Then I Am Strong: Moving from My Mother's Daughter to God's Child is an insightful, humorous, and courageous look at the life of one girl growing up in a profoundly volatile family-an alcoholic mother, codependent father, over-responsible sister-as they lived in the shadow of the bottle. Meg not only reports the events in her own voice, but she employs a unique look at her parents early years as well. Using stories from her family and her father's letters to her mother, the author tells a tale of moving from pain to healing. Along the way, she discovers God and His plan for her life, which allows her to forgive her parents-and most of all, herself. Her journey will encourage others, and show that, no matter what happened in our past, it does not have to determine our present and future.