Shhh...Please Listen to Me: True stories of personal perseverance and resiliency

A compilation of inspirational stories and life journeys that the author collected to offer support, education, and inspiration to individuals facing such hardships, to reach out to families and friends, and to encourage professionals to take time to listen to the stories. Embedded in the words of these resilient individuals are bravery, trauma, hope, despair, happiness, poverty, wealth, loneliness, forgiveness, abandonment, truth, addiction, courage, grief, and many other powerful emotions.