IT HAD TO HAPPEN is a powerful and deeply personal memoir about resilience, faith, and becoming who you were always meant to be. Adeja Spain chronicles her journey from a childhood marked by the defining relationships, losses, and breakthroughs that shaped her adulthood, revealing how even life’s most painful moments can carry purpose.
With honesty and emotional clarity, Adeja invites readers into the experiences that changed her life: navigating family complexity, love and heartbreak, identity, grief, and self-discovery. As she reflects on the moments that once felt like detours or failures, a larger truth emerges: nothing was random, and nothing was wasted. Each chapter played a role in her growth, healing, and transformation.
More than a memoir, IT HAD TO HAPPEN is a story of perspective. It speaks to anyone who has questioned their past, struggled to make sense of hardship, or wondered why certain battles were necessary. Through faith, reflection, and hard-earned wisdom, Adeja shows how setbacks can become setups, and how survival itself can be a form of preparation.
Grounded, inspiring, and deeply relatable, IT HAD TO HAPPEN encourages readers to see their own stories through a new lens: with hope, intention, and the understanding that everything they endured was shaping who they are becoming.