"The Way She Was" is a 2022 Scars Publications cc&d magazine (v317, the January 2022 issue) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since its inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d has been released either monthly or every other month (with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include ayaz daryl nielsen, Bill Tope, Carl Parsons, David J. Thompson, Don Kropp, E.P. Fisher, Emily Fontenot, Eric Bonholtzer, Erren Kelly, Frederick Frankenberg, James Bates, Janet Kuypers, Kenneth DiMaggio, Michael Gigandet, Miranda Yearwood, Ronald Charles Epstein, David J. Thompson, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Kyle Hemmings, and Wes Heine.