Bøker av Amy Watkins

It had been a long time since Kim-Ly Brown visited her childhood home in Richmond, Virginia. All her friends were happily married with children. The only pleasures in her life were her budding career as a pediatric nurse and her beloved three-legged yorkie, Paxil. She agreed to come home to celebrate her father's birthday when she was approached by a mystery man who knew way too much than what he could have gathered on social media. Trying to recollect how she knows this handsome stranger; she takes a trip down memory lane. Kim-Ly is a Vietnamese Black American who was born at the height of the Vietnam War. Orphaned at a young age, she began a strenuous journey to find a family and excel in a promising career. In Vietnam she was outcasted because of her dark skin. In New York she had to overcome language and culture barriers. In Richmond she was misused. In Miami she was lonely. In Washington she was barren. Her persistently changing life was a constant struggle, but Kim-Ly's faith helped her overcome.

Gripping the banister over an atrium seven floors down was more frightening than she thought. As Amy gazed outward through crystal clear glass that imposed a panoramic view of the city, she was astonished. The infinite view of normalcy before her as opposed to the gnawing terror within were dynamically opposed. She stood in the place that would offer help in the battle over pain.As the author seeks treatment for an excruciating painful condition which flipped her world overnight as she slept, Amy embarks on a journey in which she never planned. The long way home to normality led her through the meandering maze of physicians, physical therapy designed for pelvic floor dysfunction, acupuncture, eastern philosophy, dietary supplements and affirmations through words. A daily regime of specific muscle lengthening and relaxing techniques was the ticket to relief out of this foreign Land of Pelvic Pain in which she felt she was an accidental tourist.Along the way her view of life is challenged to throw selfimposed restrictions into the wind and develop a plan that works for her. Amy extends an invitation to join her on this journey of hope.