Description
I couldn't handle the lovelessness and loneliness; the fighting, the alcoholism. ...Then, one day, a new voice spoke, a calm, benevolent voice that pleaded with quiet authority. "Hang on." it said simply. "It gets better—I promise...."
I didn't argue. I simply believed. "Okay," I said aloud, "I'll wait."
It didn't get better soon. The tenacious tendrils of a Christless family legacy were not quickly unraveled. But in time, it got just enough better to keep me hoping that it would get better still.
And it did. Blessings that a hopeless, alcoholic, drug-abusing misfit once believed were extended only to the favored and the few continue to shower down—blessings of Christian family and friends; of peace and clarity of purpose; of divinely-instilled self-respect. Blessings of a glorious, invincible "hope and a future" in Christ.
Picking up where Grasshopper Junction left off, this book starts with the ongoing struggle to survive in the face of bankruptcy, injury, financial hardship and chronically vindictive vehicles. Leslie Kay brings her indomitable wisdom to bear on eccentric grandmas and contentious siblings, menopause and marital success, dying pets and the delights of mothering ("Look, Mom, I'm potty training my June bugs!"). "Tickling," writes Kay, "is good for the soul." So is this book.
Table of Contents
Preface
"Slow Down, You Move Too Fast"
Chapter 1
Saying the B Word
Chapter 2
Counting the Cost
Chapter 3
Second Chance at Love
Chapter 4
A Short Leash
Chapter 5
What Barbie Wouldn't Do
Chapter 6
The Right Stuff-Is Love
Chapter 7
"Yeah, But..."
Chapter 8
Promises, Promises
Chapter 9
Saviour of the World
Chapter 10
Eternally Relevant
Chapter 11
Don't Touch That Microwave!
Chapter 12
On the Evil and the Good
Chapter 13
This Is My Body
Chapter 14
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Chapter 15
Innocence Lost-Righteousness Found!
Chapter 16
The Tyranny of "Cool"
Chapter 17
You Say "Tomato"
Chapter 18
In Whom Is No Guile
Chapter 19
The Fullness of the Time
Chapter 20
Simple Gifts
Chapter 21
Blessed Are the...Nice?
Chapter 22
The Good Life
Chapter 23
Sisters! Who Needs Them?
Chapter 24
The Pause That Distresses
Chapter 25
The Wall
Chapter 26
Marriage and Family 101
Chapter 27
Turn the Hearts of the Children
Chapter 28
Spiritual Essentials
Chapter 29
Prisoner of Love
Chapter 30
Welcome to the Human Race
Chapter 31
Holy Ground
Chapter 32
Hospital for Sinners
Chapter 33
Hang On, It Gets Better
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Details
Binding: |
Paperback |
Copyright: |
2003 |
Printed: |
2003 |
Pages: |
127 |
Publisher: |
Review & Herald Publishing Association |
Condition: |
A- |
