All That Bright Light: A Soul Uncovered - Softcover

In a story that ultimately made headlines, Michelle Miller, a 17-year old high school honors student, met a 31-year old Army recruiting Sergeant. In the autumn of her senior year, Michelle responded to his sales pitch with a resounding, “I want to serve my country.”

Then, one night in April, that same Sergeant sent repeated texts to Michelle. He was feeling suicidal and wanted her to come and rescue him. So, this trusting girl raced off into that dark night to save him. She never returned.

All That Bright Light is the story behind those headlines. It is about one happy family whose lives changed in an instant. With no warning this family had suddenly become just one more tragic statistic. Their triumphant walk through unbearable grief is a story of love, healing and forgiveness and a message of hope for fellow sufferers.

The heart of All That Bright Light is less about the way Michelle died and more about the caring way she lived, as she dreamed of a bright future that she would never see. It has become the story of A Soul Uncovered.

Alice G. Miller, PhD, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Potomac, Maryland. She is the author of For Everything There is a Season:A Psychotherapist's Spiritual Journey Through the Garden, On Becoming a Swan: Gardens, Grace and Psychotherapy , All That Bright Light: A Soul Uncovered and forthcoming: Peace in Our Thyme. Previously, she was the director of a youth crisis center, the director of residential treatment program, and an individual and family therapist with a psychiatric group practice. She is a graduate of University of Maryland School of Social Work. A self-described therapist by profession and gardener by spirit, she is an elder in the Presbyterian church.