When Rain Rises

By Jodi Lynn

This is a personal story, a fraction of life, written in poetry. It is the story of a loving, dedicated wife living through the struggling times that have been impacted by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It weaves the story of the love that a wife has for her husband, veteran and first responder, that struggled with PTSD and alcohol disease.
Loving through the trials...
Living through the loss...
Trying to move on...
Holding on too tight...
Bringing all the feels, all the mess, all the emotions of living with mental illness.
Trying to live the good life with Christ, our Savior.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Oct 10, 2023
• ISBN: 9781665737432

Jodi Lynn

Jodi Lynn is a mother, widow, and survivor of a life of codependancy. As a wife, she supported her late husband through Post Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and alcohol disease which eventually took his life. She navigated her own trauma while helping her children and husband through theirs...the best that she knew how.

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ISBN: 978-1-6657-3744-9 (sc)

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Archway Publishing rev. date: 10/05/2023

This book is lovingly dedicated to those who have been

affected by mental illness, those who have lost loved ones,

and those who are searching for hope in their future.

"When one door of happiness closes,

another opens, but often we look so long

at the closed door that we do not see the one

that has been opened for us."

- Hellen Keller

PREFACE

This is my story, a fraction of life, written in poetry.

It is the story of a loving, dedicated wife living through the struggling times that have been impacted by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

It weaves the story of the love that I had for my husband who was a veteran and a first responder that struggled with PTSD.

Loving through the trials…

Living through the loss…

Trying to move on…

Holding on too tight…

Bringing all the feels, all the mess, all the emotions of living with mental illness.

Trying to live the good life with Christ, my Savior.

CONTENTS

Before

During Sunset

The Next

Becoming

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BEFORE

I should have just 

lit my cigarette from