From
Bristol, Tennessee, USA, welcome Author Angela Wills. Wills' book My Little Piece of Sunshine is the non-fiction
account of the tragic loss of her daughter, Bryanna. Wills relives the story of how four-month-old Bryanna was neglected to the point of death. She will be the first one
to tell you that she could not have survived this tragic situation without God. Wills donates 50% of the proceeds from each book to child abuse prevention in
memory of Bryanna.
Wills is a registered nurse and aspiring author and poet. In her spare time, she
enjoys needlework, her dogs, and her son, Jacob…
How have
you coped with your loss?
It
has been a long journey coping with the loss of Bryanna especially in light of
the way that she died. Some of the things that I did to cope immediately
after her death and my ex-husband's arrest were walking outside daily, spending
time with my dogs, prayer, and support from my loving family. I could not
have survived this without God and the love and support of my family. When
I say family, I am also including some wonderful close friends that have
supported me throughout the years that I basically consider to
be my family too. Another thing that really helped me was that I did
have another child after her death and he is wonderful. His birth restored
to me a reason to live throughout the years. Nowadays, I still use
prayer, a relationship with God and my family to help when I have hard times
dealing with her loss as well as other things that occur in my life that are
stressful. I no longer have the dogs that comforted me after Bryanna's
death. They have long passed over the rainbow bridge, but I have two dogs
now and they are great for stress relief. I love my Puddy and Sally.
Where are
you now in your journey for justice?
I
don't know if you can ever say or feel that you have achieved justice with a
loss such as murder. If you have read my book, you will know that I still
do not have answers so the journey is really learning to cope without the
answers that you need through faith in God; that He knows the reason why things
happen and that everything with Him does have a purpose. My ex-husband
was locked away for life, but I am always left to question if that was truly
justice after what he did. I guess a big journey that I struggle with is
forgiveness.
Has
writing about your loss helped you in your effort to understand what happened?
I
guess it has helped somewhat, but I still do not have the answers from him as
to why he did what he did. However the writing of her story was
therapeutic and I wanted to publish it because I know there are people out
there who need to know the truth about what happened to Bryanna. I shied
away from the media after my ex-husband's arrest per lawyer's advice, but I
always wanted to tell the world what happened to Bryanna. I feel that
sharing her story might save some other child out there that is suffering at
the hands of a cunning monster.
Writing
this book must have been extremely difficult. How long did it take you to
compile the manuscript?
It
took me seven years to complete the manuscript. There were several
different reasons for this. One is that I have a full time job and was a
mother which greatly limited my spare time to work on the book. Another
reason was a lot of court delays perpetrated by my ex-husband trying to get out
of prison that you will learn about when you read my book. I had to wait
for some of the court stuff to be completed in order to have an ending point
for the book.
What are
you currently writing?
I
am not really writing anything at this time. I want to write something
else but can't decide on a path to take. I think sometimes that the other
book was such an emotional journey for me that it has drained me. Also
time is always a factor. I still have to work a full time job to support
my son and work on promotions for my current book so it does not leave me a lot
of spare time for writing, but I think I will eventually start on something.
What are
you currently reading?
I
am currently doing a 40 day reading of the Gospels. There is a Bible app
that you can put on your phone and it will give you chapters to read every
day. There are a lot of reading plans to do. I think I will try one
of the plans that they have for reading the Bible in chronological order
next.
You are an
inspiration to many. What words of wisdom do you have for people who suffer
this loss?
Trust
in God, and pray. I would not be here today if it was not for God.
He has taken care of me. I wrote this book for child abuse prevention. I
want people to know Bryanna’s story in the hopes that it will prevent other
children from suffering like she did.
Connect with Angela…
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