HE KNEW IT WOULD TAKE UNDYING CONVICTION, DETERMINATION,
AND MENTAL STRENGTH TO FACE HIS OBSTACLES HEAD-ON
BRAVE STEPS
Brave Steps: A Family’s Love and Strength is an inspiring children’s story about courage, resilience, and the power of love during one family’s most challenging time. Told through the eyes of a young child named Malachi, the story begins on a joyful spring day but takes a sudden turn when news arrives that Dad, a soldier and Olympic hopeful, has been injured in Iraq. As Mom rushes to be by his side, the children navigate days filled with worry, hope, and unexpected adventures. ​This book is dedicated to the brave men and women who serve, and to the families who stand beside them— your love, courage, and strength light the way through every storm.
In the face of devastating loss, Staff Sergeant Corwyn Collier of the U.S. Army National Guard refused to do what would be easiest. Without warning, he was forced to deal with the life-wrecking challenges of losing his career, parts of his body, and his ability to walk due to a combat explosion in Iraq. Managing multiple traumas all at once left him with a critical choice to make: give up or continue fighting for the life he knew he deserved. Left in broken pieces and with the responsibilities of picking up the physical and emotional pieces of his life, he knew it would take undying conviction, determination, and mental strength to face his obstacles head-on.
COUNTED OUT
When they walked through the door, my eyes filled with tears. I cried thinking about how God had answered my prayer, “I don’t care what happens to me, Lord. I just want to see my sons grow up.” As I looked at them and hugged them, I realized God was real and that He knew that my boys needed me.
