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""With forthrightness and a sense of humor, the author crafts a poignant portrait of motherhood, replete with hard-earned wisdom. . . . This uplifting memoir exemplifies the power of faith, hope, and steadfast love."" --Publisher's Weekly This life is real and complicated, messy, colorful, good, exhausting, and exhilarating--often simultaneously. It's easy to feel overburdened by life's demands. Looking out into the world as well as under the roof of our home may cause us to question, ""How did we get here? And how will we get through?"" Jillana Goble has been there. With honesty, faith, and a dose of humor, her debut memoir, A Love-Stretched Life, chronicles what she's continually learning on the suspension bridge between reality and hope. A mom via foster care, birth, and adoption--in that order--for nearly two decades, Jillana has experienced life's curveballs. Her come-as-you-are posture amidst a daily reality far different than she ever imagined reassures you that you're not alone if your life isn't tidily wrapped in a bow. These stories will stay with you as you strive to love and to love well, even when--and especially when--it's hard. Whether you are widening your family circle or just trying to get through the day, Jillana welcomes you to her table, offering you an anchor of hope to hang on to as you navigate your own love-stretched life.

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"A moment of clarity in author Goble's late teens eventually inspired her and her husband to complete training to become foster parents. Their first fostering experience, with two brothers who had experienced trauma at the hands of their biological mother, gave Goble, a dedicated teacher, even more desire to help kids outside the classroom. As her family grew, she learned that life was full of disappointments, heartache, and unforeseen consequences. Goble decided that ""a love-stretched life"" was better than an easy life that is un-stretched. In this memoir, Goble includes her experiences as a teacher, a foster parent, a biological parent, an adoptive parent, and a wife who contributed to her decision to fill and stretch her life even as it sometimes breaks her heart and soul. Goble's honesty about the triumphs and tears of inviting kids and their biological families into her own family is refreshing and offers insights into caring for others and finding your own way to a fulfilling life.--Booklist Goble shares guidance from her life as a ""foster, biological, and adoptive mom (in that order)"" in her bittersweet debut. ""Difficult and worthy are not mutually exclusive--they are often intertwined,"" Goble notes, recounting the sleepless nights, innumerable court dates, and pleasant surprises that came along with raising five children. Goble . . . discusses how navigating the foster care system taught her to celebrate small victories, and how the challenges of adopting a son with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder helped her realize that one can thrive without having everything figured out. . . . With forthrightness and a sense of humor, the author crafts a poignant portrait of motherhood, replete with hard-earned wisdom (""Avoiding pain is not the ultimate prize of a life well lived""). This uplifting memoir exemplifies the power of faith, hope, and steadfast love.--Publishers Weekly"

Goble shares guidance from her life as a foster, biological, and adoptive mom (in that order) in her bittersweet debut. Difficult and worthy are not mutually exclusive--they are often intertwined, Goble notes, recounting the sleepless nights, innumerable court dates, and pleasant surprises that came along with raising five children. Goble . . . discusses how navigating the foster care system taught her to celebrate small victories, and how the challenges of adopting a son with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder helped her realize that one can thrive without having everything figured out. . . . With forthrightness and a sense of humor, the author crafts a poignant portrait of motherhood, replete with hard-earned wisdom ( Avoiding pain is not the ultimate prize of a life well lived ). This uplifting memoir exemplifies the power of faith, hope, and steadfast love.--Publishers Weekly

A moment of clarity in author Goble's late teens eventually inspired her and her husband to complete training to become foster parents. Their first fostering experience, with two brothers who had experienced trauma at the hands of their biological mother, gave Goble, a dedicated teacher, even more desire to help kids outside the classroom. As her family grew, she learned that life was full of disappointments, heartache, and unforeseen consequences. Goble decided that ""a love-stretched life"" was better than an easy life that is un-stretched. In this memoir, Goble includes her experiences as a teacher, a foster parent, a biological parent, an adoptive parent, and a wife who contributed to her decision to fill and stretch her life even as it sometimes breaks her heart and soul. Goble's honesty about the triumphs and tears of inviting kids and their biological families into her own family is refreshing and offers insights into caring for others and finding your own way to a fulfilling life.--Booklist Goble shares guidance from her life as a ""foster, biological, and adoptive mom (in that order)"" in her bittersweet debut. ""Difficult and worthy are not mutually exclusive--they are often intertwined,"" Goble notes, recounting the sleepless nights, innumerable court dates, and pleasant surprises that came along with raising five children. Goble . . . discusses how navigating the foster care system taught her to celebrate small victories, and how the challenges of adopting a son with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder helped her realize that one can thrive without having everything figured out. . . . With forthrightness and a sense of humor, the author crafts a poignant portrait of motherhood, replete with hard-earned wisdom (""Avoiding pain is not the ultimate prize of a life well lived""). This uplifting memoir exemplifies the power of faith, hope, and steadfast love.--Publishers Weekly

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