101 Bible Verses That Can Save Your Life is a collection of Bible verses, printed in a cursive script that will uplift your Mother no matter what the circumstance. You may want to encourage your mother to memorize these verses so she can easily call them to mind in various situations that challenge her. This would also be a nice gift book for any reason – not just for Mother’s Day.
Does your mother enjoy fiction? If so, Renovating Becky Miller by Sharon Hinck will provide some laughs. Becky Miller is a very imaginative housewife that creates a fictional life for her even as she goes through the daily routines of normal life.
Renovating Becky Miller is suffering chronic pain as the result of an automobile accident. Consequently she needs the assistance of a cane to get around and has to rest when others are working. As all people with a disability do from time to time, Becky wishes she could have instant healing from the problem.
My friend Lori often reminded me that a mom with a disability would help my children learn independence and compassion. A comforting thought. IK had added the notion to my mental jelly jar of encouraging words for the days when the pain and nuisance of my damaged leg overrode my ability to keep smiling. But I still hated moving like a senior citizen when I was in my early thirties. Some days I reminded God that He could have stopped the semi that had skidded through the intersection, totaling our car as well as my left knee and hip. Months of physical therapy had helped, but the last year there’d been no further improvement. The pain fluctuated—some days were better than others—but the total healing I’d prayed for hadn’t come. [page 11]
Have you experienced a problem like Becky’s accident? Just learning to live your life again can be challenging, particularly if you have a husband and children to take care of. Deciding to make a move to the country in spite of her current problems seems to be bad timing to say the least! But, one day, Kevin calls to say that he had found an old farmhouse that needed renovations.
The remainder of the book is the story of the renovation and the changes in Becky’s life. You’ll find this story entertaining. It may even remind you of your life when you have moved or made other major changes. I find the “imagination” of Becky as interesting as the “real life” she lives.
