just keep in mind this story is real, the feelings she wrote about are real. The story is real.

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