Brandi Kennedy has built a platform on the concept of personal growth and empowerment; as a survivor of nearly every form of child abuse, she has learned firsthand the power of self-empowerment and belief in her own resilience. Now, she strives to use her writings to encourage other survivors with emotionally impactful poetic imagery. Packed with fifty poems touching on survival, trauma, grief, life, and love, Laughter & Tears is an emotional collection nearly every reader can find a way to relate to.