Reviews

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"If Someone Had Touched My Hand… is a true trilogy of courage and tenacity transcribed by Stephanie as she took in her journey through life from victim to Victor.  Her story is a riveting account of so many other victims of child abuse who will never have the courage to tell their story.  Let’s believe it will provide hope and healing to others who continue to suffer in silence." 

-Marcia Gilliam
M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor 

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"Your story brought an ache in my heart for the lonely, rejected, and terribly abused child you were.  Your journey through a childhood of such tremendous mental, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse is a testimony of your great and deep soul.  It can certainly serve as a beacon of light for others who have similarly been abused.  Not only will they feel understood and not so all alone, but will see that there is a way through to sanity and health.

Your descriptions of the child who has been abused, whose reality and formation of herself has been shaped by abuse, can serve to help those who have been fortunate enough to be raised in a loving and healthy family understand that horrid realty.

Your story is a testimony to the confrontation of evil in the form of your parents – who you never stopped loving and have forgiven.  The way you have turned the evil you experienced into the good for yourself and others is miraculous and, again, a pathway for others to follow.

It is not easy, never easy, to do what you have done and come through as you have.  Your faith in God and in your own soul maintained the small light of hope you needed to see outside the evil you lived on a daily basis.

Thank you Stephanie for you grace, dignity, and courage for sharing your story with me and the world."

-Dr. Sally M. Torkos
Marriage, Family & Child Therapist 

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"Stephanie's book is totally amazing! It will be such a blessing to everyone who reads it, not just people who have been abused themselves. Stephanie is truly an amazing woman with a gift to give to everyone she meets... and to everyone that reads her book. What an inspiration for all! Such understanding and forgiveness... so powerful!"

-Nanette Peterson 

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I didn’t know what to expect when I first picked up this book, but from the very first page, I was completely captivated. [Stephanie], your story is a true testament to resilience, courage, and STRENGTH! The journey you’ve shared is not just inspiring—it’s life-changing. I applaud you for finally putting your experiences into words and sharing them with the world. Your honesty and vulnerability will undoubtedly help so many others who may be struggling, showing them that no matter how difficult the road, there is always hope and a way forward. Your story will empower people to face their challenges head-on and find the strength within themselves to overcome. I finished reading your book while traveling back home from Honduras, and let me tell you—what a powerful way to end a trip! LOVE YOU and thank you for this incredible gift to the world! Your book will live on for generations, continuing to inspire and uplift others."

-Tavin Brooks

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"This book was so riveting. It held my attention from the very first page. It is definitely a must read because it's so many women and young girls that have gone through this and kept it close to the heart so as not to upset their families. My heart just broke for the Author realizing that even her Mom wouldn't protect her but she did the one thing that helped her through her trauma, she held onto God and she was able to forgive so that she can reach her destiny."

-Pamela Ambrose

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"An amazing book. Sad but inspiring, touched my soul. Well written. I LOVE IT!"

-Charlene Brooks

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"If Someone had touched my hand is a revealing story of child abuse. It awakens everything inside of you. It is a beautiful testimony of pain, trauma and triumph. It shows the world that you can come through the other side and still believe in the true, living God. This story grabs your heart strings and doesn't let you go until you get to the last page."

-Starchild-Chi

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"Puzzle… My life was like a big unfinished puzzle till I read your book. I have lived 67 years trying to find the lost and fading pieces, Your account of our past has done that for me. I have forced, shoved and made-up pieces, you have shown me where they all go. Everything fits from that 16 floor, 10 apartment concrete jungle we grew up in.  Thank you for writing this fine piece of work." 

-Stephanie's Brother (Allen)

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