The journey of our lives brings us to many unknown, painful, fearful places; and yet it's in these places that has the possibility of connecting us to our Divine purpose and knowingness of pure love. Out of the Ashes Rises the Sequoia Tree is the author's journey through the most painful and fearful time of her life--her beloved husband's death. It is what she has come to know to be true--how to embrace the pain and allow the pain to unleash hidden qualities of the soul. It's to know pain but also know love, to know loss but also know being renewed, to know darkness but also know surrender. It's the integration of these seemingly opposite forces in our lives and, ultimately, its transcendence.