Publisher's Synopsis
Before a child is born, most parents are already carrying a heavy burden. They recognize that a great deal of responsibility comes with bringing a child into this world and typically believe that every choice they make from conception onward is going to play a role in how their child turns out.
The author began to share her story, phone calls and emails began to stream in from other parents asking questions of how to get help, what to do, and what not to do for their heroin-addicted adult child.
Even though their daughter survived her overdose, Arlene and her husband Keith's story continues by leaving you with a parent's worst nightmare. The powerful and tragic ending leads to a family's faith being tested to its very core.
The author, a seminary graduate, reveals lessons she has learned along this difficult trail of being a parent of an addict. But rather than turning from her faith or abandoning the God, she'd depended upon, Arlene eventually finds a deeper hope and a renewed faith to continue to persevere no matter her child's outcome.
