Where do I begin with reviewing this book? I felt like the author looked inside my heart and wrote my own feelings. This is an account of what she and her husband experienced while raising their troubled daughter. It is a book to reach out to any parents who have raised (or are in the process of raising) a child who has abused drugs, harmed themselves, or experienced mental illness.
The author, Dena Yohe, is the wife of a pastor and missionary. She and her husband went through some real battles with their child, Rene, who has pretty much experienced everything that is a parent's worst nightmare. Mrs. Yohe shares her pain and heartache as well as Biblical advice on what helped her make it though. There are also a few excepts written by her daughter which gives a perspective from the troubled child's point of view.
Fortunately, God turned ashes in beauty in her and her daughter's life and used them to help start a ministry to troubled youth called To Write Love on Her Arms.
I strongly recommend this book for anyone who is having a difficult time with a child.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Dancing Through Life (Candace Cameron)
Dancing Through Life is an autobiography by Candace Cameron Bure of what spiritual truths she gleaned from her experience with Dancing With the Stars. I was drawn to this book, not because I am a dancer, (or have even watched Dancing with the Stars for that matter) but because Candace and I are the same age and I grew up watching her grow up as DJ on Full House. I have always been amazed at her and her brother, Kirk Cameron's testimonies as Christians while being a successful Hollywood actress and actor.
The book gives the reader an inside view into what life is like being a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Candace shares valuable spiritual lessons that she learned through the frustrating and great times while she was a guest star on the show.
I really enjoyed the book. It is written in a very conversational manner. If you have ever heard Candace talk, it sounds just like the manner in which she would speak. The spiritual lessons she shared were very relevant to my life as well. Great book!
The book gives the reader an inside view into what life is like being a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Candace shares valuable spiritual lessons that she learned through the frustrating and great times while she was a guest star on the show.
I really enjoyed the book. It is written in a very conversational manner. If you have ever heard Candace talk, it sounds just like the manner in which she would speak. The spiritual lessons she shared were very relevant to my life as well. Great book!
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