​​​​I'm a writer of spiritual memoir and a speaker whose work explores faith, recovery, motherhood and what happens when self-reliance stops working. I write for the spiritually homeless, the skeptics, and the believers.

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I'm a former atheist and a woman in long-term recovery. I spent most of my life trying to fill an internal void with external things: food, booze, and relationships. After two decades of struggling with alcoholism, I found hope and healing through a twelve-step recovery program. By taking action contrary to how I thought felt and believed, the most incredible thing happened. I developed a deeply personal relationship with a God I was sure didn't exist. Turns out, I was wrong about a few things.

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I'm also a wife and mother of two sons, including a 22-year-old with severe nonverbal autism. Raising him has taught me more about the limits of self-reliance and the meaning of surrender than I ever wanted to learn. I've spent years advocating for individuals with autism and their families, helping others navigate the often overwhelming process of securing services and support their children need.

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I'm the creator of Homebound and Healing, a Facebook community of more than 6,000 followers. What started as a place to share our family's experience has grown into a community of people from around the world who connect through challenges, hard-won victories, and the messy realities of life.

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These days, I write and speak about what I've learned through recovery, raising my boys, and discovering faith when I was desperate to find it. I explore having the humility to look for God's grace in everyday life, to question the things we call coincidence, and how much gets missed when we think we have all the answers. 

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I believe anyone open-minded and willing can develop a personal relationship with a Higher Power—even an atheist.