Karen on August 25th, 2011

Want to win a copy of Veronica Janus’s book, Abundantly More? Read this August 22nd article and post a comment.  I’ll put your name in a hat and get Nathan to draw the winner on September 5, 2011.

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Karen on August 22nd, 2011

This week, Veronica Janus releases her book, Abundantly More: A Mother Clings to God as Her Infant Clings to Life. “Abundantly More shares my journey of hope and healing,” writes Janus, “and it also offers practical knowledge on how to navigate life in a pediatric ICU.”
I’m not aware of many memoirs written about a family’s [...]

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Karen on March 17th, 2011

“Your son is in heart failure.” As I read those words in the early pages of Bill Coon’s book, Swim: A Memoir of Survival, I knew I would have to read the rest of this story even if it took me on an uncomfortable journey.  I’m the mother of a child with a congenital heart [...]

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Karen on September 23rd, 2010

One of my favorite books of the year has been The Help by Kathryn Stockett.  When I posted my thoughts on the civil rights era story back in March, I had fun imagining it as a movie.  I even plotted out a cast.
Have you heard the news?  The Help will, indeed, become a movie!  DreamWorks [...]

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Karen on April 27th, 2010

A lovely surprise arrived in my mailbox yesterday. It was a book–a child’s book that I hadn’t ordered.  A quick flip-through revealed beautiful illustrations, so I sat down and began to read.
On the title page, I noticed an autograph and a mention of Nathan, so I realized the authors had run across our Nathan’s Prayer [...]

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