RIVETING...and RAW! Miranda Queen, is an inner-city young lady that made it out. She embodies pure strength, motivation, and sheer will to survive! She is a woman determined to defy all odds against her. An admired, esteemed, and well-respected Naval veteran. This book identifies with anyone with an active heartbeat. She outlines how to heal past the pain of anyone hurt both past and present. Miranda shares how she was forced to deal with the deep, dark rooted, secrets of her parents that affected her while she found her truth in her parents lives. As painful as it was to find out at age 36 - that the man who she thought was all her mother's children's father, also molested her at age 9. He was in fact not her biological father, but a man everyone knew in her neighborhood and family. The long-lasting pain was so deep, she questioned everything in her life. Clearly, uncertain of her future as a mother, Miranda harbored anguish, doubt, pain and regret. Miranda details how she healed past the pain of this deep family secret. A 13-year-old mother and 34-year-old grandmother. Her family members and classmates thought that she would have at least 3 more kids by 18 but instead she visited 8 countries by 18. Miranda wanted to be normal like her other friends and family members but nothing about her childhood and life was normal. One adversity after another and just when she thought she was catching a break the secret was revealed to her. It was time to face her past now, PTSD... both pre and post military, and the anxiety and depression suppressed for 30 years along with this secret for 36.