Where the Hummingbirds Landed - The Sea Knew My Name
About the Book
Where the Hummingbirds Landed — The Sea Knew My Name is a memoir shaped by the red clay roads of South Georgia, the winds of the North Dakota prairie, and the places where trauma and faith collide.
This is the story of a girl who grew up in a strict religious household, carried wounds she didn’t yet have words for, and learned far too early how to endure. It’s the story of a young woman navigating single motherhood, domestic abuse, addiction, and the long path back to herself.
It is also the story of a nurse and later a hospice worker — a witness to both suffering and grace — learning to carry the weight of others’ stories while healing her own. Through breast cancer, recovery, loss, and renewal, this memoir traces the small miracles, sacred moments, and unexpected places where God, nature, and love showed up again and again.
It is a book about survival, about the ways we break and the ways we rise, and about the hummingbirds that kept showing up when she needed them most.
Themes in the Memoir
Resilience & survival
Childhood trauma
Faith and spiritual evolution
Nursing, hospice, and end-of-life care
Domestic violence and escape
Motherhood & family
Healing through nature
Sobriety & finding peace
Breast cancer journey
Sacred moments and miracles
What Readers Will Experience
This memoir invites readers into a story that is raw, reflective, and rooted in truth.
It explores:
the ache of feeling unseen
the courage it takes to walk away
the quiet moments where God speaks
the strength found in the natural world
the healing that comes from telling the truth
Readers will find themselves in these pages — in the broken places, in the moments of grace, and in the slow, steady rising.
