title: Parting the Waters: Finding Beauty in Brokenness
author:  Jeanne Damoff 
description: Jeanne Damoff is co-author of You and Me, Sister (Howard, 2004) and has also published essays, newspaper articles, and inspirational readings. For more than twenty years she has enjoyed public speaking at churches, womens ministries, and teens and parents groups. She contributes to two group author blogs, accessible through her website: jeannedamoff.com. As a worship leader, Mentor Mom for MOPS, and active member of her church and community, Jeanne is known for her laughter and love for life and people.
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  Acknowledgements
  
  
  My family and friends – You know who you are. I love you so much. Thanks for
  your support.
  
  
  Any readers, writer or not - Your support means everything to me. Thank you,
  all.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2016 by Sebrena Merly
  
  
  All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof
  
  
  may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever
  
  
  without the express written permission of the publisher
  
  
  except for the use of brief quotations.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part One
  
  
  Abdication
  
  
  "One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with
  the word 'impossible'." -Napoleon Hill
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Bella Sanders was an especially talented girl. Now, this could be because she
  had the simple will power to tap into her ability to encourage herself to try
  everything there was to try, or it could just be that she was entirely
  flawless at everything she did. She