From early childhood, Kimberly felt unworthy and unloved, having suffered through much trauma and abuse. As a teenager, her loneliness and anger grew stronger, and her desire to run from the cards life had dealt her became more than she could handle. Determined to fill the deep void and pain in her heart, she found herself in a mentally and physically abusive marriage.
Eventually turning to drugs, Kimberly found herself deep inside the drug world, which led to a federal indictment facing up to twenty years in prison. Evicted from her home and separated from her children, Kimberly made the ultimate run in her life, fleeing from her prison sentence to a life of further demise. After years of being lost in her own will, searching for love and meaning for her life at the bottom of every bottle, she found redemption through the love of Jesus Christ.
This is a story of redemption, forgiveness, and finding hope in the deepest, darkest depths of the soul.
Kimberly Palmer, author of The Economy of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life, was the senior money editor at US News & World Report for nine years. She is an adjunct professor at American University, where she teaches a course on mastering social media. She lives with her family, including two children, in the Washington, D.C., area.