Life often takes us down paths we do not expect and are not prepared for. When faced with adversity, we can experience emotions-fear, anger, resilience, hope-that profoundly affect us in the immediate moment and throughout the years ahead. In her memoir Unexpected Pearls: A Journey through Adversity to Peace, Sheri White explores these universal feelings and her reactions to a major life-changing event. As we follow Sheri's personal journey of settling into a life that is not less, but different and just as beautiful as the one she had once imagined for her family, we learn ways to survive and thrive when an earthquake erupts in our own life. Whether you're the one experiencing the unexpected change or the one who is trying to help but doesn't know how, you will find solace in Sheri's hard-earned Pearls of Wisdom, and creative helpful nuggets for Ways to Pitch In. Unexpected Pearls provides insights to help answer the questions: "How will I do this?" and "How can I help?"