Cindy lost her beautiful mother, the late great tennis champion Maureen “Little Mo” Connolly Brinker, to cancer when she was just twelve and shares how she strived because she thought God hated her to let her mother die. Jenny interviews Cindy Brinker Simmons is a best-selling author, businesswoman, energetic speaker, philanthropist and mom who cares deeply about helping people in the midst of life’s challenges. She shares her story and steps to overcome losses in her book 'Restored: Reconnecting Life's Broken Pieces.’ Cindy's victory in overcoming the sorrow of multiple personal losses of both her precious mother and beloved husband provides comfort and hope to those struggling through life’s most difficult trials. She reminds us that God is always working behind the scenes and that the God of the Universe who created everything, even galaxies unknown, loves and cares about you! If you are living in a fragile place after loss, pain, or grief and excitement in life and fullness of purpose is too hard to imagine, I know you will find hope in this interview! You can find out more about Cindy on social media and her website brinkersimmons.com.  All net proceeds from the sale of her Amazon best-selling book, Restored: Reconnecting Life’s Broken Pieces, will be donated to Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer (WOKC) and the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation. Cindy is the author of the popular book, LITTLE MO’s LEGACY: A Mother’s Lessons, A Daughter’s Story. The book chronicles the lessons her late mother taught her in life and in death. The Lord uses trials to do many things, but many blessings are only received from the residue of pain.  When we have trials we focus on the difficult, but sometimes the path of suffering is the only way to attain them. So many things happen through trials.