Intimate Journey: Battle Scars Intimate Journey: Battle Scars

by John Noe and Belinda McDanel (poet/authors)

Paperback: 92 pages. Cost: $12.50 (Includes shipping) 

Introduction to Intimate Journey

At nineteen John Noe almost died when he crashed his car in a DUI. His drinking was a secret like the turmoil in his young heart.

When will I find love?

When will I find peace?

John went to live with his aunt to start over again. There he met the love of his life and the mystery of the gift within.

 

In poetry, John struggles to express the pain that lead him to alcohol. He finds healing in his pain. He unites with his aunt, Belinda McDanel, to face the dysfunction in their family using poetry as therapy.

-Poetry as Therapy-

Belinda lived through several years of war in Central America which lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the 1970s, she and her family were caught in riots and shootouts between rebels and nationalists. Eventually PTSD lead her to ministry burnout in 2005.

The poems in this book reflect the journey of healing of a nephew and his aunt.