Extreme Measures

By Carol T. Hummel

The psychological abuse and neglect of a child may not leave physical scars, but the emotional wounds can continue to ache for a lifetime. Author Carol T. Hummer can attest to the reality of this fact. She was the only daughter in a household of five children; by the time Carol had reached ten years old her, relationship with her mother had soured and become adversarial and emotionally abusive.

Unable to obtain her strict mothers approval, Carol began looking for love elsewhere. She was only in high school when she and her friends began to seek attention from young men. The fact that her mother disapproved of her behavior only spurred her on.

The effects of her precarious relationship with her mother permeated significant aspects of her life, from her wedding to child rearing to her overall sense of self-worth. It was not until the peace of the Lord entered her heart that Carol was finally able to forgive her mother and begin the healing that would ensure a better life for her overall. Even so the road to that forgiveness was a hard one.

Join Carol as she recounts her life, her trials, and her triumph over the seemingly insurmountable cascade of pain caused by years of emotional battery.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Nov 13, 2012
• ISBN: 9781475959178

Carol T. Hummel

Carol T. Hummel has two adult children—both married—and five grandchildren. She currently lives in Warminster, Pennsylvania, with her husband, David.

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ISBN: 978-1-4759-5916-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4759-5918-5 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4759-5917-8 (ebk)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012921002

iUniverse rev. date: 11/09/2012

Contents

Chapter 1 What Is Love?

Chapter 2 Love

Chapter 3 The Accident

Chapter 4 Vacation in Arizona

Chapter 5 Tea in 2006

Chapter 6 What to Live For?

Chapter 7 The Beginning

Chapter 8 My Story

Chapter 9 Trip to California

Chapter 10 Lost

Chapter 11 The Wedding Day

Chapter 12 Heading Back to Pennsylvania

Chapter 13 The Deep Brain Stimulator

Dedication

I would like to thank my family for helping me send this message out to people who need help. If it wasn’t for the love that brought this book together, I would never have written it.

I want to thank the hospitals and the doctors and nurses who performed their duties to help me get well.

To my friends who stuck by me, I couldn’t have done this book without your thoughtfulness. My pastor gave me guidance to pressure my vision for a better life. My church family prayed for me in this difficult situation—especially for the one true God who gave me the courage to get the help I needed. He was there every step of the way.

His place each of you in my life at the time I needed you most. You share tears, laughter loyalty and honest among friends, which I will never forget.

Chapter 1

What Is Love?

Many years ago, I was a happy-go-lucky young lady. I thought I had a good life. I had many friends who liked the same things I did. We were inseparable in many ways. We lived in the same neighborhood and went to the same school. Life was good.

It started when I was about ten years old. My mother wouldn’t let me get away with anything. I would say she was hardheaded. She wouldn’t allow me to join any activities outside the home. I wanted to join Girl Scouts at my school, and I couldn’t understand why she wouldn’t let me. My mother said she needed me to help her do housework. I did my chores, but