title: Heart Power: Inspiring the Courage to Heal and Love Yourself One Day at a Time
author:  Ed Conrad 
description: Ed Conrad has served as a spiritual leader in communities across the U.S. He is the founding minister of Columbine Spiritual Center in Boulder, Colorado, and Unity in the Heart in St. Paul, Minnesota. His in-depth, forty year spiritual inquiry and unique set of life experiences have forged his passion to share with the world the expansive and healing power of living a heart-centered life. This he does through his writing, speaking, and teaching. Ed resides in Grand Junction, Colorado, enjoying the canyons, mountains, and inspiring vistas nearby.
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  To Love Again
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Book Forty-Three of The Forever and Ever Series
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chapter One
  
  
  Lexie
  
  
  I’ve never hated myself more than I do right now.
  
  
  Jared scarred me in such a permanent way, and Conrad was the only man who
  pulled me out of my funk. And in return I mutilated him. I broke his heart.
  Actually, I broke everything.
  
  
  Why did I have to do that?
  
  
  I wasn’t ready to get married. After seeing Dad drive away from Mom without
  any contrition I knew I couldn’t marry Conrad—or anyone. One day he would do
  the same to me and I would be all alone.
  
  
  But then I realized I was all alone anyway.
  
  
  I left the restaurant then walked the streets, tears flooding my face. I was
  in agony over the way I treated Conrad. I’d never expected him to propose to
  me. It should have been a joyous moment, and instead it was the worst night of
  my life.
  
  
  He shouldn’t forgive me.
  
  
  I didn’t deserve another chance.
  
  
  But I loved hi