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When Cancer Strikes Your Family—What Can You Do?

Many of us know someone diagnosed with cancer, and when this dreaded disease hits home, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed and powerless. Author Lora Montgomery draws on the lessons learned from her own personal experience to share a powerful message of self-care, therapeutic work, and interaction with loved ones. Lora’s father died of cancer when she was a teenager, and during those formative years as she grew up, she was haunted by questions she wished she had asked during his courageous fight against a devastating illness. What was his body experiencing? What small things brought him joy? What fears did he have? 25 years later, Lora found herself revisiting these questions when her mother was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. This time, she was better prepared, knowing what the power of faith can do, and secure in the knowledge that God specializes. Lora shares the ways she learned to communicate her feelings with her loved ones and with herself, both orally and through journaling. This book provides you the opportunity to discover therapeutic journaling on your own journey, with the understanding support of a guide who has walked this path before you.