I will never / [print]
Jane Lee Bateman.
- Place of publication not identified : Publisher not identified, (c)2013.
- 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Signed copy Gift received from Jane Lee Bateman on January 8, 2015.
I will never ... 1. ...chase ambulances -- 2. ...leave the United States -- 3. ...work with a handicapped person -- 4. ...leave home -- 5. ...question -- 6. ...be separated -- 7. ...believe God will not heal Daniel -- 8. ...get used to this -- 9. ...send Daniel to camp -- 10. ...live through this -- 11. ...go out in public again -- 12. ...explain this one to Larry -- 13. ...forget the Bicentennial -- 14. ...lock anyone up -- 15. ...get used to the principals office -- 16. ...move to Illinois -- 17. ...doubt Gods goodness -- 18. ...lose sight that Jesus is alive and reigns -- 19. ...believe God continually disappoints -- 20. ...despair -- 21. ...forget this Memorial Day -- 22. ...forget this human sandwich -- 23. ...get through this -- 24. ...get angry -- 25. ...accept blame -- 26. ...forget this dry stuffing and plastic bulbs -- 27. ...allow our home to become a battleground -- 28. ...do what that church member did -- 29. ...understand saintly anonymous script -- 30. ...neglect our other children -- 31. ...choose between hitting and hospitalization -- 32. ...stay in the ministry -- 33. ...forget Champaign and McDonalds -- 34. ...store my stuff -- 35. ...beg for my husbands help -- 36. ...allow Becky to suffer -- 37. ...be your replica -- 38. ...again afflict pain -- 39. ...be a visual aid to my children -- 40. ...play Tackle Frisbee again -- 41. ...sit and stare at a therapist -- 42. ...forget the ungluing -- 43. ...engage in calisthenics again -- 44. ...forget the candy box -- 45. ...forget wounded hands -- 46. ...be a loving wife -- 47. ...let God remove another son -- 48. ...be able to thank you -- 49. ...complain again -- 50. ...live this one down -- 51. ...understand fairness -- 52. ...shake my fist again -- 53. ...cease to marvel -- 54. ...believe God knows what this is like -- 55. ...enjoy my home visit -- 56. ...balk again -- 57. ...pray again -- 58. ...forget the love in the sanctuary -- 59. ...play the martyr again -- 60. ...soar with eagles -- 61. ...wallow in guilt again -- 62. ...finish writing this book -- 63. No more I will nevers -- 64. The end of the beginning.
I will never is a real life story about the confrontations between the will of God and the willfulness of a loving mother. Some of her stories are mundane and some are dramatic as the family deals with a brain-damaged and dangerously aggressive son. For each clash - and there are many - proved that God is more than able to accept the hearts challenge which says, I will never ....
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Columbia International University--Alumni and alumnae.
CIU Alumni Authors Brain-damaged children--Family relationships. Christian biography.