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In Heard: How Loss Led Us to Love, Ligia Cushman-a seasoned counselor and Director of Adoptions-shares her deeply personal journey through heartbreak and healing. When Ligia experienced the devastating loss of her first pregnancy, she found herself confronting the unexpected and searching for meaning amid grief. This pivotal moment became the catalyst for a transformative encounter with faith, leading her to discover that profound loss can open the way to deeper love and understanding. Through candid storytelling, Cushman guides readers along her path from sorrow to hope, offering both vulnerability and practical wisdom. She explores how navigating life's unforeseen challenges can reveal new possibilities, especially when expectations are upended. Cushman's experiences as an adoptive mother in a multiracial family further illuminate the complexities of adoption, the importance of embracing open relationships with birth families, and the unique joys and challenges of raising a child across cultural lines. Readers will find inspiration in Cushman's resilience and her belief that loss, while painful, can be a doorway to connection, faith, and unexpected blessings. Her story encourages us to face our own losses with courage, to seek meaning in the midst of hardship, and to recognize the power of love to transform even the most difficult circumstances.

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