The Day I Learned to Breathe

By: Murphy, Vera

For a long time, I believed survival was measured by how much a person could

endure.

I thought strength meant getting up the next morning, going to work,

taking care of my children, paying the bills, making dinner, and keeping the

machinery of ordinary life moving no matter what had happened behind closed

doors.

There is truth in that kind of strength. It carried me through years I did not

yet know how to name. But endurance is not the whole story.

This book is about what happened inside a life that could look ordinary from

the outside. There were vacations, concerts, Christmas mornings, work, friends,

laughter, and moments of genuine love. There was also fear. There were apologies

I did not understand, words I learned not to say, parts of myself I made smaller,

and violence I kept secret.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMMJ4PHL
• ISBN13: 9798161050361
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"