Speed Bumps and Angels

<p>Tornado warnings were posted in Canton Ohio on the night of author <b>Cherie Kirby Hill Wren's</b> birth in 1943. The storm was just a normal occurrence but she can't help think it was a precursor of her life to come.</p> <p>In <i>Speed Bumps and Angels</i> Wren recaps the storms and speed bumps she has experienced in her life: nearly drowning when she was just two years old; being hit by a car; getting jilted twice; running away from home and marrying a man who was abusive and ultimately tried to kill her; developing type 2 diabetes; being diagnosed with benign essential blepharospasm; having her mitral and aortic valves replaced; gaining a pacemaker; and enduring pulmonary hypertension. </p> <p>In this memoir Wren shows how these bumps served their purpose. First they slowed her down so she didn't run out of control. Second they gave her a little jolt sometimes back to reality. Third they kept her from getting too complacent. She shows that by conquering challenges we grow and learn. We are here for a purpose and by living each day to the fullest we can knowingly or unknowingly accomplish that purpose.</p>