Overcoming A Life Of Turmoil: Losing A Child In The Midst of It

In the short story "Overcoming A Life Of Turmoil, Losing A Child In The Midst Of It”, Author Barbara Johnson Simpson display her life before and after losing her daughter. During this challenging time, she experienced becoming homeless, accepting a job as director of a homeless shelter and difficult personal relationships. This book replicates the story of many women from various walks of life, ethnic groups, faiths, and socio-economic statuses. This book is the voice of the woman within, the silent woman, and abused woman who finds a way to mask her pain by fashionably dressing her outward appearance. Beautiful on the outside, but yet torn up on the inside, Barbara Johnson Simpson has facade a success that has intimately interwoven the threads of failure into her daily existence. This book characterizes a woman from a middle class family in the small bible-belt city of Shreveport, Louisiana a city filled with individuals who have become actors. There are lessons on purpose, manipulation, infidelity, intimacy, and relationships. There are also lessons of redemption, love, forgiveness, and transformation. This is a holistic book that provides hope and healing. It’s a book of broken pieces mended together by the artistry of our Creator through true repentance.

Barbara Johnson Simpson is the mother of three. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana graduating Fair Park High School. She furthered her education, graduating from Southern University in Shreveport, Louisiana. She also attended Wiley College in Marshall, Texas and received her Master’s Degree at Grambling State University-Grambling, Louisiana. Barbara enjoyed a career spanning from working in municipal entities parish and city government, a K-12 educator, and a Director of a homeless shelter for women and children. Barbara has experience in the financial banking. She has also worked in the mental health profession. Barbara successfully, ran a political campaign for Caddo Parish School Board District Two run-off election, while serving on the Northwest Louisiana Human Service District and second Vice President of the NAACP Shreveport Chapter. She continues to serve Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Barbara lives and is available in two locations: The greater Chicago area, and Shreveport Louisiana, where she is a minister in training, up under the leadership of Bishop, Larry Lawrence Brandon; of Praise Temple Full Gospel Shreveport.