Choosing to See

by Chapman, Mary Beth; Vaughn, Ellen Santilli (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780800720858
• ISBN10: 0800720857
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-01
• Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co

Summary

Mary Beth Chapman's life was not how she planned it. All she wanted was a peaceful life of stability and control. Instead, God gave her an award-winning singer/songwriter husband, crazy schedules, and a houseful of creatively rambunctious children. Most difficult of all, she would live through loss that she never could have imagined.

Author Biography

Mary Beth Chapman is a New York Times bestselling author and the wife of Grammy and Dove Award winning recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman. Together they began Show Hope, a nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance to families wishing to adopt, increases awareness of the orphan crisis, and funnels resources to orphans around the world. www.MaryBethChapman.com Ellen Vaughn is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and inspirational speaker. She is also coauthor with Chuck Colson of Being the Body and eight other books. Vaughn lives with her family in the Washington, D.C., area. Find out more at www.EllenVaughn.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
Prologue	p. 15
Winter	p. 21
Not My Plan	p. 23
Coloring inside the Lines	p. 27
Tarzan and Jane	p. 35
When the Puppy Eats Your Birth Control Pills	p. 42
Smoke Signals	p. 47
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Welcome ... Caleb!"	p. 53
I Will Be Here	p. 55
Crying in the Bathroom at Chuck E. Cheese	p. 59
My Friend Prozac	p. 64
With Hope	p. 72
Laughter	p. 77
When Love Takes You In	p. 84
Show Hope	p. 89
I'm Signing, You're Signing, We're All Signing	p. 94
Rambo Goes to China	p. 102
Fingerprints of God	p. 111
I Just Met a Girl Named Maria	p. 115
I'm Divin' In!	p. 121
Cinderellas Everywhere	p. 128
February 20th	p. 133
May 21, 2008	p. 137
Not As It Should Be	p. 148
See	p. 152
Jesus Will Meet You There	p. 159
Sown in Tears	p. 164
Beauty Will Rise	p. 172
Goodbye...	p. 180
The New Normal	p. 186
"We Can Do Hard"	p. 191
The Unhappiest Place on Earth	p. 197
October 4, 2008	p. 201
Journaling, Blogging, and Sobbing	p. 207
Spring Breaks	p. 220
Ready or Not	p. 226
Balloons, Lady Bugs, and May 21	p. 233
New Songs	p. 240
Maria's Big House of Hope	p. 243
Kissing the Fat	p. 252
Year Endings and New Beginnings	p. 261
Spring Is Coming	p. 269
Acknowledgments	p. 275
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