Shattered Pieces Everywhere

How I Found True Joy in My Most Broken Moments

De: Christina Maria Martinez, Aquila Mendez-Valdez

Narrado por: Krystal Navarro

In this heart-breaking and inspiring memoir, Christina Maria Martinez shares how events that could’ve been fatal were, instead, the beginning of something wonderful. Raised in a family struggling to stay afloat despite domestic violence, substance abuse, and time spent in a children's home, young Christina felt like the ugly duckling. Even as she found more stability in her teen years, Christina felt shy and insecure.

Maybe if she felt beautiful she’d feel loved.

Then Christina met Tomas. As their relationship bloomed, so did her hopes for the future. That’s when the unthinkable happened. A car crash sent her through a faulty windshield, nearly killing her. Confined to a hospital bed with severe lacerations to her face, Christina wondered, "Why wasn’t I grateful for what I had?" Other questions haunted her: Would Tomas still care for her? Could anyone love her the way she looked now? In her darkest moment, she wished the accident had killed her.

But friends and family rallied, preventing her from wallowing in pity. They helped her find strength to push past the pain and eventually love herself despite her scars. Shattered Pieces Everywhere tells the story of a woman totally transformed--physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Now a wife and mother, Christina draws courage from her scars, wearing them like a warrior. She’s spoken and sung before huge crowds and been the public face of multiple companies she and her husband have built. When she steps into the spotlight, she remembers her scars, knowing she is a better person for them. Like the woman Elizabeth Edwards described in her book Resilience: The New Afterword, “She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her away, she adjusted her sails.”

©2022 Christina Maria Martinez (P)2022 Christina Maria Martinez

Inspiring!!!

I absolutely loved it!
All her details I felt were so important in the way she mentioned them.,.they all were such an intricate important part of her story. She made appreciate even more what life has handed me. Good and bad. Thank you Christina

Crème Brûlée For The Soul

Crème brûlée is the greatest dessert of all time. It is fragile yet beautiful ...simple yet elegant. Once it's tough exterior is cracked it reveals it's angelic goodness inside. The similarities between crème brûlée and Christina's masterpiece are so numerous.

After reading this book I feel like a changed man. I feel as though my hard shall exterior has been cracked open revealing the softness inside of me that I knew I always had. If only I had known it would come from the words of an Italian-American woman. Oh to be so lucky.

I feel revitalized in my effort to take on life. Bring on the flamethrowers which hardens my shell and creates protection, for I now have a spoon which will tear down any barrier and allow my goodness to be shared with the world.

amen.

Really good

Surprisingly captivating. Many say it’s really good. The cover is beautiful the sorry is so messy. It is really worth your time.

Great story of strength, love and living

Beautiful story, inspiring, be kind to one another because you don’t know what their history is or what shattered pieces are in their past, show, love and compassion,