I had the opportunity to do a review on this book. When I saw what the book was about, I definitely wanted to read it. As some of you know, this summer my mom was diagnosed with multiple myeloma - an incurable form of cancer. Her illness came without warning. She woke up one day and was having severe back pain. She thought she had injured herself at work prior to this by lifting a door. Weeks went by and it was found out that she had several broken vertebra in her back, which then we thought was due to her osteoporosis. The pain kept progressing and she was finally unable to walk or sit due to the excruciating pain. About a month went by of multiple doctor visits, ER visits, and such. A diagnosis was made and it was one that we never dreamed of - multiple myeloma. My mom is young - she is 58 years old.
With this book, A Place of Healing, it takes you on a personal journey of the author, Joni Eareckson Tada, about her struggles with being a quadriplegic since the age of 17 (she is 60 now) and how she has coped with it. At first, she did not have pain but through the years she has been developing it and it has been excruciating as well. She takes you on her journeys, from struggles with pain, to how she questions her faith, and finally how she has received peace through all of this with her faith in God. She quotes scripture throughout and I love that aspect. She also discusses peoples attitude towards others with disabilities and some of these may surprise you - especially the ones that come from so-called "christians". But she handled these with grace and divine ways (in my opinion).
In the end, she finally has found peace and her understanding of why she has endured this and I think her journey would help anyone who questions "why".
If you have a loved one who is suffering from an illness or disease, I would certainly suggest picking up this book, as I think it has a lot of key factors that could help you out. I surely asked a lot of the same questions that she asked when it came to my mother's illness.
And here is one of the many great quotes that is in this book - POWERFUL WORDS!
If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes. —Corrie ten Boom
**I was provided a copy of the above book for review purposes. These opinions are my own - yours may differ. My opinion was not influenced in any way.
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