I wrote this memoir because God asked me to tell the truth — the whole truth — about where I’ve been, what I’ve survived, and how His grace carried me through every season. This book is my offering of praise, my testimony of healing, and my prayer for anyone who feels unseen, unheard, or undone. If my story helps even one person find hope again, then every page was worth writing.

She Was Carried Through Every Valley

Some stories begin with loss. Diana Kannady’s begins with a little girl whispering prayers through a bedroom window — and traces the unbreakable thread of faith God would use to carry her through decades of heartbreak, grace, and unexpected redemption.

At twenty‑two, Diana lost the father of her unborn child to sudden violence. She raised her daughter alone, rebuilt her life, and eventually found love again in a man whose quiet steadiness became home. Together they weathered storms, built a family, and arrived at something that felt whole.

Then, on the afternoon of her oldest daughter’s wedding, she lost him too.

The Story Behind My Praise is the memoir of a woman who has walked through the unthinkable — twice — and discovered that God did not flinch in either valley. With unguarded honesty and a heart anchored in Scripture, Diana traces her journey from childhood faith to adult grief to hard‑won joy, revealing how praise became a lifeline, how forgiveness opened the door to healing, and how the same voice that met her as a girl met her again in hospital rooms, courtrooms, and the quiet of an empty house.

This is not a book about having the right answers. It is a book about being carried when you have none.

For anyone standing in the in‑between — grieving, uncertain, or wondering if joy will ever return — Diana’s story offers what she was given: not an explanation, but a presence.

He still meets you exactly where you are.