She was born to a severely battered mother of seventeen children, a woman who tragically died in 1985 at just thirty-nine during an attempted homebirth of triplets. She was locked upstairs until age eight, separated from her mother and siblings in the very house meant to protect her. At thirty-eight, she miraculously survived a massive heart attack after being sent home three times in the same week by medical professionals - including a cardiologist - who dismissed her symptoms.
In her fifties, in order to laugh to keep from crying, she built with her own sweat a near five-star glamping resort. Buckle up and take a ride on this gravel road of Celebrating Gray, acknowledging resilience in the face of adversity. By the end of this story of a little girl named Marie, you may discover that you, too, have the audacity to celebrate your gray - in spite of.