Three things defined Pam’s family growing up: Alcoholism, inherited trauma, and secrets. On the outside, her middle-class family appeared successful, happy and well-adjusted. On the inside, her father’s alcoholism, and the legacy of addiction, held everyone captive. 

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For over thirty years the past would not be linked to the present until her father, after a near fatal intake of alcohol, chose sobriety. Finally, the “elephant in the room” could leave. But would it be too late to heal the emotional wreckage that remained? 

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Miraculously, love stepped out from the shadows and led the way. The search for truth brought light to her father’s long-held secret of childhood mistreatment and trauma. 

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The gifts in the challenge slowly led to finding the courage to grow and the love to forgive. Hard to imagine, but alcoholism became a masterful teacher. 

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Yet, unbeknownst to both Pam and her father, their greatest teacher would come later as he lay dying from cancer. In a remarkable promise brought to them just weeks before he died, an otherworldly presence told them death would not be their final separation. Their destiny to be together would continue into the afterlife, bringing with it unprecedented healing for them both. 

Pam’s story will touch your heart. It will encourage you to see that every challenge you experience, no matter how devastating, holds the key to your own healing. You aren’t alone with your struggles. There is always hope. And always waiting to be discovered is the power of the heart to transform relationships. Love and healing know no boundaries, not even death.