LEADER 02673oam 2200361z- 450 001 9910148622203321 005 20150511140358.0 010 $a0-8254-8575-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000921573 035 $a(VLeBooks)9780825485756 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000921573 100 $a20210505c2015uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $aGet Your Joy Back 210 $cKregel Publications 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 311 $a0-8254-4339-3 330 $aAn invitation and a promise for weary Christian parents of special needs kids from a parent who's been there"It isn't the long day of monitoring a child's precarious health or being hypervigilant about her mood and mental health challenges that weighs parents down; it's the wishing that things were different. . . . Resentment, not the intense care they must provide their child, is the parents' greatest stressor and source of pain." -Laurie WallinParents of specials needs children are exhausted. They've done all the research, consulted all the experts, joined support groups, gotten counseling, fought for the best life for their children. Often just caring for their children's needs and attempting to maintain a home maxes out parents' mental, emotional, and spiritual reserves. Laurie Wallin knows firsthand the difficulties of this journey. With Get Your Joy Back, she steps forward to make a bold, audacious claim: in the midst of this long-term, intense task, it is still possible to have an abundant life, full of joy. The key to radically changing daily life and restoring joy to the weary is forgiveness. Wallin gives parents a lifeline to find that restoration, pulling them back to shore when they feel like they're drowning. This book is full of practical, biblical insights and strategies to shed the resentments that leave Christian special-needs parents themselves spiritually, emotionally, and socially drained. Wallin meets readers right where they are, sugar coating nothing, but addressing issues with honesty, humor, and-above all-hope. 606 $aFamilies$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aChildren with disabilities 606 $aParents$xReligious life 606 $aForgiveness$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aFamilies$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aChildren with disabilities. 615 0$aParents$xReligious life. 615 0$aForgiveness$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a248.8/45 701 $aWallin$b Laurie$01243944 701 $aTada$b Joni Eareckson$01744088 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910148622203321 996 $aGet Your Joy Back$94173922 997 $aUNINA