Itās a centuries-old Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered gold.
Not to hide the cracks⦠but to highlight them.
To honor the break as part of the story ā not the end of it.
When I started writing my very first book,
Flawed to Finesse: A Generational Curse
ā¦I stumbled across a photo of a vase repaired with gold veins.
That image stopped me in my tracks.
It was as if God whispered, āThatās you, Debra.ā
And so, the theme of my book was born.
Because like that vaseā¦
Iāve been cracked.
Dropped.
Pieced back together through pain and prayer.
But hereās the truth that changed me ā and might just heal you, too:
Your brokenness is not something to be ashamed of.
Itās where the beauty begins.
Itās what the light shines through.
Itās the proof that you were never thrown away ā you were made new.
The cover of my book is a reflection of that sacred art ā a visual of what happens when God steps into the shattered and says, āLet me make this glorious.ā
I canāt wait to share this journey with you.
We are not flawed beyond repair.
We are flawed to finesse ā shaped by grace, sealed in gold.