title: Why?: Tragedy, Trauma,Triumph
author:  T. L. Osborn 
description: Journey with me through the odyssey of my dark night of devastation following the demise of Daisy, my wife and teammate of almost fifty-four years. <P> Arrive with me at the dawn of a new day. Survey with me a new vista of life that is worth living - even amidst a changed landscape. Discover with me a serene and biblical secret for triumphing over tragedy and trauma. <P> Stand with me victorious on the summit of a new beginning - blurred but not blinded, dismayed but not dissuaded, wounded but not wasted, bruised but not broken. <P> Tragedy is universal and strikes in many forms - flood, fire, storm, bankruptcy, divorce, disease, death, etc. May these pages inspire strength in tough times, ease pain in the face of loss, seed courage to not quit on life, and stimulate the healing power of treasured memories and of God's Love that enables one to transcend trauma and to triumph in life.
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  # Hell's Handmaiden - A Flint Stryker Thriller
  
  
  ## To Err Is Human. To Kill Is Divine
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Allen Gregory
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Hell’s Handmaiden](part0003.html#2RHM0-40b3ad11a19c48c4a0e39071faa9f2cd)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Preface](part0004.html#3Q280-40b3ad11a19c48c4a0e39071faa9f2cd)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0005.html#4OIQ0-40b3ad11a19c48c4a0e39071faa9f2cd)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0006.html#5N3C0-40b3ad11a19c48c4a0e39071faa9f2cd)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0007.html#6LJU0-40b3ad11a19c48c4a0e39071faa9f2cd)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0008.html#7K4G0-40b3ad11a19c48c4a0e39071faa9f2cd)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0009.html#8IL20-40b3ad11a19c48c4a0e39071faa9f2cd)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0010.html#9H5K0-40b3ad11a19c48c4a0e39071faa9f2cd)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](p