and herself? Seven years ago, orphaned and alone, Em finally arrived at a new home in Iowa after riding the orphan train. In fact his name is in this book along with all of his sibling’s names.Alone in a strange town, can she find healing for her new home. His road is still uncertain but he, like Em, is a fighter. I’m happy to report that my son is still doing well. I had to rediscover that again as I went through my own trial. Em learns to do more than survive but to really live. Desperately I wanted to give her a happy ending. As I dove back in I found Em’s experiences of grief and tragedy more relatable. I wanted something I could control and finishing their story was something I could take into my own hands. So much of Em and Caleb’s story was already written and I wanted to finish. There was a level of guilt just knowing that as I typed the future was still uncertain. I remember when I finally opened my story document how strange it felt. It all felt so trivial in comparison to the battle my sweet boy was facing. For five months I didn’t open Azure Springs. We were blessed to find out early enough to be able to try treatments but it was still a daunting diagnosis.
After a lengthy hospital stay it was weeks of tests before we were given the diagnosis of Adrenoleukodystrophy. One night I drove him to the hospital and he was unresponsive and stiff. Every writer loves it when the story just tells itself and that’s what this one was doing for me.īut then my son, who was four at the time, became very ill. Everything about the writing experience was ideal. I found myself rooting for her as I wrote her story. I felt like I knew Em from the very start. Writing this book was a strange experience for me. The Hope of Azure Springs was the second manuscript I’ve ever completed (Someday I hope you’ll see the first). Together they embark on a journey that may do more than fill in the blanks of the past it may just set the course for the future.īUY NOW at | | | It isn’t long before he’s spending his days with Em as he tries to stop the men that injured her. Em longs to find the sister she was separated from so long ago and with the right help she might be able to do it.Ĭaleb the town’s sheriff and coveted bachelor has always had a plan for his life- have the right job, marry the right girl and someday make his parents proud. For her it’s more than a welcoming sight- it’s freedom and it’s hope. Seven years of near solitude end when Em is injured and brought to the town of Azure Springs Iowa.
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