My memoir
How to love with a healing heart
How to love with a healing heart is my memoir exploring the raw beauty and challenges of new marriage and motherhood. It is my hope that in sharing my story, it might connect readers in a deeper way with their own stories and journeys of the heart.
This book gives an honest look at life as we move through the changes and trials, as well as the gifts, of evolving. From falling in love, to marriage, to God, and then to childbirth and beyond, the author gives an intimate view into her life and heart as she grows, sometimes battling, these stages.
The writing is compelling with a heartfelt tone that relates to every woman.
I would highly recommend this one. It is inspiring and uplifting. A true gem.
- Marni M.
Everyone has a story, and I have several, yet unwritten. This is one that I wrote as a new-ish wife and a very new mama. I was living in a season of fire, a season of joy; a season of pain, and a season of faith. I started journaling, because that is what I do to process life. Eventually it took the shape of a book.
Marriage and motherhood form the backdrop of my book, but in a wider way this book explores things that are common to us all. Mysteries of the heart, transitions, growing pains and inner healing. It is an honest and uplifting read for women, especially new mothers.
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Some reviews:
Love the way you write. So far I've loled and teared ...
- John T.
This is an incredibly validating read for a new mother, and really a mother at any stage. Mel writes with such honesty, authenticity, and relatability that you find yourself bursting with joy, relief, and comfort that someone understands and can describe so well the things you struggle to find words for. I highly recommend to all mothers out there if you want to feel heard, seen, and understood.
- Dacia D.
This book is what happens when a poet writes a memoir! The author has an achingly beautiful way of describing love and heartbreak, motherhood and faith that you will come away from this book with a deeper understanding of your own heart. I would specifically recommend this book for anyone struggling with being a new wife or a new mother... or both!
- Abigail W.
Finally got a clear space to read your book last night, and then I just kept reading until I finished it in the early hours of this morning.
So inspired by your honesty and clarity of expression in sharing your journey so far. I cried and laughed, and fully empathised with how you juggle being an introvert with all the demands that the people we love (and everyone else) make on our time! And how you can keep on turning that into a positive experience through your faith in God, self-care strategies, and the support of others.
- Ruth S.
I relate to your honesty about being a mum for the first time and some of the challenges that I guess don't get widely advertised ... I feel a bit sneaky and also a lot blessed that I can read your story, thanks for sharing it.
- Andrea T.
She shares her story with such openness and willingness to be vulnerable, an account of her own journey through without being prescriptive. While experiences are individual, I think there is a lot of value in sharing personal stories such as these as it can be an anxious and isolated time for new parents, some more so than others. It can help to know struggles are not uncommon and reading this might help someone feel less alone.
- Nurus @ns510reads (Instagram review)
