About Amelia
The author was born in Idaho, raised by her mother, abandoned by her father. She is a survivor of the devastating experiences of childhood and the crippling consequences that emerged in her adult life. Her story is published from the belief that her successful pathway to healing, dramatically detailed in Remember to Forget, will ignite the courage of others walking similar paths to boldly pursue wellness. Although trauma is devastating, recovery is possible.
She holds an advanced degree in counseling. She loves music, literature, poetry and performing with a seasonal repertory company. She is married to her college sweetheart and has as best friends her two children.
To protect the privacy of herself and others, Remember to Forget is written under the pen name, Amelia V. Sinclair.
Dear Reader,
“Important in the process of healing is to get our history straight. Without the fragments of memory linked together into a full picture of our past history, we may remain helpless victims.” Pia Mellody
Recovering her past history wasn’t Vernetta’s intention when she went into therapy to find release from her suicidal depression. But the complexity of her problem thickened when conflicted personality fragments introduced themselves; when eventually she experienced a distressing dissociated memory of someone pleasuring himself at her expense, her first incapacitating body memory. How can she recover from the many consequences of her chaotic life with Mother and her alcohol-fueled anger? With extended therapy, over time,Vernetta’s personal history takes on a semblance of continuity, yielding an understanding of what has happened to her. Armed with courage and profound determination, she pursues wellness with relentless-positive actions to heal from the violent assaults of childhood. But lingering questions remained unanswered:
Why was Mother so angry? Why did Mother deliberately burn down her family home at age fifteen?
What is the truth of why her baby-brother Buddy was suddenly gone?
A search for answers plunges Vernetta into her mother’s murky past but the difficult answers bring restorative healing.