A Memoir
By Amy Scott Rooker

What if healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken—but remembering what’s true? A luminous memoir about family fractures, forgiveness, and the miracles that call us back to love.

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For decades, Amy lived split in two: the bright, high-achieving woman everyone saw, and the invisible girl inside who carried unspeakable wounds. She tried to outrun the pain with perfection—law school, prestigious jobs, an ever-shrinking body. But underneath it all, she was barely holding on.

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Then her mother died. And with her death came rupture. The fragile order Amy had built her life around crumbled. She couldn’t pretend anymore. Something inside her refused. And somehow—her mother did too. Signs began to appear. Dragonflies. Everywhere.

 

So began Amy’s journey to heal. Through psychedelic medicine, mystical experiences, and unflinching self-inquiry, she discovered the strange intelligence of pain—how every hurt can become a doorway, every loss a lantern. In the end, Amy learned to forgive what almost broke her and love the woman rising from the wreckage.

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My Mother Is a Dragonfly is a testament to the fierce, tender work of reclaiming your life—not as a story to be fixed, but as the one you came here to live.