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Unbound

Finding Freedom from Unrealistic Expectations of Motherhood

by Jamie Sumner

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Regular Price $12.99 CAD

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Regular Price $9.99

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On Sale

Apr 10, 2018

Page Count

224 Pages

Publisher

Faith Words Logo Artboard 2

ISBN-13

9781546031963

Genre

Mind, Body, Spirit / Religion / Christian Life / Women's Issues / Christian Living / Women's Interests

Description

“Jamie Sumner’s book is wonderful. The story she tells is so honest and encouraging and her writing is terrific. I love it and I am happy for her and the release of such a wonderful book. I know God’s going to do great things with it, and with her.” —Rory Feek, singer/songwriter

In UNBOUND, JAMIE SUMNER helps women who are struggling with the pressures of motherhood find comfort, hope and companionship by detailing her own difficult journey and highlighting women of the Bible who triumphed in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

Women, especially Christian women, do not talk enough about the reality of motherhood: the enormous struggles it takes to get there, the loneliness of it, the unspoken or unmet expectations. We are often too afraid, ashamed, or unwilling to share our stories of disillusionment or pain. We quietly absorb the posts of sonograms and happily messy houses on Facebook as we inwardly wonder what’s the matter with us. We listen to friends coo about their child’s latest success as we watch our own terrorize their sibling or scream for an hour. We struggle to raise kids with special needs, physical disabilities, and social challenges, caught by surprise that this is what motherhood looks like.

With honesty and vulnerability, JAMIE SUMNER walks readers through each chapter of her own journey to motherhood through infertility and special needs parenting and pairs it with that of a woman in the Bible so that readers can find comfort, hope, companionship and honesty rooted in biblical truths.

The book is broken into four parts: The Wanting, The Waiting, The Getting and The Appreciating. UNBOUND will share the heartbreak of infertility and offer encouragement from someone who has had to wait for the fulfillment of motherhood; detail the specifics of infertility treatments, miscarriage, and raising special needs children through a Christian lens; honestly discuss the expectations versus the reality of being a mother; and highlight specific biblical women in each chapter who did not fit the expectations of their times through verses, scriptural anecdotes and guiding questions.

UNBOUND shows you through Scripture how to be thankful for each step wherever it leads. Happiness is found as we release into His hands our own well-laid plans for His better, and more beautiful one, no matter how different it may look from what we first imagined.

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With honesty and vulnerability, Jamie Sumner walks readers down the winding path of motherhood that readers can find comfort, hope, companionship and honesty rooted in biblical truths. This devotional is based on Sumner’s book, Unbound: Finding Freedom from Unrealistic Expectations of Motherhood.

Jamie Sumner

Meet The Author: Jamie Sumner

Jamie Sumner is a writer for Parenting Special Needs magazine as well as a regular contributor to Scary Mommy, Mom.me, Parent.co Magazine, Her View From Home magazine, Tribe magazine, Mamalode magazine, and Complex Child Magazine. Her IVF journey has also been featured on Fox 17 News. She and her husband fought infertility for two years before seeking medical intervention. She has a son, Charlie, diagnosed with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and cerebral palsy, and boy/girl twins, Jonas and Cora. She blogs regularly at http://www.mom-gene.com.

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