Where She Stands - Paperback

by Sommer Bethmann (Author)

Sommer Bethmann had just watched her eighteen-year-old son, Ryan, graduate from high school. His future seemed wide open-filled with plans, possibilities, and all the ordinary moments a mother assumes are still ahead.

Then came the knock that divided her life into before and after.

Ryan had been killed in a tragic motorcycle accident.

Where She Stands: Finding Grace After Grief, Betrayal, and the Loss of Her Son is Sommer Bethmann's deeply personal journey through the unimaginable loss of a child-the shock of that first night, the empty chair at family gatherings, relationships that changed, faith tested by unanswered questions, and the complicated process of learning to laugh and live again.

But this is more than a story of grief.

It is a story about the son who stayed in her heart, the husband who stood beside her, the family who helped carry her, and a mother's determination to make sure Ryan's life would be remembered for more than the accident that took him.

Through Look Twice for Ryan, heartbreak begins to find purpose as Sommer turns her son's memory into a message for every driver who shares the road with a motorcycle.

Honest, emotional, and ultimately hopeful, Where She Stands is for every parent who has buried a child, every family changed by sudden loss, and anyone learning that moving forward does not mean leaving the person they love behind.

Some losses change where we stand forever. The question is what we choose to stand for afterward.