First published 2012
Stephanie Nielson built a devoted readership through her blog starting in 2005, sharing her joyful life as a mother and wife married to Christian. Her world shattered in August 2008 when a plane crash left Christian burned across 40% of his body and Stephanie fighting for survival with burns covering 80% of hers. She spent four months in a coma. This memoir chronicles her remarkable recovery journey, from those first agonizing days after waking to seeing her transformed face for the first time, sharing her first post-accident kiss with Christian, and reuniting with her children after months apart. Nielson traces her path from a happy childhood in a family of nine siblings through her Mormon faith and fairy-tale romance, showing how these foundations supported her through unimaginable pain. Her story reveals how love, faith, and community create the strength needed to rebuild a life from tragedy.
Genres: christian, family-life, biography-memoir, inspirational
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, overcoming-adversity
310 pages · Hardcover · Voice
Content warnings: medical-trauma