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From a shy, insecure ""church girl"" to a trusting and naïve young alcoholic/addict's wife, and from religious tradition to physical abuse and abandonment, Starla Rich has traveled a long road from childhood to womanhood. It was a road that began and ended deep within her heart. In the message below, the author invites you to walk along the path of this journey within. Starla shares her experiences with such raw emotion and courageous vulnerability, that you will not just be swept up in her journey, but walking one of your own... We all hurt sometimes and feel lost and alone now and then. This is why the words on the pages within this book are not unique. They could be your words just as easily as they are mine. Each of us has a place deep inside of us that we call ""home"", a place that we find ourselves far away from on life's journey. The child in us does not die but at times, gets buried under the ""stuff"" of life. Sometimes, we lose sight of who we truly are. I certainly did. The voices around me became so loud that I barely heard that tender brown-eyed girl's whisper deep inside. Illness tried to muffle it, abuse attempted to stifle it, critics desired to steal it and failure wanted to silence it. Through the writing of this book, I chose to open up to myself, to my Maker, and to you. This was a journey of transparency in its rawest form. The stories you will read are not so much a snapshot of my life, as they are a mirror. As you look inside my heart, I hope that you will not just see me and my life, but that you will see yourself as never before. For all the good and the bad that stare back at you, look beyond what you see in the mirror to what is reflected in your heart. It is there that you will find ""home"".

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Starla Rich is founder of Encouragement Enterprises and Blessings for Belles - organizations that were created for the purpose of ""paying forward"" encouragement and hope through various venues. Starla hosts a global online community, writes a multifaceted blog which ranges from reflective devotions to humorous stories of her life in the South. She lives near her family along the sunny Gulf Coast of Alabama. Starla's first book ""Journey Within My Heart,"" explores issues of depression, self-esteem and worth through reflection into tumultuous times in her own life. In 2013, the author was asked to share her story with 47,000 contestants during a global ""Transformation Contest"" hosted by the Early To Rise organization. Starla is co-owner of ""Southern Rich's,"" a family business that offers southern inspired products and services, as well as her published collections. She is also a contributing health writer for the New Life Outlook Health Network. Aside from writing, Starla enjoys public speaking, working with women's shelters and safe houses and participating in her love of music. Starla comes from a musical family and began playing the piano and singing at age 9. Her natural talent culminated in a piano scholarship for college.

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