“We unearth our treasure, and it is us: different from what we once were, both

in form and purpose, surprising, refashioned. Together. each of us has been

broken by the inscrutable relentless tides of life. but we were not broken.

Far from it. We took what aimed to break us, and claimed it.

We are strong like beach glass, transforming what is left

after being shattered into the singular and precious

beauty shaped by surviving.”

~ excerpt from the book ~