WELCOME HOME: OUR FAMILY’S JOURNEY TO EXTREME JOY by Kimberly Woodhouse
Although I usually focus on fiction titles, for the next three weeks I’m going to spotlight a very special book about a very special family. Today I’ll post an introduction, next week the author will join us with an interview and on September 11th, I’ll give you my review.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Overwhelming trials . . . met with overcoming joy.
Kayla Woodhouse is not your typical twelve-year-old. Due to a rare medical disorder, she feels no pain, doesn’t sweat, and needs protective cooling gear just to go outside. With her restrictive lifestyle; countless hospitalizations, including brain surgery; and the resulting mountain of hospital bills, what’s a family to do? How the Woodhouse family has faced seemingly impossible challenges is a story that has captured the hearts of America. Millions of people have experienced glimpses of their lives on Discovery’s Mystery ER, The Montel Williams Show, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (recently voted one of the show’s all-time best episodes!).
Now Kayla’s mom, Kimberley, takes readers behind the cameras to reveal their family’s journey as never before told. From medical sleuthing to cross-country moves, from freak fires to battles with insurance companies, Welcome Home proves that truth really is stranger than fiction. This candid life story reveals both success and failure and demonstrates how, even during tough circumstances, to shift your life from heartbreak to extreme joy.
Kimberley Woodhouse is a wife, mother, author, and musician with a quick wit and positive outlook despite difficult circumstances. A popular speaker, she’s shared at more than 600 venues across the country. Kimberley and her family’s story have garnered national media attention for many years, but most recently her family was chosen for ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Montel Williams Show, and Discovery Health channel’s Mystery ER. Welcome Home: Our Family’s Journey to Extreme Joy, releases from Tyndale House Publishers September first. In addition to her non-fiction, she also writes romantic suspense and children’s books. Kimberley lives, writes, and homeschools in Colorado with her husband and two children in their truly “extreme” home.
Blue Like Play Dough
I wrote Blue Like Play Dough because many times moms feel squished and smashed by all the demands of life. It’s hard being a mom; yet it’s often the hard stuff that changes us for the better.
Like any mom, at times I’ve felt like a failure. And other times I’ve felt as if God reached down and added an extra touch of sunshine to the day.
My hope is that my personal stories will encourage other moms to allow themselves to be shaped and molded. And as their children grow and change, they’ll be changed into something beautiful, too. My Life, Unscripted andGeneration NeXt Parenting are conversations about things that matter to this generation.
People need help and encouragement–not from someone who looks down, pointing a finger in their face, but from someone who has been there and who understands. My goal is to get books in the hands of people who need to see that perfection isn’t necessary, and people who can find hope when they realize the hard stuff of life often molds us into better people if we let it.
Together we can make a difference in the lives of those who are in crisis or who just need a little encouragement.
So How Does This Work?It’s easy! For every copy of Blue Like Play Dough purchased, I’ll donate a copy of My Life Unscripted or Generation NeXt Parenting to a pregnancy, teen or family support ministry (while supplies last).
