Tenacious Hope

Are you living with an extended sickness, knowing there’s not a person around you who truly understands the reality of your everyday life? Laurie Freeman does. Throughout more than two decades of living with serious health issues, Laurie has been through all the different facets of what it takes to heal, with challenges and setbacks others could not ever imagine. With this book, she reaches out to you—the reader who experiences life from the same vantage point.


These heartfelt letters acknowledge and validate the various physical, emotional, spiritual, and relationship struggles that women who live with a serious disease must face. Laurie writes straight from her soul to yours, speaking directly to those unspoken thoughts and unanswered questions you have, filling you with Godly wisdom and strength. Read Tenacious Hope and truly see that you are not alone.


“Provides useful ideas for functioning with chronic pain/discomfort, employing multiple strategies added to traditional and holistic medicine to make it through each day with joy.”

Bevra H Hahn, MD

Professor Emerita of Medicine, UCLA


A MUST READ FOR ALL! Laurie's story has made me even more thankful for the blessings of great family and friends.

Harvey Walden - TV Personality / Marine


Remarkably honest and beautifully presented, Tenacious Hope is informative, compassionate and fearless. I'm so humbled by Laurie's determination in the present, optimism for the future, and her capacity to forgive the past. A real gift for anyone dealing with chronic illness.

Nia Peeples, Actress