Still Standing: A True Story of Abuse, Loss, and Survival by Diana Freel
It is a story about surviving, remembering, and learning how to live without erasing what was lost.
Written over the course of nearly three decades, this memoir traces a woman’s journey through abuse, grief, systemic failure, and the long aftermath of losing a child. It does not offer platitudes or tidy resolutions. Instead, it bears witness to what survival actually looks like when the danger has passed but the impact remains.
This book is written for anyone who has ever been told they were too emotional, too reactive, or too difficult to believe. For those who learned to stay quiet in order to survive. For those who are still standing, even when they don’t feel strong.
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Author Bio:
Diana Freel writes from lived experience. After the loss of her son, she began sharing her journey through grief, faith, and survival in the hope that no parent would feel alone. Her work is rooted in honesty, compassion, and the quiet strength it takes to keep moving forward one breath at a time.