The Good, The Bad & The Beautiful

A Journey Through Adoption, Trauma, and Unshakeable Love

Adoption isn’t a fairy tale. It’s a storm... breathtaking, brutal, holy, and heartbreaking all at once.

In this deeply intimate memoir, Stephanie Parker opens her family’s story with a honesty that is both courageous and disarming. She invites you into the moments most families hide: the fear, the trauma, the tears behind closed doors, and the fierce love that refuses to give up even when everything in you feels shattered.

This is not a book about perfect parents or easy answers. It’s a book about the nights you cry on the bathroom floor, wondering if you’re strong enough... and the surprising, sacred strength God sends in the quiet. It’s about a child’s wounds colliding with a parent’s hope. It’s about what happens when love meets brokenness... and chooses to stay.

The Good, The Bad & The Beautiful is the story of a family built by obedience, stretched by trial, and held together by grace. It’s the story of a mother who loves with every fragile piece of her heart and discovers that beauty doesn’t come instead of pain... it comes through it.

If you’ve ever loved a child through trauma... if you’ve ever questioned your calling... if you’ve ever begged God for strength you didn’t have… this book will speak to the deepest places in you. It will break you open and put you back together with hope, empathy, and the reminder that God is present in every chapter... even the ones you never wanted to write.