Toni Giddley

But First, You Must Forgive Toni Giddley

But First, You Must Forgive is an up-close and personal portrait of a life unraveled that tells the true story of how Toni Giddley conquered a life of physical and emotional abuse while surviving losing her five precious babies. In this deeply candid and reflective memoir, Toni opens up about her life-laying bare her tumultuous relationship with her parents, and her struggles balancing loyalty to a marriage and herself, all while coping with five tremendous losses, betrayal from her family, personal relationships imploding and, at last, her journey toward hope, openheartedness and empowerment. In each chapter, Toni shares her innermost agony as she realizes she will not be able to bring a precious life into this world. Then Toni's life goes from bad to worse when she turns to drinking, drugs, and taking risks with her life to end her pain-until God shows her the way to a better life. But First, You Must Forgive, is a raw and twisty page-turner that breaks through the stigma and silence that prevents people from forgiving. It offers insight into what it means to survive, to rise above, to heal, and finally, to forgive.