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Heart Songs: A Family Treasury of True Stories of Hope and Inspiration
Heart Songs: A Family Treasury of True Stories of Hope and Inspiration
Heart Songs: A Family Treasury of True Stories of Hope and Inspiration
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Heart Songs: A Family Treasury of True Stories of Hope and Inspiration

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The stories of our lives are a lot like songsbeautiful, eternal melodies composed by our loving God. In Heart Songs, author Kathryn Slattery shares some of these songs through her own life stories, seeking to provide hope, encouragement, and inspiration.

In this collection, she explores the joys and challenges of lifes changing seasonsbeing a young mother; being a member of the Sandwich Generation pressed on both sides to meet the needs of her aging mother while also caring for her husband and children; being an empty nester and losing her mother; and being a joyful mother of the bride.

Throughout her lifes journey, Slattery discovers fresh, helpful, spiritual insightsheart songsthat she shares as a mother, daughter, sister, wife, and friend. With refreshing candor and gentle, self-effacing humor, Heart Songs captures those divine and fleeting moments when heavens music breaks through and our hearts sing in perfect harmony with our loving God.

Praise for Heart Songs

Kitty Slattery writes not just for the heart but for the soul. She reaches deep into her own life as well as the lives of others to find the stories that lift us up and give us the greatest gift any writer can givehope.

Edward Grinnan, editor-in-chief of Guideposts magazine and author of The Promise of Hope

Heart Songs is full of heart-tugging warmth and wisdom, a chance to savor the wonder of a life well-lived.

Rick Hamlin, executive editor of Guideposts magazine

LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 8, 2011
ISBN9781462400294
Heart Songs: A Family Treasury of True Stories of Hope and Inspiration
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Kathryn Slattery

Known by millions as a longtime contributing editor for Guideposts magazine, Kathryn “Kitty” Slattery has written hundreds of stories of hope and inspiration for a wide variety of publications, including ParentLife, Today’s Christian Woman, and Angels on Earth magazines. In addition to her latest children’s book, 365 Bible Answers for Curious Kids: An If I Could Ask God Anything Devotional (Thomas Nelson), she is the author of My Friend Jesus (Thomas Nelson), If I Could Ask God Anything: Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids (Thomas Nelson), Heart Songs: A Family Treasury of True Stories of Hope and Inspiration (Guideposts Inspiring Voices), the memoir Lost & Found: One Daughter’s Story of Amazing Grace (Guideposts Books), Grandma I’ll Miss You: A Child’s Story about Death and New Life (David C. Cook), The Grace To Grow: The Power of Christian Faith in Emotional Healing, A Bright-Shining Place: the Story of a Miracle, and she is a contributing author to numerous Guideposts anthologies and TommyNelson.com. Her children’s book The Gospel for Kids (David C. Cook) has more than 100,000 copies in print in nine languages. Kathryn, who is known as Kitty, resides in New Hampshire with her husband Tom, and they are the parents of two grown children. Visit Kitty and learn more about her work at her website: www.KathrynSlattery.com, and her Facebook Author Page.

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