Love All That Makes Sense A Mother Daughter Memoir eBook Anika Francis Sakeenah Francis
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Sakeenah Francis describes her life as a Cinderella story in reverse. She grew up in a well-respected, middle-class African American family. She went to college, was homecoming queen, married, began a career and had children. Then, schizophrenia struck and she lost everything. She went from homecoming queen to being homeless and institutionalized. Sakeenah Francis tells her daughter about her darkest moments of living with schizophrenia in a series of letters that chronicle the first time she heard voices in her head, her hospitalizations, her struggle to parent, and her arduous path to long-term recovery. Both shaken and moved by her mother's revealing letters, Anika faces the haunting effects her mother's mental illness had on her. After years of keeping the secret about her mother's illness, Anika breaks her silence voicing what it was like to grow up with a mother with a severe mental illness.She describes the emotional roller coaster created by her mother's bouts of recovery and how this impacted her well into adulthood. Though Sakeenah lost many bouts in her early struggles with schizophrenia, she kept striving. Through it all, there was love which at times was the only thing that made sense to Sakeenah and Anika. Love gave them the strength and resilience to heal and piece together that which schizophrenia had torn apart in our lives. This sobering story carries a message of hope that will be inspiring to people affected by a severe mental illness and the web of people connected to them.
Love All That Makes Sense A Mother Daughter Memoir eBook Anika Francis Sakeenah Francis
Love's All that Makes Sense: A Mother Daughter Memoir embodies the essence of unconditional love and a Spirit that never gives up. It takes you through the struggles, trials, and triumphs of the effects of mental illness on consumers and their family. The underlying message is that love...real love...unconditional love... truly does conquer all.1 Corinthians 13:4–8 sums this book up perfectly:
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (NIV)"
This book makes me look at my mother's mental illness with a more compassionate heart. It softened my disposition and helped me to see her as God's Special Angel to our family. Like any illness, mental illness is just that "an illness". No more...No less.
Be prepared for a life change as you journey with Anika and Sakeenah to discover that "Love's All that Makes Sense."
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Love All That Makes Sense A Mother Daughter Memoir eBook Anika Francis Sakeenah Francis Reviews
Author Anika and Sakeenah Francis
Published by Bridgeross Communications
Age Recommended YA - Adult
Reviewed By Arlena Dean
Rating 5
Review
"Love's All That Makes Sense A Mothers Daughter Memoir" by Anika and Sakeenah Francis was a very interesting read for me. I was just able to get through this memoir without crying. It is a very emotional subject living with 'Schizophrenia.' Sakeenath was once a beautiful person...coming from a middle class 'Aftrican American Family'..."went to college, was homecoming queen, married, began her career and had children." Truly this was a 'Cinderella Story' but wait...things changed when this illness came on Sekennah and then she is found 'homeless and institutionalized.' There was one thing going for her and that was her daughter..Anika love who faced the bad effects this disease had on her mother and for a long time was silent about the issue...but finally Anika breaks out letting it all out what it was like growing up with someone with someone who had 'severe mental illness.' We will find Anika quite shaken up by her mother's letters remember her mother's many bouts that she went through well into her adulthood. It has been quite a bumpy road for Sakeenah, but she was striving somewhat each day. Through much love and hope between this mother and daughter they were given "the strength and resilience to heal and piece together what had been torn apart in their lives." Indeed, this was a very inspiring story for any one affected by this terrible mental illness and even the ones affected by them. Sad, yes but a story that needed to be told for this Mother and Daughter in the end ... "Love's All That Makes Sense."
Encouraging story, well told.
I've been waiting to hear more of a story like this. I grew up with a schizophrenic mother and I could completely relate. I'm almost or around the same age as Anika. It's great to know of the outcome. My mother still lives alone, but is no where on the level that sakeenah is. I'm so proud of sakeenah.
This book shows that throughout the ups and downs of mental illness, families can stick together. It is hard at times, and there are setbacks, but love can triumph.
This is a beautiful true story of a mother and daughter finding their way to each other through some tremendous challenges.
Some books stand flat footed and tell the unvarnished truth. This book does just that, but then holds that truth up to the warmest, brightest, loveliest light and makes your heart certain that the only way out is through. And the only way through is love. This book reads like a conversation, between you and your very best friend. The one who makes you laugh while you cry and puts their hand in yours and walks through this life with you. Buy this book!
This an amazingly riveting book and a must read on so many different levels. Mental health professionals and policy makers need to read to understand how funding cuts and programs profoundly impact families. The themes of unconditional love and family are universal and resonate with everyone. The story is raw and gritty at times, deeply moving and personal, but ultimately an inspiring love story and testimony of God's grace and constant presence. There are so many layers to unpeel and I highly recommend this book.
Love's All that Makes Sense A Mother Daughter Memoir embodies the essence of unconditional love and a Spirit that never gives up. It takes you through the struggles, trials, and triumphs of the effects of mental illness on consumers and their family. The underlying message is that love...real love...unconditional love... truly does conquer all.
1 Corinthians 134–8 sums this book up perfectly
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (NIV)"
This book makes me look at my mother's mental illness with a more compassionate heart. It softened my disposition and helped me to see her as God's Special Angel to our family. Like any illness, mental illness is just that "an illness". No more...No less.
Be prepared for a life change as you journey with Anika and Sakeenah to discover that "Love's All that Makes Sense."
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