This book was a little different for me and from time to time I thought that it would get too deep into the mystical. Don't get me wrong, I don't totally dislike that, it's just that I view visions and voices with skepticism. Fortunately it was more about the author's view and interaction with the divine based on her thoughts and her openness to the wilderness within and without.When at 27, a newly pregnant D'Arcy survives a horrible car accident that takes the life of her 2 year old daughter and her husband, she is, naturally, thrown into a deep despair. Now, broken, she faces an unexpected future and can barely bring herself to prepare for the birth of the child within. She claws back to reality as she recognizes her emptiness as a way of finding God and in her first honest prayer, whispers, "God, if you are really out there, help me. Let me find you." As the days follow, her largest question of God is "Why? After months of this she feels a presence within that tells her she is not alone, and begins to learn that she has never been alone, and that it is her choice to decide how to face the future. This continues until the night of her daughter's birth and a complete surrender to God.As with all of us, life gets in the way and D'Arcy, who had become a public speaker talking about her faith, gave more and more hours to her activities and unwittingly robbed herself of her interior time. This was a slow, unnoticed problem that culminated in a feeling of distress, and finally total exhaustion and a stubborn minor llness that left her unable to do anything but lie in bed and sleep for eight months. Through this experience she finally sees she must address her busyness, her need to do everything, and her lack of time in prayer.D'Arcy slowly begins to heal, to say "no" to commitments that will not assist her in recovery, and pray more. In her prayer and searching she decides to go on a vision quest. This event requires quite a commitment in time of preparation and the initial group goes from 50 people at the initial meeting to four through the rigorous and frightening preparation time. The final step is three days and nights alone in the wilderness, fasting. This is definitely a point of skepticism for me, but rather tantalizing. While she details her experience, she does not reveal her exact struggles or turn the reader into a skeptic.D'Arcy is still involved in speaking and spirituality practices.