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Tonya L. Matthews

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Tonya L. Matthews (Hudnall)
Tonya grew up on a family farm in Riverside, Kentucky. Her father recognized early on that hoeing tobacco and running hogs weren’t in her skill set. He opted to send her to college. Graduating from Western Kentucky University with honors, Tonya went on to support the business community for two decades as an executive for the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce where she served a primary role in the organization’s multiple national honors.
Tonya has found writing to be a healthy escape and effective therapy in tough seasons throughout her life. Tonya began writing Treasure atop the Mountain 15 years ago when she and her husband were trying to start their family and encountered multiple disappointments. Ultimatel ...more

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Tonya Matthews said: " It was a joy to write this book. Please share a review once you've read it.
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Treasure atop the Mountain provided for me a glimpse of hope that I needed at the time I wrote it. In the book, Gracie experiences misfortune no young g It was a joy to write this book. Please share a review once you've read it.
HOW THE BOOK CAME ABOUT
Treasure atop the Mountain provided for me a glimpse of hope that I needed at the time I wrote it. In the book, Gracie experiences misfortune no young girl should have to bear. Yet, in the end, she witnesses all the broken pieces come together and is overwhelmed by God’s hand in it.
When Todd and I got married in 1996, we didn’t try starting our family right away, and when we decided that we were ready, it didn’t come easy.
We struggled for several years through disappointment after disappointment. I’d get home from work at the end of a long day and lean against the kitchen door facing, drop to the floor and breathe for what felt like the first time that day because I’d been holding so much in just to make it through the day. I didn’t share a lot with anybody. There are parts about it where I was just so angry. I was hurting and doing my best to hide it.
My sister and my two sisters-in-law were pregnant and I was covering three positions at work for people on maternity leaves. I really needed an escape because there was not a conversation I could have with family, friends or at work that didn’t involve their lives moving forward when mine wasn’t in that area. I literally just sat down in the back room of our house with our computer on a card table and just started writing. I ran the emotions I was dealing with through the characters and wrote the book that I needed to read.
Though I just recently published it, I began writing the novel 15 years ago during this difficult time. It was always something that I never let go of over the years as friends and family read rough drafts and provided feedback.
I’m enjoying every minute of this. I have goals, but for now they are more mission related than business related. I’m meeting so many precious people. People are encouraged and relate to the message in the book. We all know fear, anger and disappointment. And we all need reminded that we will feel joy again. ...more "

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“What is it about us that we take such inspiration from the lives of those who triumph over tragedy? Is it as simple as that we love a story with a happy ending, or does it go deeper than that? Could it be because we never really know if, within ourselves, we have the strength to bear such tragedy and survive such intense grief? Or is it that we too actually do know pain—and along with more than a few tears—we know from experience, that after the pain, there does again come a time for joy, because we have our own story. And could it be that for everything we’ve been through, that no one really knows us—especially, if we keep it all a secret.”
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“How do we make sense out of life when ‘lost’ is actually a critical part of the path to our destination? Get Will to be released 2021.”
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“When we don't understand life's unforeseen direction, and there seems to be no fathomable explanation or way out, every day is beyond difficult. Though how amazing is the moment that we not only accept His plan for our lives but witness His path to our rescue! It is life-changing when we finally experience that overwhelming moment when God draws all the broken pieces together into something amazing.
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“Life can be unfair— full of fear, pain and disappointment—and then God shows up when we don’t even deserve it. Roxie Applesauce will be released in 2020.”
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