Turn into the Storm: One woman’s fight to survive and her journey to reinvention

In the winter of 2014, Mauricia Ambrose sat in her doctor's office listening to the ways she could die on the operating table. She faced a chilling reality: the fear of losing her son, Louis. Despite adopting him just two years earlier as a single mom, Mauricia found herself battling kidney failure and a job that drained her.

Determined to leave a legacy, she needed Louis to know who she was before she died. She wrote him letters every day with the hope that he would look back and remember he was loved. Those letters fueled her desire to live; she couldn't let her beautiful baby boy disappear back into foster care. She had to be strong. She had to survive.

Turn into the Storm is a story of resilience, rediscovery, and reinvention. It is the journey of a woman who recognizes her power through adversity and finds unconditional love through motherhood. It is a story of hope and strength—hope that comes from faith and strength that comes through surviving lupus, kidney failure, and burnout. Mauricia's story serves as a powerful reminder that our struggles shouldn't define us; they're our fuel for growth.