I have been participating in a pretty amazing collaborative writing project over the last several months. Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide of the Grieving Mother is a collection of writings from over twenty bereaved parents (mostly women, but also a few men) designed to help a grieving mother know that she is not alone and, even though her heart is breaking, she will survive. The contributors come from a wide variety of experiences (from an early miscarriage up to the death of a school-age child) and a wide variety of spiritual perspectives.
My contributions are to the chapters about faith and the chapter about giving back to others, and my husband is a contributor to the fathers' section. A sample from my essay, "Faith and Loss: Finding Your Way Back":
I am a Christian. I was raised in a Christian family, I have followed Jesus closely since childhood, and I met my husband in seminary. I can't remember a time when I didn't believe in God, and ever since my teenage years, I have been committed to sharing the Gospel with others, being absolutely convinced of the truth of God's Word. I'm the wife of a pastor and a former missionary, and Jesus is my life, in every sense of the word.
Then my daughter died and it almost all fell apart.
Sunshine after the Storm is available on Amazon and for today the Kindle version is FREE. Praying that it is an encouragement to many!
My contributions are to the chapters about faith and the chapter about giving back to others, and my husband is a contributor to the fathers' section. A sample from my essay, "Faith and Loss: Finding Your Way Back":
I am a Christian. I was raised in a Christian family, I have followed Jesus closely since childhood, and I met my husband in seminary. I can't remember a time when I didn't believe in God, and ever since my teenage years, I have been committed to sharing the Gospel with others, being absolutely convinced of the truth of God's Word. I'm the wife of a pastor and a former missionary, and Jesus is my life, in every sense of the word.
Then my daughter died and it almost all fell apart.
Sunshine after the Storm is available on Amazon and for today the Kindle version is FREE. Praying that it is an encouragement to many!