Overview
Put some snap back into your stretched out life.Sometimes it's tough to let go of the past, live in today, and have hope for tomorrow--especially when it comes to a lost or rebellious child. Fresh Elastic for Stretched Out Moms is for all parents whose hearts have been broken by their children. Humorist Barbara Johnson writes from experience . . . and from her heart.
Barbara shows how you can live with the heartaches and find the joy, even in the midst of pain. She shares how God's healing love, supportive friends, and a healthy dose of self-care are the emotional spatulas that scrape battered and bruised hearts off the ceiling to see another day. Barbara's stories, prayers, letters, jokes, and favorite Scriptures will bring you through the trials and restore your hope, laughter--and elasticity.
Synopsis
A favorite for many years, Fresh Elastic for Stretched-Out Moms is for all moms whose hearts have been broken by their children. Barbara Johnson understands the hopelessness that they experience when children choose a rebellious lifestyle, sever a relationship, commit suicide, are seriously injured, are caught in an addiction, or engage in any other hurtful behavior. With compassion, understanding, and humor intact, she gently leads readers through a "year of recovery" to a fresh, hope-filled start. Through anecdotes, poems, jokes, poignant stories, and letters, readers will capture Johnson's infectious enthusiasm for life and learn to trust God for victory over depression and despair.