title: From Tragedy to Triumph: An Unbelievable Story of a Woman's Courage to Survive
author: Christine Orenic-Ward
description: Christine was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the mother to a beautiful daughter and is very passionate about her faith. She hopes that by telling her story that she will be able to help others heal from their own emotional pain that life sometimes brings, so they can begin their own journey of healing and forgiveness. You can reach out to Christine at live4thelordx7@aim.com or on Facebook at: Tragedy to Triumph@snowball1019.
zlib_text: **CHAPTER ONE**
  
  AFTER THE MAN STORMED OUT, trailing clouds of fury and despair, the woman took
  a moment to compose herself. A moment was all she needed. She had dreaded
  losing her youth, her looks, her waistline and her ability to turn heads
  merely by entering a room, but there was this compensation: she no longer
  cared what other people thought of her. She had never been a slave to public
  opinion; now she acknowledged it only for the pleasure of outraging it. If she
  went too long without giving offence she tried harder. As long as she could
  still turn heads, by one means or another, she knew she was alive.
  
  Except that, in the diamond core of her being where she was as ruthless with
  herself as with everyone else, she cared what Robert thought. She knew she
  owed him better than this. Those who presumed to judge her were one thing, she
  had no reservations about frightening their horses. But her husband was a good
  man, a kind man, and he’d tried to make her happy. His failure was less a