One Woman's Reality

This story involves a families life challenges to survive, with faith and perseverance. Their young daughter's troubled marriage, who found her first love, early in her life. Mara the daughter, looks back on this marriage through flash backs from the beginnings of her childhood. Mara also seeks counciling to save her marriage, because of marrying at such a young age. Her husband's lack of moral stability in marriage, becomes quite an obstacle for Mara. She attempts to salvage her marriage, as they continue to grow apart. This book appeals to both men and women, who have faced similar circumstances. In marriages or intimate relationships, when one person is the most committed. And as always it takes two people and compromise, for a relationships to endure. Rev. Sandara as she prefers to be called, became a licensed ordained minister in 2002. She prefers not to preach from the pulpit, because her ministry is in healing. She is a highly spiritual person, giving of her time and talents, in many arenas. Focusing mainly on her Healing Touch Certified Practitioner work through out her community. Rev. Sandara is also an advocate who supports the education of women and men to stop physical abuse toward mostly women of all ages and some males of all ages, who are abused. Some of Rev. Sandara's time is used to assist Senior Citizens that are still independent and others that are residents of Skilled Nursing facilities. Also working with the Forest Park Senior Center in her local area and the Maple Knoll residents in the local area. Rev. Sandara is a widow, mother of three, grandmother of five and great-grandmother of three.