Falling Forward: How to stay positive when the world seems to be crumbling around you
Book Details
Author(s)
Libby Russo
Publisher
Maggie E. Robinson
ISBN / ASIN
B00VKCHEMO
ISBN-13
978B00VKCHEM2
Sales Rank
#2,479,455
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
Now quite suddenly an independent woman, I have spent the last 57 years believing in the American Dream! If you do right by not breaking the law or by intentionally hurting others or yourself, you’ll be rewarded with a stable, secure and safe home, family and friends who love you. Now I find myself alone after two failed marriages, headed from the west coast to the east coast with everything I could grab in 48 hours packed in my SUV and a small trailer. What went wrong?
From the very first day of my trip something has gone not as planned... but it allows me to solve numerous challenges on this new journey and beyond while building my self-confidence and making me aware that YES, I am capable of living a successful life!
The story opens getting on the highway heading south then east after leaving a husband of 23 years and putting an end to the last, worst six years of my life. After hundreds of miles, many hours of driving and almost reaching the California desert, my SUV suddenly stops cold and I discover my engine has died a tragic death and I am stranded. Continuing my journey three days later with the help of my reliable son and trusted cell phone, I make the drive all the way across the country to South Carolina. Flashbacks keep my mind occupied along the way. Remembering my own childhood along with memories from my first failed marriage, my children’s milestones and all the ordinary small happenings as they grew up. Then the years of my second marriage when I start seeing many red flags that I now recognize probably contributed to this current, failed relationship.
Finally arriving and living with my youngest son, things seem go from bad to worse! Within the next two years I have only him as my stabilizing touchstone to keep me from giving up completely but then somehow, I find my own strength and pull myself out of crippling depression including thoughts of ending my own life.
Can I overcome all these obstacles and learn new lessons to start all over? Do I have time and can I succeed in searching for MY real self?
I know everyone falls… but I realize that the time has come for me to finally learn to at least Fall Forward!
From the very first day of my trip something has gone not as planned... but it allows me to solve numerous challenges on this new journey and beyond while building my self-confidence and making me aware that YES, I am capable of living a successful life!
The story opens getting on the highway heading south then east after leaving a husband of 23 years and putting an end to the last, worst six years of my life. After hundreds of miles, many hours of driving and almost reaching the California desert, my SUV suddenly stops cold and I discover my engine has died a tragic death and I am stranded. Continuing my journey three days later with the help of my reliable son and trusted cell phone, I make the drive all the way across the country to South Carolina. Flashbacks keep my mind occupied along the way. Remembering my own childhood along with memories from my first failed marriage, my children’s milestones and all the ordinary small happenings as they grew up. Then the years of my second marriage when I start seeing many red flags that I now recognize probably contributed to this current, failed relationship.
Finally arriving and living with my youngest son, things seem go from bad to worse! Within the next two years I have only him as my stabilizing touchstone to keep me from giving up completely but then somehow, I find my own strength and pull myself out of crippling depression including thoughts of ending my own life.
Can I overcome all these obstacles and learn new lessons to start all over? Do I have time and can I succeed in searching for MY real self?
I know everyone falls… but I realize that the time has come for me to finally learn to at least Fall Forward!
