My name is Kristina de la
Cal and I've been an avid writer all my life but Breaking Up without Breaking
Down is my first published work, though it's not likely to be my last. Teaching,
learning, laughing and loving are just a few of the many passions that I
deliberately indulge on a daily basis.
Formally, I earned a degree in Psychology and work as a Language
Arts and Reading teacher at an alternative school that services troubled youth.
Informally, much of my spare time is devoted to providing relationship guidance
for friends and strangers alike. As part of this endeavor, I am also the Dating
Site Editor for BellaOnline.
The events that led up to my becoming involved with the research
and writing of this book were some of the most emotionally challenging that I
have ever had to endure. I had invested more than ten years of my life and love
into a tumultuous relationship with my high school sweetheart only to have it
end on a very sour note. Despite having recognized the downward spiral long
before the relationship officially hit rock bottom, the force of impact was more
than my battered heart could withstand at the time.
I now understand how losing that relationship was both the
worst and the best thing that has ever happened to me. Though there was nothing
easy about my journey, the love I am blessed with today serves as the
unexpected reward that has proven to be well worth every ounce of pain
that it took to find it.
The break up that I was convinced would be the end of me turned out to be the
beginning of a new and much brighter future. I can only hope that the effort I
invested into this book will help my readers begin to see the light at the end
of their own tunnels.
