Butterfly Blue: The Pain of Infertility & The Power of Forgiveness
Author: Adinah Johnson, MHR, MSM Category: Memoir, Nonfiction Publisher: Bowker Published: 2019 ISBN: 978-1733659406 Pages: 121 Find ItThe pain of Adinah’s childhood coupled with the trauma and abuse she witnessed throughout her years as a youth counselor left her with absolutely no desire to have children. When she met Nik, and he said that he was not interested in having kids, it was a match made in heaven. For years after they got married, their family and friends repeatedly asked them when were they going to start a family. Eventually, everyone stopped asking. Then one day, eight years into their marriage, Nik said, “Let’s have a baby!” And their world was turned upside down.
Butterfly Blue: The Pain of Infertility & The Power of Forgiveness is a testimony of love, pain, betrayal, and forgiveness. It is a heart-wrenching tale that runs the gamut from the trauma of childhood abandonment to the devastation of infertility and loss. It is a beautiful account of strength, growth, and rebirth.
In Butterfly Blue: The Pain of Infertility & The Power of Forgiveness, Psychology Professor/Youth Counselor/Marriage Coach Adinah Johnson explores her familial relationships and childhood experiences and how they impacted her choices as an adult. She opens up and shares the keys to maintaining a successful marriage for nearly two decades, even through the pain of infertility and miscarriages. Adinah imparts the lessons of self-respect, self-confidence, and faith that she has learned throughout this journey called life.