Journeys to Mother Love : Nine Women Tell their Stories of Forgiveness & Healing - Softcover

Catherine Lawton; A.R. Cecil; Kyleen Stevenson-Braxton; Ellen Cardwell; Ardis Nelson; Loritta Slayton; Kerry Luksic; Treva Brown; Verna Hill Simms

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981892957 ISBN 13: 9780981892955

Publisher: Cladach Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Women readers are sure to find themselves in one or more of these stories filled with grit and grace. The courageous authors of Journeys to Mother Love aren't merely venting about their mother wounds. Neither are they giving pat answers. The hurts were real and the healing was real.

From manipulation to abandonment, from neglect to favoritism, from mental illness to emotional distance, from abortion to Alzheimer's, these nine women from several generations, tell their personal stories with heart-wrenching honesty. Each had hurts and conflicts in their mother/daughter relationship that left them wounded and affected their relationships with others. Each tells how, with God's help, they experienced healing and new freedom to give and receive love.

Begin your own healing journey as you read:
Take Care of Your Mother by Verna Simms
Walking My Mother Home by Ardis A. Nelson
Run, Run, as Fast as You Can by A.R. Cecil
White Knuckles by Loritta Slayton
Beauty from Barrenness by Kyleen Stevenson-Braxton
Finding the Blessings in my Mother's Alzheimer's Disease by Kerry Luksic
She Did Her Best by Treva Brown
When I Feel Forsaken by Catherine Lawton
Finishing Well by Ellen Cardwell

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

BEGIN YOUR OWN HEALING JOURNEY AS YOU READ:

1. FEELING INADEQUATE: "Run, Run, as Fast as You Can," by A.R. Cecil

2. DEVASTATED BY VIOLENCE AND SEPARATION: "She Did Her Best" by Treva Brown

3. ALWAYS 'SECOND FIDDLE': "Take Care of Your Mother" by Verna Hill Simms

4. ADJUSTING TO CHANGES IN MOM: "Finding the Blessings in Alzheimer's" by Kerry Luksic

5. AFTER ABORTION AND CANCER: "Beauty from Barrenness" by Kyleen Stevenson-Braxton

6. UNMET EMOTIONAL NEEDS: "When I Feel Forsaken" by Catherine Lawton

7. STEPMOTHER BLUES: "Finishing Well" by Ellen Cardwell

8. DISTANCED BY MENTAL ILLNESS: "Walking My Mother Home" by Ardis A. Nelson

9. ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED WITH MOM: "White Knuckles" by Loritta Slayton

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"These stories will touch every woman's heart." ~ Tami Rudkin

"Filled with authenticity..." ~ Jeani Bockelman

"Arresting and unflinchingly honest..." ~ Alice Scott-Ferguson

"You will be encouraged and perhaps, like me, find parts of your own story in theirs." ~ Sharon A. Kegerreis

About the Author:

Born in Colorado, Catherine grew up in California, moving from one town to another as a preacher's daughter. With a BA in English she has worked as a substitute teacher in public schools, a private piano teacher, a freelance writer and editor, and a business owner. Her first novel, "Face to Face" was published just before moving back to her beautiful birth state near the Rocky Mountains. Her faith, travels, many colorful places she's lived and people she's known, vivify her writing. Through fiction and memoirs she explores the depths of our relationships with - and need for - God, each other, and nature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cladach Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0981892957
• ISBN 13: 9780981892955
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Catherine Lawton