Have you ever loved someone so deeply it changed who you are?

Sacred Bonds: Heartfelt Stories of Mothers and the Lives They Shape is a collection of powerful, true stories exploring one of the most defining relationships of our lives.

Inside this anthology, you'll find stories of love, growth, loss, forgiveness, and healing. Some will feel warm and familiar. Others may stir something deeper. All of them are honest.

These are stories of mothers doing the best they could with the tools they had, and of children learning, healing, and becoming. Stories that remind us the bond between mother and child is rarely simple-but always meaningful.

Whether you come to this book as a mother, a child, or someone navigating your own journey of healing, you'll find reflections of your own story here.

You are not alone.

Your story is part of something greater.

And something within you is awakening to love.

Contributing authors include Lisa Barnett, Julia Burtseva, Molli Burkett, Jan Casebolt, Papa-yoni Das, Livia Devi, Tracee Dunblazier, Sandi Duverneuil, Yasmin Elzomor, Ellie Epstein-White, Melissa A Ferreira, Michelle Holling-Brooks, Trish Leichty, Maria Mahboubi, Susan Melnikow, Nancy O'Reilly, and Ragan Thomson.

Creator of the Awakened Hearts Series - David Trotter, founder and publisher of Awakened Magazine