READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol. 1 Issue 4 October 2013 | Page 11

And along with all this I want
people to know that if I can
overcome ALL OF THE
THINGS I’ve endured in my
lifetime then maybe you can find
the courage or hope that it takes
to turn your life around. I’m
not saying anyone’s pain is
worse than another because it’s
all personal to the individual,
but it’s how we choose to deal
with that pain will make us or
break us.
Do you think that it is meeting
your expectations?
Yes and no. Sales aren’t what I
expected them to be. But when I
go and talk at the rehab hospital
about my story, I usually get
quite a few that

What has been the most difficult
thing about putting such a
personal book out into the
public? Has dealing with
insensitive readers been an issue
or are most readers supportive?

But for the most part people
have been very supportive!

Son and Grandson

You are married now and seem
very happy. It’s wonderful that
you have found what everyone
is looking for despite your
earlier experience. How did you
meet your current husband?
John and I met through a friend
(sparing the embarrassment for
him) and he got the WHOLE
GIST of my bipolar and PTSD.
He must have seen something
GOOD, because he sold his
John Deere Dealership to be
home and take care of me every
day. At that time I was having
seizures, and flashbacks of Iran
and the camp. He drove me to
Detroit 3x week (1.5 hour drive)
so that I could get the best help
from the best Doctors in their
fields. He is 180 degrees
different than me. He has never
done drugs, nor drank, nor
smoked cigarettes even. He
doesn’t even have a speeding
ticket But he embraced me and
my “UNIQUE” ways bravely
and lovingly. If I had to stay in
the hospital, he stayed too. I
couldn’t have met a better
person or love someone more
than I do him. So God is giving
me the second part of my life to
be happy, since the first half
sucked.
And FYI: He’s not my husband
yet, we’ve been blissfully happy
for 8 yrs. But not wed yet. Long
story

Most are supportive. You
always get you’re a** that has
to demean someone just to make Thank you so much for walking that
painful road again for our readers and
themselves feel bigger in life.
sharing with them your perspective. I

don’t know how they could possibly
NOT want to read the entire story
and help you support the
organizations that you have chosen to
benefit from your pain filled
experience. I love the way you have
taken something so horrible and
looked for ways that good can come
out of it. It reminds me of the story of
Joseph in the Bible.
But as for you, ye thought evil
against me; but God meant it unto
good, to bring to pass, as it is this
day, to save much people alive.
Genesis 50: 20
Whether a person is a believer or not
your experience is a lesson to us all
that life is full of difficult experiences
and with you as an example, each of
us can look for the good that can
come out of them. I think we miss
that sometimes because the good may
be lessons to others and not benefit
ourselves directly, but t he
opportunities are there if we look.
Again thank you for sharing.

See more information inside
this issue with an excerpt from
Lori’s book and links where
you can connect with her.