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Do you need light for your path and hope for the dark times? No matter what you face today, it's possible to encounter the power of God's light even in dark and difficult seasons. From the Proverbs 31 Ministry team, including Joel Mudamalle, Alicia Britt Chole, and Asheritah Ciuciu (and many...

Life is unfolding as planned for Myra Sack and her husband Matt until their beautiful year-old daughter Havi is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, and given only a year to live. Myra and Matt decide to celebrate Havi's short life and vow to show her as much of the world as they can, surrounded by friends and family who relocate to be in Havi's orbit. Tapping their Judaism, they transform Friday night Shabbats into birthday parties—"Shabbirthdays"—to replace the birthdays Havi will never have."Shabbirthdays"—to replace the birthdays Havi will never have.

A week before Christmas 1951, Dr. Ralph Russell risked everything to voluntarily enter a locked federal drug-treatment facility known as a "narcotic farm." Sixty-five years later, Dr. Russell's granddaughter Debbie suffers a debilitating crisis of identity when her father (Dr. Russell's oldest son), always her biggest fan, is accepted into hospice. Debbie's investigation into her paternal lineage reveals family secrets and ignites her mother's volatile outbursts, propelling her into therapy.

50 Things to Know to Support a Grieving Person by Danilyn Flores offers valuable wisdom about grief in order to help a loved one, a friend, a neighbor, a co-worker, or a total stranger cope with grief.

What would you do if your child was diagnosed with cancer? Who would you reach out to? How would you and your family survive? If you want to know the answer to any of these questions, then this book is for you. 50 Things to Know About Parenting a Pediatric Cancer Survivor: Our Story of Battling the Beast, by Valerie Kline, offers an insight to pediatric cancer treatment that comes from personal experience.