Still Standing: A Mother's Journey Through Loss, Abuse, Faith, and Survival

She survived the life she never imagined. Now she is telling the truth about what it took to remain standing. In Still Standing, Nicole shares an unflinching memoir of teenage motherhood, abusive relationships, addiction, faith, repeated loss, and the devastating death of her sixteen-year-old son, Jeremiah. Her story moves through the private rooms of grief and survival: the hospital, the cemetery, the quiet house, the unanswered phone, and the difficult decision to keep living when pain feels stronger than hope. This is not a story that makes suffering beautiful. It is a story about what can remain after suffering: a mother's love, a woman's voice, renewed faith, hard-won boundaries, and the courage to begin again more than once. Written for grieving mothers, survivors of abuse, women rebuilding their lives, and readers seeking honest stories of faith and resilience, Still Standing offers recognition without judgment and hope without pretending healing is easy. Some losses change us forever. They do not have to write the final sentence. Content note: This memoir discusses family violence, sexual assault, substance use, child loss, depression, cancer, and thoughts of self-harm.