Mental health disorders have become increasingly prevalent, especially in children and teenagers. Suicide is the 3rd highest cause of death in fifteen– to nineteen–year–olds around the world. This effect of the Fall has left thousands of families in despair, confusion, and impotent desperation. Leslie Schmucker knows this all too well.

Writing to encourage other parents who find themselves in a similar situation, she explores different aspects of her and her family’s experience with their daughter. Through violence and mayhem, joy and hope, intense isolation, shame and confusion, Leslie’s honest testimony to the goodness of God is humbling.

Leslie’s testimony is split into four sections:

• Comfort from the God who Knows

• Sufficiency in the Fallout

• Guidance in the Storm

• Hope for the Journey

Life in our post–Fall world is not always neat, not every story looks like a success, but Leslie shows us how the gospel is for every situation, the love of God is for everyone, and He can be trusted to write our stories. Whether you are raising a child with a mental health disorder or not, this book will challenge your comfortable Christianity and show you a love beyond measure.

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ENdorsements

If you have a child struggling with mental illness, this book will be like sit-

ting down with a good friend who can relate to what you’re going through

and has much wisdom to share. It’s not a success story where everything is

neatly tied in a bow at the end, but it is a story of hope in a great and loving

God who holds our lives in His hands. Reading this book will encourage

you and spur you on to persevere in the midst of difficulty, keeping your

eyes fixed on Christ, the one who suffered for us.

Keri Folmar, Author of the Delighting in the Word Bible Study series and The Good Portion: Scripture and cohost of Priscilla Talk

A brother-in-law isn’t typically an impartial reader. So why endorse this

book? For years I watched up close as Leslie and Steve rejoiced, cried,

fought, fell down, and got back up again. Leslie captured this journey

brilliantly within these pages. It’s a story of courage and trust that all

parents would benefit from, not just adoptive parents. The story is not

sugar-coated. Disney would never consider an ending like theirs. Brace

yourself, reader, and learn from experience to rest in the Lord.

Matt Schmucker, Elder, Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC; Director, CROSS Conference (www.crosscon.com)

How do you keep going when your world is falling apart? Leslie Schmucker

has written an accessible, authentic, hopeful book about clinging to God

and His promises in the midst of the hardest, most painful circumstances a

family could face. This book isn’t just for families experiencing mental health

issues; it is for anyone enduring severe suffering and desperate for hope.

John Knight, Donor Officer, Desiring God

This book is amazing. Truly. Never have I read a book that so powerfully

owns the heart-wrenching realities of raising a child with severe mental

illness, while simultaneously and fervently pointing the reader to truths of

Scripture, the power of the gospel, and the love of God in Christ. I couldn’t

put the book down. Everyone should read this book – for the painfully

honest picture it conveys of the realities of family life when severe mental

illness is present – and for the crystal-clear hope it points us to in Christ,

whatever our challenges may be. Leslie Schmucker has hit a home run!

Stephanie O. Hubach, Author, Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by

Disability, and Parenting & Disabilities: Abiding in God’s Presence; Research Fellow, Disability Ministries, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri