Rising from the Ashes: A Survivor's Truth

Closed for Business is not another pretty memoir. It is a woman’s unmasked truth… the truth most families would rather keep buried. In this book, I unpack the emotional and psychological abuse that shaped me, the mental warfare from my own mother, the physical beatings, self harm, suicidal thoughts, and betrayal that cut deeper because it came from people who shared my blood.

This book is my journey through pain that does not leave you unchanged… the kind that forces you to break or rebuild. I chose to rebuild. You will listen about the moments I almost didn’t survive… the times I begged God to take the pain away… and the days when I no longer recognized the woman in the mirror. Years of shrinking, pleasing, explaining, and enduring finally forced me to face the truth… I was giving people access to parts of me they never deserved.

Closed for Business is my declaration that my peace is no longer for sale. My boundaries are no longer negotiable. My spirit is no longer a playground for people who refuse to heal.

But this memoir is not just about what hurt me… it is about how God found me. He met me in my darkest moments, pulled me out of survival mode, and delivered me from alcohol, self hatred, and the lies I carried since childhood. It is about learning to love the woman I was told to hate.

If you have ever felt unseen, unheard, unprotected, or unworthy, this book will remind you that you are not alone. If you have ever wondered whether God can make something beautiful from trauma, betrayal, and heartbreak… this book is proof that He can.

Closed for Business is a testimony of closing doors that were killing me… so God could open the ones that healed me.

If you are ready to confront your story… if you are tired of keeping quiet to protect people who never protected you… this book will speak to you. It will challenge you. It will free you. Because sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is… I am closed for business… and finally open to healing.