Big-Hearted Families, Inspiring Stories from everyday families by Patti Armstrong and Theresa Thomas (Reviewed by Nancy HC Ward)
“I joined with (cancer survivor) and mother of
nine, Theresa Thomas to write Big Hearted: Inspiring Stories From Everyday Families,” Patti told me. “This
collection of 22 stories is a recipe for happiness and love for families of any
size. We've included some of our own stories including how my family came
to include 2 AIDS orphans from Kenya. Big Hearted is a glimpse
inside the struggles and joys of ordinary families with generous hearts.”
Big hearts that
welcome life are not just in large families. Sometimes big-heartedness comes as
the family deals with a tragedy such as miscarriage, infertility, alcoholism or
financial devastation regardless of family size. “When a family opens its
collective heart to love one another fully, there is no end to the gifts that
God will bestow,” Patti said.
Big-heartedness develops
in us when pressed into service by a calling. The prayer of an orphan from
Kenya to go to school in America. The decision to reverse a vasectomy. The passion for adopting the autistic boy who
always acts out. The care of a baby with both cystic fibrosis and muscular
dystrophy for his short life.
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