The Road Not Taken

She personally knows deep pain, abuse, rejection, abandonment, the feeling of being unloved and unwanted, grief and loss, so well.

She has channeled those feelings and made a choice to love on purpose in life, thus creating deep empathy for all mankind and creatures.

Her career as a Burn Nurse for 20 years gave plenty of opportunity to express this empathy. She continues to be a student in the study death and dying and the afterlife. She holds a certificate as a Grief Recovery Specialist.

She loves to create beauty from ashes! She has spent the last four years in her back yard digging in the dirt, planting, building structures and watering the beauty with her tears as she walked through a time of unimaginable loss. In this space a Zen oasis was created, where you can feel God walking.

Her writings express the emotions well!

She has written a chapter in Courage Under Siege volume 7, talking about how she believes our early days in infancy can predetermine our course throughout our life. She also gives hope that we can change the course of our life at any given time, through our choices. In this chapter she talks about sexual abuse and how she confronted it head on with the most powerful man in her life, setting herself free. She believes we are never too old to change and there is always hope.

If you would like to read more of her writings, No More Silence, by Debbie Widhalm, will be out December 2024. This is her Memoir, and is full of graphic stories of survival and moving on in life, beyond the tears!

She has also written a children’s book to be published by early Spring 2025, called, The Story of Tops the Chinese Goose. This is a wonderful story that teaches about inclusion, love and grief. It will be a series book that you won’t want to miss reading. This series will teach about emotions, love and the ability to love everyone in spite of their differences.

Be on the lookout as this author continues to share her work.