We are happy to announce that
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Jake and I wrote this book during Tim's deployment in 2012. It started out as a way for Jake to express his emotions, as he was having a difficult time coping. Jake struggles with showing emotion due to his Asperger's, so I had to get creative and help him process the deployment in a healthy way. I asked Jake to draw pictures of what he was feeling....from the pictures, came words....and then Jake said, "You know mom, even though I feel all of these things, I know that Jesus is always there for me!" From that, we wrote down a prayer to go with each emotion he felt and that is how we came to write this book. Initially, I was only going to make one copy for our family but Jake decided that he really wanted to help other military kids dealing with the same struggles. Then, he went through stages of complete anxiety, worry and fear of rejection about putting his emotions out there for the world. And to be honest, I was going through a personal struggle at the same time, so I was okay with putting the book on the back burner until it was God's time! My advice to Jake was that we would continue to pray about it and if/when he felt led to publish it, we would. Here we are 2 years later!!! I am so proud of Jake for facing his fears and sharing his faith with others! And I am very thankful that I was able to take part in such a wonderful journey!
Authors: Jake Neslony & Lorin Sanchez Neslony
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