FREDA Emmons, is an author and inspirational speaker; she is also a wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoys bicycle riding, gardening, and traveling.  After years of counseling and working through the emotional trauma of her youth, Freda wrote a book, *Flame of Healing: A Daily Journey of Healing from Abuse and Trauma*, now being used by Grief to Grace, a retreat ministry for healing from sexual abuse issues.
Too many people are immobilized by tremendous pain from abuse or trauma in their lives. Freda offers compassion, humor and hope to hurting people.