Book excerpt: In "Battling Earthquakes," Crystal Gail Welcome explores the fragility of human emotions. Crystal Gail's powerful use of language and honest transparency invites readers to journey through intense, confusing, and sometimes frightening emotions. Words, like hands have the ability to tear down Words, like hands have the ability to lift up I've bared witness to the destruction of hands But I have found hope in the power of words... Words have taught me that you cannot silence life "Battling Earthquakes" is beautifully written; in the aftermath of the storm, there is peace as rebuilding begins.