The
best way to describe this book is a personal accounting of a journey with a
child sick with cancer. This particular
book is filled with day to day entries of what the parents were going
through. Some of these entries are
messages sent to friends and families via email and others via their
website. Other entries are from their
personal journals or just thoughts on what they were going through at the time.
It
is a long journey, which is something you may not think about unless it
personally touches you. You may think oh
they have cancer that is a few weeks or maybe a couple months out of the year
they are dealing with it, but it is actually a lot longer!
One
major factor you will understand better from this book is how a family member’s
illness changes the whole family dynamic.
Siblings and marriage relationships are changed as the focus goes to the
member with the illness. The authors are
very open about this in their story of their own family life.
There
is section in the book where they describe a trip they received from the Make A
Wish Foundation. They were able to take
their very sick daughter to Disney World.
It is a reminder of what a great organization that is and how it does
help these individual families going through difficult times.
So
what can you take away from reading this book?
First the authors stress how important prayer and communications
are. Praying is important but letting
the family know you are praying is just as important. Also having a church family that is helping
with meals and house cleaning is a great stress reliever. Finally you will see how the Lord will never
leave you no matter what difficulties you or your family are facing!
I
gave this book 5/5 stars. I am thankful
families like this share their story so others have a better understanding of
what goes on when illness touches a family member. I would recommend this book to any family who
has a terminally ill member. You will find
words of wisdom and a better understanding of what is to come in your
journey.
I
would like to thank the authors for a copy of this book I enjoyed reading. I
gave an honest review based on my opinion of what I read.
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