Award-Winning Finalist of the 2020 International Book Awards and the 2019 Author Academy Awards!
When Cheryl was a teenager, her older sister moved back home with a baby and a mental illness. That’s what shifted Cheryl’s life from spoiled youngest to ignored middle child—while her parents struggled to care for their grandson and their oldest, who would later get a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Feeling neglected, Cheryl looked for love elsewhere and found herself pregnant. Not wanting to add stress to her home, she chose abortion—and felt justified.
Feeling just fine, Cheryl married and became career-focused until her dead baby’s father chose divorce.
With no intention of marrying, Cheryl began dating and met and married a man who did not condemn her for her abortion, despite his conservative leanings.
Then Cheryl was tested again by schizophrenia, this time her brother’s. How did she respond the second time she was tested by schizophrenia? the third?
During this test, she shared her abortion story publicly. How did Christians respond to her story?
In this raw memoir, you’ll encounter abortion, divorce, mental illness, homelessness, career identity crisis, uninvited judgment, and really good music.
Step into Cheryl’s shoes as she walks through her life tests, learning not just to survive, not just to strive, but to thrive despite heartbreaking circumstances.
Cheryl Krichbaum has a burning passion to change the conversation about abortion so that abortion-minded women and men know the vitality draining consequences of abortion on themselves. In response to the #shoutyourabortion movement, the Faces of Abortion Series boldly speaks the truth about the death that abortion causes to not just babies but also to women's souls. Cheryl invests her time writing, speaking, and designing Bible studies to help Christians know what both the Old and New Testaments say about the sanctity of life and the sanctity of sex, how to pray for the end of abortion in The Church and in our communities, and how to talk to the abortion-minded. The Lord has impressed on Cheryl the books that belong in the Faces of Abortion Series, of which ReTested is the first. The second and third books will tell other women's stories to help Christians understand how abortion-minded women think. As a writer and instructional designer, Cheryl knows that you must know your audience, so let's get to know our abortion-minded audience. Cheryl has a Bachelor of Science in Scientific and Technical Communication from the University of Minnesota and worked professionally as a technical and professional writer, project manager, and instructional designer. Connect with Cheryl at CherylKrichbaum.blog.
