Baptized by Love

<p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A powerful loving presence I can't quite describe pulses through me . . . clearing my mind at last . . . I am astonished by this second chance-this feeling of warm tender indescribable and unconditional love permeating me.</em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Here in my naked vulnerability I think of how just forty-eight hours before I felt the cold steel of a barrel beneath my chin and the icy determination that I didn't deserve to live. Rewinding the reel of those last hours chills me to the bone. How am I afforded this moment of grace this chance to choose love over fear? How is it that love found me in the rubble of self-loathing of shame of abuse and abject failure? I don't know yet that I don't know is merciful freedom. I breathe it in dispelling the chill.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Dan��t's ability to unflinchingly express her raw innermost thoughts and feelings during moments of darkness and coming into her own light provide a powerfully transforming read. This memoir is a story of forgiveness redemption and the restoration of self-love and abundant joy-a resounding promise that no matter the heartbreak violence or trauma you've experienced you can use your pain to uncover a life of present joy. </span></p>