When Your Child Breaks Your Heart: Help for Hurting Moms

When tragedy strikes our families or when our sons or daughters choose an unfortunate path in life, it's hard to reconcile the present with all our hopes for the future. Our children's decisions may conflict with the way we raised them, or we may lose contact as family members shut each other out.In When Your Child Breaks Your Heart, beloved author Barbara Johnson tells the story of how, as a wife and mother, she faced so many challenges--the crippling of her husband from a debilitating accident, the death of two sons, and the choices of a third son that caused him to stay away from family for years. But even through her pain, she set out on a journey of survival and restoration that included a steady diet of laughter, joy, and hope.In this gripping book, Barbara tells her family's searing story honestly and compassionately, and she reveals how she was able to emerge triumphantly with her faith intact and her spirit unbroken. She offers hope to families facing similar circumstances, sharing how God brought her through the deep waters without letting her drown--and how he will do the same for us.Barbara Johnson's books have sold millions of copies. She was the founder of the nonprofit Spatula Ministries, and before her death in 2007, she delivered comforting, humor-filled messages across the country as a popular conference speaker.Johnson, Barbara is the author of 'When Your Child Breaks Your Heart: Help for Hurting Moms', published 2008 under ISBN 9780800787752 and ISBN 0800787757.