Hello!
How would you feel if you were told that by the age of 20 you’d be in a wheelchair? What if your father was so abusive you slept with a baseball bat every night? After overcoming all that, you finally make it big and hear cheers every night as a professional wrestler for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Then you lose that and a marriage in the blink of an eye. Where do you go from there? That is my story.
The book “One Last Hurrah…Making Peace and a Difference” is our story of making peace with a past that gave us every excuse to accept failure. The memoir covers the topics of accepting responsibility and the consequences of hurting others. It’s through making peace, that our hearts can be fully dedicated to making differences in our families and communities. The book allows the reader to inject their own experiences, so it’s not just a book that includes our story, but the reader’s. By the reader injecting their thoughts on the designated pages, they can share their story with the hurting and their families. The book says, plainly, that everyone has a life story that can impact another life. The book gives the reader the opportunity to express in words what they may not be able to say out loud. The book covers the miracle of my son’s blood disorder, a pastor’s cancer disappearing, and our working with U.S. Special Forces.
We are Mark and Brenda Smith. We have been married 22 years and are raising three biological children and three Foster children (we’ve fostered 8 kids total). Our road to being Foster parents and ministers has been bumpy with many unexpected situations. Writing the book, “One Last Hurrah”, lets every skeleton out of our closets. We share of when we have failed each other and the hostility that comes with facing permanent injuries. As life can make us want to give up, Brenda and I have accepted the responsibility of allowing our story to show hope for the hurting. We have ministered from Colorado to Florida and have seen broken families everywhere. On the surface, you may initially see failure, but look deeper. We are overcomers and we feel called to help others see that in themselves.
Blessings to you,
How would you feel if you were told that by the age of 20 you’d be in a wheelchair? What if your father was so abusive you slept with a baseball bat every night? After overcoming all that, you finally make it big and hear cheers every night as a professional wrestler for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Then you lose that and a marriage in the blink of an eye. Where do you go from there? That is my story.
The book “One Last Hurrah…Making Peace and a Difference” is our story of making peace with a past that gave us every excuse to accept failure. The memoir covers the topics of accepting responsibility and the consequences of hurting others. It’s through making peace, that our hearts can be fully dedicated to making differences in our families and communities. The book allows the reader to inject their own experiences, so it’s not just a book that includes our story, but the reader’s. By the reader injecting their thoughts on the designated pages, they can share their story with the hurting and their families. The book says, plainly, that everyone has a life story that can impact another life. The book gives the reader the opportunity to express in words what they may not be able to say out loud. The book covers the miracle of my son’s blood disorder, a pastor’s cancer disappearing, and our working with U.S. Special Forces.
We are Mark and Brenda Smith. We have been married 22 years and are raising three biological children and three Foster children (we’ve fostered 8 kids total). Our road to being Foster parents and ministers has been bumpy with many unexpected situations. Writing the book, “One Last Hurrah”, lets every skeleton out of our closets. We share of when we have failed each other and the hostility that comes with facing permanent injuries. As life can make us want to give up, Brenda and I have accepted the responsibility of allowing our story to show hope for the hurting. We have ministered from Colorado to Florida and have seen broken families everywhere. On the surface, you may initially see failure, but look deeper. We are overcomers and we feel called to help others see that in themselves.
Blessings to you,
