Title: #FitToBeWilliamson
Author: Tiffany Williamson
Publisher: Salem Publishing Solutions
ISBN: 9781662819070
Genre: Biography / Autobiography
Pages: 74
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda

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#FitToBeWilliamson is an upbeat anecdotal text by Tiffany Williamson. With both gentle compassion and unflinching honesty, the author recounts her childhood and the abuse she experienced from both her parents and her brothers as well. As she proceeds in this story, she lets readers in on taking care of one of her children, Torri, who had been diagnosed with HI Syndrome, amidst the storm of an estranged relationship with her mother.

Tiffany follows that struggle and pain along with the various hardships which greatly influenced her life and overall parenting. When she purchases a Fitbit so she could take care of her daughter who was at the time sick, Tiffany is unaware this would be her saving grace and one in which God would use to put her on a different trajectory from her childhood. Saying goodbye to Torri was heartbreaking and she cathartically cuts through the scar tissue of this tragic event as she closes up on how she finally disentangled herself from her abusive mother to find a man who stands with her with unyielding determination.

Families are dear to us but they can also clip our wings. How do you continue to love and yet maintain sound mental health? #FitToBeWilliamson is about finding your niche in such a world, looking back at cycles which have predictable results until a resoluteness to change becomes sacrosanct. It also cuts a path through the process of loss, healing, and eventual redemption creating a visceral experience for both the author and the reader, as in every life, some events mark time indelibly. The author, years later, created the HI Syndrome Foundation and Torri’s Birthday Cake, a special ice cream in memory of her daughter, an unexpected source of inspiration to carry on.

With an engaging style of writing and stellar prose, the story is far from an ax-grinding indictment of the past but carries on with a balanced account of the people present in her life. The most profound takeaway from this ode is the searing truths and unequivocal wisdom planted in Tiffany’s work that every reader will be left to digest and recycle. Altogether, #FitToBeWilliamson by Tiffany Williamson is undoubtedly an essential read.