When Your Child Breaks Your Heart: Help for Hurting Moms
When a son or daughter chooses a different path from mom and
dad, or when tragedy strikes a family, it is hard to reconcile the
present with all our hopes for the future. Our children's decisions
may conflict with the way we raised them. We may lose contact as
members of the family shut each other out.
Barbara Johnson tells her family's searing story honestly and
compassionately. She offers hope to families facing similar
circumstances, sharing how God brought her through the deep waters
without letting her drown--and how he will do the same for
them.
From the Back Cover
When tragedy strikes our families or when our sons or daughters
choose an unfortunate path in life, it's hard to reconcile the
present with all our hopes for the future. Our children's decisions
may conflict with the way we raised them, or we may lose contact as
family members shut each other out.
In When Your Child Breaks Your Heart, beloved author Barbara
Johnson tells the story of how, as a wife and mother, she faced so
many challenges--the crippling of her husband from a debilitating
accident, the death of two sons, and the choices of a third son
that caused him to stay away from family for years. But even
through her pain, she set out on a journey of survival and
restoration that included a steady diet of laughter, joy, and
hope.
In this gripping book, Barbara tells her family's searing story
honestly and compassionately, and she reveals how she was able to
emerge triumphantly with her faith intact and her spirit unbroken.
She offers hope to families facing similar circumstances, sharing
how God brought her through the deep waters without letting her
drown--and how he will do the same for us.
Barbara Johnson's books have sold millions of copies. She
was the founder of the nonprofit Spatula Ministries, and before her
death in 2007, she delivered comforting, humor-filled messages
across the country as a popular conference speaker.