Restored Through Writing is an adult writing workshop established by Vena Williams, author, founder and Chief Operating Officer of Connect 4 Success, a non-profit agency which assists at-risk parents with upward bound aspects of successful parenting. The mission of the program is to offer community support to families who live in urban areas. This book is a collaboration of brave writers who have taken the Restored Through Writing Workshop course whose literary contributions should be applauded. My Trials Became My Triumphs offers their individual accounts of courage, strength and wisdom.