{"product_id":"cry-with-me-sister-we-rise-at-dawn-9781998721177","title":"Cry With Me Sister, We Rise At Dawn","description":"\u003cp\u003eDear Reader, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over a decade, I kept my experience of sexual abuse a complete secret. I needed to disassociate and pretend it didn't happen, because if it did, it was real. And I had no\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eidea how to face that truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs my physical health declined and I exhausted every avenue for a diagnosis or root cause, my family and I packed up and moved far from my home province to a little\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esanctuary on the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was there-on the land by the Bay of Fundy, with the highest tides in the world-that every stitch of every seam began to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy body had been screaming for years under the weight of what I had stored. It finally burst open. The latch had unlocked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry began playing in my mind-one line, then two, then three-arriving mid-conversation or on a walk, revealing my secrets page by page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was during this time that I broke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat I didn't know then was that after years of hiding, the best version of me would follow. That if I could allow myself to crumble-to sit in my feelings, face my fears, lay down my perfectionism, part with my people-pleasing tendencies, and reclaim my story-I would find not only my voice but also my self-worth, self-love, and courage. It was the hardest and the most rewarding season of my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of the poems that carried me through, allowing me to process my emotions, lift the weight, and unveil the goddess within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now, these poems are yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrista-Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fempower Publications Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781998721177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Krista-Lee Beehler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715543724213,"sku":"9781998721177","price":17.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ae3c68bd-20b7-4f6e-90f1-4378388737b2.jpg?v=1781713567","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cry-with-me-sister-we-rise-at-dawn-9781998721177","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}