Valerie is a creative writer based in Southeastern Michigan, just outside of Detroit. She is the author of Real Life, Real Pain, Real Love, Modern Day Poetry by Valerie Kay. As a y...view moreValerie is a creative writer based in Southeastern Michigan, just outside of Detroit. She is the author of Real Life, Real Pain, Real Love, Modern Day Poetry by Valerie Kay. As a young child and throughout the years of her recovery and healing from Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), Valerie began to use writing as an emotional outlet. She desires to share her works to encourage others that they too can recover! She’s become an advocate for Mental Health Awareness and suicide prevention initiatives. Having lived with emotional pain and the stigma of mental illness for decades, she has a heart to inspire others that by faith, there is hope and a path to recovery! No matter how bad it has become, you CAN recover! Valerie is the seventh out of a family of eight children, a mother and a grandmother.view less