At just fourteen months old, Keith Edmonds’ life changed forever when his mother’s boyfriend pressed his face against an electric heater. Third-degree burns consumed half his face, and doctors doubted he’d survive the night. He did—and spent years at the Shriners Burn Institute enduring countless surgeries to rebuild his face and his life.
Foster care, separation from his mother, and a lenient ten-year sentence for his attacker added to his pain. Children stared, and by thirteen, Keith numbed his trauma with alcohol. Addiction and depression followed him into adulthood.
