false 6317529 1 Nine years ago, Pam Cope owned a cozy hair salon in the tiny town of Neosho, Missouri, and her life revolved around her son's baseball games, her daughter's dance lessons, and family trips to places like Disney World. She had never been out of the country, nor had she any desire to travel far from home.<BR><BR>Then, on June 16th, 1999, her life changed forever with the death of her 15-year-old son from an undiagnosed heart ailment. <BR><BR>Needing to get as far away as possible from everything that reminded her of her loss, she accepted a friend's invitation to travel to Vietnam, and, from the moment she stepped off the plane, everything she had been feeling since her son's death began to shift. By the time she returned home, she had a new mission: to use her pain to change the world, one small step at a time, one child at a time. Today, she is the mother of two children adopted from Vietnam. More than that, she and her husband have created a foundation called "Touch A Life," dedicated to helping desperate children in countries as far-flung as Vietnam, Cambodia and Ghana.<BR><BR>Pam Cope's story is on one level a moving, personal account of loss and recovery, but on a deeper level, it offers inspiration to anyone who has ever suffered great personal tragedy or those of us who dream about making a difference in the world. 6502809 16 4 2009 Jantsen's Gift: A True Story of Grief, Rescue, and Grace total:30|5:14|4:9|3:6|2:1|1:0| 30 126 61 11 5 1 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 15:03:06 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 15:53:17 -0700 2009
I was moved to tears (which makes it hard to keep reading) when Pam describes going through the motions when her son dies unexpectedly at 15 years old. I continued to feel her pain as she describes falling into the depths of dep...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 07 09:34:01 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:35:14 -0700 2009 (from inside flap)
Ten years ago, Pam Cope owned a hair salon in the small town of Neosho, Missouri. Her life revolved around her son's baseball games, her daughter's dance lessons, and family trips to places like Disney World. She had never been out ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 20 09:09:23 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 08:42:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 08:08:05 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 19:26:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 05:27:58 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 05:04:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 11:55:15 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 09:11:16 -0700 2009
When Pam Cope loses her 15 year-old son, Jansten, due to an unknown heart condition, she falls into a very severe depression. Upon invitation from a friend, Pam and her husband Randy, travel to Vietnam to visit an orphanage that this friend has built, and to find a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:50:18 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:54:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 16:55:08 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 17:01:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 16:20:14 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 18:12:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 13 13:12:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:12:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 16:38:03 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 19:59:23 -0700 2009 http://www.touchalifekids.org/]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 20 15:19:44 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 15:19:44 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 19:02:09 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:02:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 18:07:36 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:12:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 09:31:48 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 09:31:48 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 07:44:29 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 14:19:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 09:01:47 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:01:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 05:08:33 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 05:07:59 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 07:10:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 08:38:46 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 08:39:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 03 19:20:53 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 19:20:53 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6317529