Lessons from Emily - Softcover

Caroline Carter Jones

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991469208 ISBN 13: 9780991469208

Publisher: Caroline Jones, 2014

Synopsis

Emily Jones was bright, witty, and fun. She enjoyed school, dancing, cheering for a Little League football squad, and hanging out with her friends. She loved children and wanted to be a teacher when she grew up. Everything about her life was normal until, at the age of twelve, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. For two years she fought the toughest of battles with amazing courage, incredible strength, and an unwavering belief that God would heal her. Her hope was in the Lord. Her walk of faith made a huge impact on all who knew and loved her, and, although she never took a course in education, she became the teacher she aspired to be. Her lessons are about life and abundant living even while walking in the shadow of death.

About this title

About the Author:

Caroline Carter Jones was born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia. She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Virginia, where she also met and fell in love with fellow student, Jerry Jones. Caroline and Jerry were married at University Chapel in December 1972. They welcomed their first child, Ann Elizabeth, in August 1978, and their second daughter, Emily Caroline, in February 1981. Caroline and Jerry have lived in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley since 1976. Retired from their teaching careers, they now enjoy volunteer work in their church and community. They also enjoy spending time with their three wonderful grandchildren, who live in Midlothian with their parents, Ann and Davison Long. Caroline began writing Lessons from Emily several months after Emily passed away but put it aside for a number of years while teaching in the Hospital Education Program at the University of Virginia Hospital. With encouragement from family and friends, Caroline resumed writing the book after she retired from teaching. She spent many hours reviewing hospital records as well as Emily's diaries, journals, letters, and other documents related to her illness. It is Caroline's hope that all who read the book will come to know her daughter and be inspired by Emily's remarkable faith and her zest for life.

Review:

One cannot help but be spiritually affected by the amazing story of Emily Jones, an angel sent to Earth for the express purpose of teaching us lessons on not only how to live but how to die, as well. This young girl's story of faith will strengthen your own. --Lynn Coffey, author of Backroads, a four-book series about Virginia's disappearing Appalachian culture

Lessons from Emily is the story of what is arguably the most heart-wrenching of all human events: the death of one s beloved child. With great sensitivity, Caroline Jones has gifted us with the writing of her family s faith-filled journey as their young daughter, Emily, bravely battles an unusually cruel cancer. Emily's lessons are many. Among them, she teaches the reader to live life as fully as possible and to believe in the ultimate goodness of God s love for all His people. All who read this book will be enriched in their faith. --Terry Jones-Brady, author, A Mosaic Heart: Reshaping the Shards of a Shattered Heart

Lessons from Emily isn't a tale of death it is a wonderful testament to life everlasting! --Kelly Ann White, author of the upcoming Jesus Groupie

Lessons from Emily is the story of what is arguably the most heart-wrenching of all human events: the death of one s beloved child. With great sensitivity, Caroline Jones has gifted us with the writing of her family s faith-filled journey as their young daughter, Emily, bravely battles an unusually cruel cancer. Emily's lessons are many. Among them, she teaches the reader to live life as fully as possible and to believe in the ultimate goodness of God s love for all His people. All who read this book will be enriched in their faith. --Terry Jones-Brady, author, A Mosaic Heart: Reshaping the Shards of a Shattered Heart

Lessons from Emily isn't a tale of death it is a wonderful testament to life everlasting! --Kelly Ann White, author of the upcoming Jesus Groupie

Lessons from Emily is the story of what is arguably the most heart-wrenching of all human events: the death of one s beloved child. With great sensitivity, Caroline Jones has gifted us with the writing of her family s faith-filled journey as their young daughter, Emily, bravely battles an unusually cruel cancer. Emily's lessons are many. Among them, she teaches the reader to live life as fully as possible and to believe in the ultimate goodness of God s love for all His people. All who read this book will be enriched in their faith. --Terry Jones-Brady, author, A Mosaic Heart: Reshaping the Shards of a Shattered Heart

Lessons from Emily isn't a tale of death it is a wonderful testament to life everlasting! --Kelly Ann White, author of the upcoming Jesus Groupie

About this edition

• Publisher: Caroline Jones
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0991469208
• ISBN 13: 9780991469208
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256