From the time she was old enough to be re-programed, Stephanie was set about a course of nurturing her nature from her. After a trip gone wrong, she begins a fearless search for why she's struggled all her life. Why she always fell just short of her mother's expectation, while they came so effortlessly for others. Drawn down a dark road, the things she uncovers, reveal the truth's she'd been blinded to all her life.The realization that no matter how hard she tried to please, in the eyes of a narcissistic mother, she would never be good enough for her. But she could be good enough for herself and for her daughter. Make different choices and learn from the life she was forced to live growing up. After an ill-fated trip over the summer, Stephanie retraces the events of her life and discovers things she was never prepared to believe. Can you nurture the nature from an adopted child? Can you re-make them in your own image? Always feeling never good enough, just less than perfect, and failing to live up to the unrealistic expectations of perfection, Stephanie begins to understand how her early years created a domino effect that continued throughout her life. Strong themes and situations are discussed in this book.This is a work of literary non-fiction. Names have been changed, artistic liberties taken.
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