The title grabbed me. Embrace Life, Embrace Hope. Cultivating Wholeness and Resilience through the Unexpected. As I have aged I have begun to realize that life throws us curve balls that we never see coming our way. As a believer I have had the false belief that if I believed in Jesus and did all the right things my life would be rosey. We are not promised that in Scripture. What we are promised though is that our Heavenly Father walks with us through the storms. Fern invites us into her storm. Her transparency and honesty brings the reader to a deeper understanding of the Hope we find in Jesus. I recommend Embrace Life, Embrace Hope for anyone facing an unexpected crisis, but also for anyone who is walking along side a spouse or friend who is. I loved Mark Buchanan's comment on the back. "If you need to embrace life and hope you've come to the right place"