Disclosure: This is a sponsored giveaway. However, all opinions I share about book are my own and truthful. I get a ton of requests from authors to post reviews, giveaways, or press releases of their books, and I honestly have to turn down quite a few. However, every once in awhile, something extra special happens, and this is one such occasion... The award winning book, Emily Lost Someone She Loved is not only one of the best children's books I've had the privilege of reading; it is an incredibly touching, and empathetic approach to revealing the deep sorrow, and struggle that a child feels when they lose someone they love. I do not want to give too much away, however, I will say that I let my daughter read it, and she was very moved. She told me that she loved how they showed Emily's life before the loss, and then how realistic everything turned when she lost her loved one. As for me, an adult reading it, I felt warmth and comfort reading it and the Scriptures included, … [Read more...]
It’s OK, to Not Be OK
As I mentioned in my last article, the past few weeks have been one insane trial after another. It included everything from having my 8 month old son being life flighted and placed in the ICU, to packing for a 6 month relocation in one day, a 1750 mile road trip with 2 kids in 2 1/2 days, my Grandpa that I was very close with passing away, and my husband leaving me for his 6 month military deployment. Through all of this I have felt stress, sadness, grief, and a burden like I've never felt before in my life. As I was thinking about it Job came to my mind. In the first chapter he lost his house, his home, and nearly all his family in one day. I felt like I had tasted just a tiny bit of those kinds of things. In Job 1:20-22 we find this: Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be … [Read more...]
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