Your Worst for the Best of Me: memories from the life of Jamell Ponder

Your Worst for the Best of Me is an autobiographical novel/coming of age story of a young man that endures traumatic experiences at the hands of those closest to him. It is a story about choosing love, choosing forgiveness and choosing grace instead of hate, bitterness, and revenge. It encapsulates true demonstration of resiliency, forgiveness, strength and highlights the impact of spirituality. It is a powerful, poignant and personal story that will benefit the lives of people from all ages and will teach valuable lifelong lessons. Plainly stated, Your Worst for the Best of Me is a heart-wrenching read about forgiveness, faith, love and grace with trauma and abandonment as the precursor.