Finding hope and healing after losing a child : Christian stories of faith and family
Publication Information
Kalamazoo, Michigan : Elemental Truth Publishing Company, 2023.
Physical Description
182 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
Find hope and healing as you walk with Susan and Ray. After Ray met Susan, they were engaged in ten weeks and married in nine months. Faith and prayer kept them strong as they struggled with infertility for ten years. Several months before their tenth anniversary, Susan was given a sign, and later, a dream of having a little boy with wavy blond hair. After hearing about Susan's dream, and dismissing it, Ray was also given a sign. A few months later, Susan was pregnant, and finally gave birth to a little boy with wavy blond hair--just like Susan's dream. Three weeks before Evan's third birthday, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Walk with Susan and Ray as they lived in faith while taking care of Evan, and later, as Ray took care of Susan while she did her best to fight Stage 4 breast cancer. They were married for twenty-seven years. As you read their dedications to Evan, and Ray's dedication to Susan, you see the confirmation of their love story. Reading their book reveals their remarkable journey with Evan and each other. Share the moments of grace that they were given, read the Scriptures they used and remind yourself of the hope to come, and consider using their suggestions for dealing with the loss of your child.
Subjects
- Leukemia in children > Biography.
- Sick children > Family relationships > Biography.
- Leukemia > Patients > Family relationships > Biography.
- Children > Death.
- Children > Death > Religious aspects > Christianity.
- Grief.
- Grief > Religious aspects > Christianity.
- Parental grief.
- Healing.
- Christian biography.
- Messick, Evan Michael, 1998-2009.
- Messick, Susan M.
- Messick, Raymond O.