Fran's entrance into this world was far from a fairytale - in fact - just a few hours into this thing called "life", his place on Earth was under heavy consideration. As his future tipped in the balance of strangers, the authorities made a decision to remove Fran from his family, that one day I'd get to finally meet.
For decades, Fran asked questions that no adopted child should ever have to ask (but, mostly, always will):
"Why did they abandon me?"
"Did they not want me?"
"Am I simply too hard to love?"
Unwanted, abandoned and rejected, Fran didn't know his destiny, that was until his "parents" decided that Fran's life was to be raised by them. As Fran navigated what it meant to be truly accepted, in a rejection cycle not meant for him, he discovered through his own experiences of parenthood and persistence, that second chances are for the taking, when people need them the most.
This deeply provocative, uplifting and beautifully raw memoir, "Abandonment to Acceptance: A Hero's Journey to Self-Love", explores how self-love and acceptance begins from within your heart and mind.
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 21 mm
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978-1-922969-22-4 (9781922969224)
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As a teenager Fran kept failing her school exams and her report frequently said 'she has no imagination', but as an adult she loved teaching Physical Education to secondary school youngsters making sure everyone enjoyed it no matter what their ability or lack of it. She also enjoyed sharing the Bible with the girls in school and in the national Christian youth work she was involved with for many years. She also led Bible study groups in Church. After 11 years of teaching God called her to leave and totally unexpectedly she landed up volunteering in her friend, Judith's, tiny wool shop where the Holy Spirit gave her stunning designs to create bespoke knitted garments having had NO previous knitting experience and 'no imagination' - But God! Within the shop they opened up a section selling Christian books and led a weekly Bible Study group for customers who wanted to join them. After another 11 years God called time on that venture and 3 years later gave Fran the blueprint for a Christian centre that He wanted to establish and in 1990 along with Judith, who by then was 78, and other volunteers she began the renovation of a derelict 4 story building into a 42 bedded Christian retreat centre which is still running having survived two major floods and a very major fire. During the later years there they had Holy Week Meditations with Scripture readings, reflective worship, led beautifully by Ann, followed by a meditation which Fran wrote and which now form the second part of this book with the prayer that you will be as blessed by them as the folk who first heard them. Having retired and moved away from the Centre after 27 years, Fran now has more time to wait on God and this book is part of what He has graciously downloaded to her. Yes, she has retired, but God has kindly re-tyred her for the next part of her journey - volunteering at the amazing Harbour Centre in Bedworth, run by Life Church. What a huge privilege to walk alongside so many heart-achingly needy people and share the love of Jesus with them in many different ways. `
