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"""I had been living with suppressed unanswered 'why' questions for years: why would God have allowed my abuse? Why would He have sent me back home when I was 12, rather than rescuing me?"" - Carolyn Thompson, Open Eyes, Happy Heart After surviving a hidden history of childhood sex trafficking, Carolyn had a major problem with the idea of God as a loving Father. But God had a purpose in her pain and a plan for her life. God planted a desire in her heart for a better life than she was living, and He guided her there one step at a time. Walk with Carolyn through her miraculous journey and be amazed at what a good Father God truly is! Open Eyes, Happy Heart is a bright and hopeful book suitable for teens and adults (no graphic content). Whether you have survived sexual abuse or childhood trafficking, know someone who has, or just need to hear a great story of God and His love...this book is for YOU! ""An amazing story of healing and a woman's journey on the road to recovery, reconciliation, and realization that with God all things are possible. Carolyn takes the reader with her on the journey, and allows them to feel and learn from her pain and healing process. The reader is left looking at their own life for their own hurts that need to take to Jesus. This book is worth the read and I highly recommend it to anyone! And I loved the artwork!!!"" - Pastor William Stevens, Vetchurch.org, Sexual Abuse Survivor/Activist"

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BookLife Review Targeted at readers who have faced sexual abuse or sex trafficking, Thompson's debut-a memoir about her own healing, written from a Christian perspective-reveals the story of suffering sexual abuse as a child that, in her words, blinded the eyes of my heart. Through church counseling, self-investigation, and her own relationship with God, those eyes, she writes, have been healed, not by her but by God. She's crafted the book to share her path with readers, recounting how through prayer she found the courage to face these traumatic memories and the feelings of guilt that came with them. Thompson traces the abuse inflicted upon her by her father to generational sin rather than any one person, writing it festered from previous evil waged against my flesh and blood by Hell itself. Understanding cycles of abuse has helped her to feel compassion and forgiveness, though she's frank about the challenge of this, admitting that, when she felt God telling her it was time to get well, she responded by yelling at Him some more. She vividly paints the portrait of herself, in 2019, worn out, hyper alert, and struggling with past trauma at a time when her 25 year marriage seemed to be failing. Her accounts of breakthroughs and setbacks as she undergoes EDMR therapy and other forms of counseling is frank, direct, and moving. When discussing abuse, Thompson's never graphic, though the horror is clear. Her emphasis, instead, is on trauma recovery, with a focus on inner strength, the power of forgiveness, and the therapeutic techniques and intense, at times contentious prayer that helped her. While she offers some practical advice suited for Christian readers, Thompson has the humility to declare This isn't intended to be any kind of self-help guide. Instead, it's an act of witnessing and healing, a believer telling her story to an audience who might need encouragement to face their own. Takeaway: This Christian memoir and guidebook focuses on nurturing the strength to heal after sexual abuse. Great for fans of: Nicole Braddock Bromley's Hush, Justin S. Holcomb's Rid of My Disgrace. Production grades Cover: B Design and typography: A- Illustrations: B Editing: B+ Marketing copy: A Print Date: 01/03/2022

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Carolyn Thompson is the author of Open Eyes, Happy Heart: A Story of Healing from Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trafficking. The story is intensely personal, much like her relationship with God. But neither her story nor her relationship with God was ever meant to be private. She hopes that by sharing what God did for her, other survivors will be prompted to reach out for healing. Carolyn lives in Little Rock, Arkansas with her husband Will and her son Daniel. She leads a women's prayer ministry at The Church at Rock Creek. And she has open eyes and a happy heart! Carolyn Thompson is the author of Open Eyes, Happy Heart: A Story of Healing from Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trafficking. The story is intensely personal, much like her relationship with God. But neither her story nor her relationship with God was ever meant to be private. She hopes that by sharing what God did for her, other survivors will be prompted to reach out for healing. Carolyn lives in Little Rock, Arkansas with her husband Will and her son Daniel. She leads a women's prayer ministry at The Church at Rock Creek. And she has open eyes and a happy heart!

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