The Story Behind the Story

The Story Behind the Story: Butterfly Warrior is a story of hope, strength, and courage inspired by the life of Shennette Sparkes. Sparkes is an internationally known Lupus advocate who strives to empower those suffering silently. Through dealing with hair loss, skin lesions, weight gain, and weight loss, Sparkes wants people to know that true beauty lies within. No matter what challenges we face in life, with faith and a strong support system we can overcome the impossible. She hopes this book inspires readers to be bold, be beautiful, but most importantly be who they were created to be. This book chronicles Sparkes's over eight-year battle with Lupus, and in it she shares intimate details of her journey to conquer the disease. By tackling hard topics like self-esteem, communication, mental health, and nutrition, Sparkes hopes this book will help bring more awareness to those who may be suffering silently with diseases like Lupus while encouraging those diagnosed with Lupus to live a healthy lifestyle. Hope. Strength. Courage. Faith.