Leaving Cloud 9
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Leaving Cloud 9

The True Story of a Life Resurrected from the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma, and Mental Illness

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Leaving Cloud 9

The True Story of a Life Resurrected from the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma, and Mental Illness

About this book

A powerful, heartbreaking, and redemptive account of a boy who endured a childhood of poverty and abuse in an American Southwest trailer park named Cloud 9.

Abandoned by his father at age two, Rick Sylvester lived with an abusive mother whose struggles as a member of the working poor led her to drugs, alcohol, theft, and prostitution--and eventually attempted suicide. Rick battled depression, anxiety, and PTSD as the chaos, neglect, and unpredictability of his childhood seemed to doom him to follow in his mother's footsteps.

Well into adulthood, Rick stumbled through unemployment and divorce, using drugs and alcohol to numb the pain until he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Miraculously, though, he overcame the odds and today is a happy husband and father. How did this happen? Rick's answer is this: "It was the Lord."

A message of hope to those who are drowning from an undeserved childhood, Leaving Cloud 9 speaks to millions who grew up poor, feeling ignored and hopeless, and who need the healing power of God. This indelibly American story conveys the steadfast love of Jesus and his power to deliver us from the most devastating of pasts.

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Information

Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781400208272
eBook ISBN
9781400208289

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Prologue: Present Day
  4. Chapter 1: In the Beginning
  5. Chapter 2: From Where She Came
  6. Chapter 3: The Father He Never Knew
  7. Chapter 4: Pictures
  8. Chapter 5: Starving for Relationship
  9. Chapter 6: Steven
  10. Chapter 7: Aurora, Colorado
  11. Chapter 8: Kinship Care
  12. Chapter 9: Battle Buddies
  13. Chapter 10: Privileged?
  14. Chapter 11: Soldier Dreams
  15. Chapter 12: The Villain
  16. Chapter 13: When She Was Alone
  17. Chapter 14: Tony Returns
  18. Chapter 15: James
  19. Chapter 16: Man Boobs
  20. Chapter 17: Age Twelve
  21. Chapter 18: The Molding of a Man
  22. Chapter 19: Lonely
  23. Chapter 20: In the Army Now
  24. Chapter 21: Giving Up on God
  25. Chapter 22: College
  26. Chapter 23: Shredded
  27. Chapter 24: Flight School
  28. Chapter 25: Sabrina
  29. Chapter 26: PTSD
  30. Chapter 27: A Marriage Unravels
  31. Chapter 28: Anxiety Attack
  32. Chapter 29: The Defining Diagnosis
  33. Chapter 30: Seattle to DC
  34. Chapter 31: Almost There
  35. Chapter 32: A Rough Start
  36. Chapter 33: Living Life
  37. Chapter 34: They Meet Again
  38. Chapter 35: Meeting Sylvia
  39. Chapter 36: Looking at Life Ahead
  40. Chapter 37: Jacob James Sylvester
  41. Chapter 38: Newborn Life
  42. Chapter 39: The Family He Never Knew
  43. Chapter 40: How He Got Here
  44. Acknowledgments
  45. Notes
  46. About the Author