I am the author of the new book Breathe for Me. I can't tell you how excited I am to be able to share my first excerpt from the book. This project was placed on my heart years ago but of course life happened. However, I can honestly say that I needed those years to grow and mature so that I could produce the wonderful story that God intended for me to deliver. It is by His power alone that I am able to come this far. Now I am thrilled to see that it has finally come to life. If you have a second, review it and let me know what you think by adding your comments at the very bottom.
Love ya and stay blessed.
~Terri Whitmire
Chapter 1
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. This can’t be happening.
Rushing back to their otherwise meticulous bedroom, she jerked open the top dresser drawer almost toppling over their five-by-seven-framed picture; taken during happier times. As the tears began to well up, Tara ’s vision began to blur. Focus, she had to focus. She was determined to quickly find something to wear; something that hid the pain and covered the scars of a lifetime of abandonment. She pulled open the bottom drawer rumbling through two piles of worn out sweatpants until finally settling on her grey Nike sweat suit.
Tara's eyes darted from the kitchen table across the counters and finally to the front door, where she spotted her keys still hanging in the lock. Two lefts and a right turn on Livingston Road and she would be at Fort Washington Hospital . The uncertainty of what she would find when she got there was terrifying.