Bows in the Clouds

TRAUMA SHAPED WHO SHE BECAME... In this her life story Mary tells the reader how while growing up in Ireland at a very young age, she began to suffer with post traumatic stress disorder after an attack. How fear manifested itself in various bizarre and abnormal ways in her personality as a result of this, shattering her confidence in her teenage years. Mary tells about the coping skills she needed to acquire to mask her insecurity throughout her checkered life, which was paved with abandonment by her father, her journey through marriage, motherhood, alcohol abuse, loss and grief. All intertwined with plenty of humour, joy, happiness and family togetherness. These moments were her bows in the clouds. ''''Like the phoenix I have risen from the ashes.'''' See more