Leaving Cloud 9 the true story of a life resurrected from the ashes of poverty, trauma, and mental illness

Describes how Rick Sylvester, after enduring a childhood of poverty and abuse, struggled through adulthood until he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and shares how he was able to overcome the odds to live a rewarding life.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andersen, Ericka (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Present day
  • In the beginning
  • From where she cam
  • The father he never knew
  • Pictures
  • Starving for relationship
  • Steven
  • Aurora, Colorado
  • Kinship care
  • Battle buddies
  • Privileged?
  • Soldier dreams
  • The villain
  • When she was alone
  • Tony returns
  • James
  • Man boobs
  • Age twelve
  • The molding of a man
  • Lonely
  • In the Army now
  • Giving up on God
  • College
  • Shredded
  • Flight school
  • Sabrina
  • PTSD
  • A marriage unravels
  • Anxiety attack
  • The defining diagnosis
  • Seattle to DC
  • Almost there
  • A rough start
  • Living life
  • They meet again
  • Meeting Sylvia
  • Looking at life ahead
  • Jacob James Sylvester
  • Newborn life
  • The family he never knew
  • How he got here.