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    Dessert First: Transforming Life's Road Kill into Lollipops

    By Rhonda Jennings

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    Dessert First: Transforming Life's Road Kill into Lollipops, is Rhonda Jennings' memoir that shares her experiences as she tries to live a "normal" life in the face of overwhelming odds.Jennings tackles head on one of the most horrific of human issues: suicide. With brutal honesty and guts, she identifies with the everyday struggles of dealing with mental illness during life-changing events. She relates how, even when her life was toughest and seemed to be plunging to the depths yet again, she kept going and found joy and happiness while having very little with which to work. Betrayal, bullying, unemployment, racism, chauvinism, and even motherhood, all brought life lessons that Jennings had to work through to find her way in this world and fight her way back from the brink.Unlearning the behaviors learned over a lifetime, dealing with the unknown, and finding emotionally safe places are just some of the lessons that Jennings discovered along her journey. But more than any other, she found that forgiveness is the most important lesson of all-- forgiving others and forgiving one's self.Dessert First: Transforming Life's Road Kill into Lollipops will make you laugh, cry, and most of all, think. Take a journey with Rhonda Jennings as she learns how to survive and thrive in a world that seems determined to test, thwart, and beat her down--making her triumph all the more satisfying!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherProgressive Rising Phoenix Press, LLC
    Release dateMay 2, 2018
    ISBN9781946329691
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    Dessert First: Transforming Life's Road Kill into Lollipops
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    Rhonda Jennings

    Rhonda Jennings is an author and special education teacher in Fort Worth, Texas. Her saving graces in life are God, Jesus, family, her dog Gracie, and a sense of humor.Currently Rhonda is writing another Dessert First bookand two murder mysteries; one where special needs childrenuse their authentic gifts to solve a case and another about aserial killer.And last but not least, she loves scooping up her grandchildren in their pjs with morning breath and headingto the nearest IHOP for pancakes.

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