Out of the Blue: A Mother's Journey

By Angelina Weitzel

A story of hope, resilience, and faith of a young woman surrendering her one and only possession and finding it again. Of the redeeming power of love, forgiveness, and grace.

"I felt this was the time," says the author, "people had been urging me to share my story for years!"

Out of the Blue: A Mother's Journey tells the hea

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Jun 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685562830

Angelina Weitzel

Angelina Weitzel resides in Southeastern Washington with her husband and works with young women facing challenges similar to her own. She is a court advocate for small children and is demanded as an inspirational speaker, coach, and facilitator.

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Out of the Blue

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Dedication

Dedicated to my mother

Gloria Jean Kristiansen

Who taught me how to do the best with what we had, resilience, perseverance, the power of selfless love and sacrifice, ingenuity, and the importance of having a

good sense of humor.

To my biological daughter

Tirza

Who I have known now for twenty-five years. I hope these pages give you a better understanding of just how much you were and are loved.

"Tears of joy

are like the summer raindrops

pierced by sunbeams."

Hosea Ballou

American Theologian

Acknowledgments

To my dear neighbors in Grants Pass, Oregon, who took a little seven-year-old girl to Sunday school and gave me the opportunity to meet my loving Savior.

To Sandra Gale Beardsley for thirty-one years of deep friendship, for sending me a Mother’s Day card every year with loving sentiments and encouraging words.

To the Beardsley family for lovingly inviting me in and making me one of their own, and for their example of acceptance and a loving family.

To Drew and Kaylee for sharing their youngest child Elijah John once a week: he brings joy and sunshine to my world.

To Jim and Debbie for their love and support, for sharing our pregnancies together, and for exercising and staying healthy.

To Pat for accompanying me to Arby’s that day, providing moral support, and doing what it takes to sit four hours eating so management would not report us for loitering.

To the Ellensburg High Class of 1979, for that year, 1976, being there, being kind and supporting and gracious during my journey. I remained in school largely because of your love and support.

To my friends Marcia and Pam for taking me to Vantage to sunbathe at the beach on the river. It was blazingly hot, I was eight months pregnant, and I scooped out a hole in the cool sand to lay my tummy in and be carefree and fifteen for a weekend.

To my Christian counselor Katie, who has been an encourager, inspiration, and great listener. Thank you for helping me cope with my losses, reminding me that my burdens aren’t mine alone to carry, and assuring me of who will and does carry them.

To my collaborator Hal Calbom, for his friendship, partnership, and collaboration in writing this book. Besides his creative gifts, he has become a dear friend.

To my husband, Mike, for his love, support, and understanding. For helping me see and understand myself better and for helping me mine the nuggets of this story.

And finally, to my family, thanks to my siblings, who, even without knowing the whole story, never questioned, judged, or doubted. Their love for me has never wavered.

Endorsement

The reconciliation and discovery of each other is a really remarkable story, comments Hal Calbom, a Seattle-based author who assisted Weitzel in writing and editing the book. It’s a combination of a detective story and a perseverance story with a good deal of grace and hope and faith thrown in.