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Irma Mathis was born and raised in Texas. Her love for writing from a young age was the inspiration to pen her thoughts and prayers. She took to writing in her journal soon after her husband abandoned her and her children. Writing became her salvation. Irma raised her three daughters, attended college, and graduated with a Master of Science degree, all while working part-time to provide for her children. Her diary that turned into "Diary of a Christian Woman," is a book that was years in the making, recording her emotional and spiritual battles, and fragmented thoughts that through the grace of God she was able to overcome. Her diary records nineteen years of struggles with her faith, doubts and the unremitting love of God. Irma Mathis bare Irma Mathis was born and raised in Texas. Her love for writing from a young age was the inspiration to pen her thoughts and prayers. She took to writing in her journal soon after her husband abandoned her and her children. Writing became her salvation. Irma raised her three daughters, attended college, and graduated with a Master of Science degree, all while working part-time to provide for her children. Her diary that turned into "Diary of a Christian Woman," is a book that was years in the making, recording her emotional and spiritual battles, and fragmented thoughts that through the grace of God she was able to overcome. Her diary records nineteen years of struggles with her faith, doubts and the unremitting love of God. Irma Mathis bares it all for everyone to know that God never left her, just as He promised. She currently resides in San Antonio, Texas where she enjoys helping raise her grandchildren. She is also blessed to have a new husband to grow old with.

Her second book, Imagine God in the Clouds is how the Lord worked in Mathis's life to bring her one step closer to her Savior. Imagine God in the Clouds is a devotional filled with images and scripture that the Lord used to bring her to the point of self-examination.

Irma Mathis worked on her latest book "A Father Takes All" for almost ten years, recording experiences, hers and her daughters as they struggled to find resolve. Through personal stories, her new book takes a generational look at growing up fatherless, and the legacy left behind. Beginning with her mother's journey, Irma Mathis shares the heartaches and the emotional struggles of growing up without a father and the subsequent effect on her children and grandchildren. She also drew on the parallel between earthly fathers and her heavenly Father to help her children grow and thrive as they learned to navigate their world.

"I had a few friends and family read the proof. They all loved it. None of them could believe all I had experienced and endured through ten years of marriage and then as I raised my children alone. Where did I draw my strength? From my Lord of course. It's only by the grace of God that I overcame - well - everything.

When my sister-in-law read the proof, she was impressed, amazed and well... below is what she had to say. I knew I had to use it in my book." - Irma

"This story is a powerful testament of faith and how lives can change, if we let go and let God. Irma's perspective on the single mother also adds insight into the stigma faced by these moms and the impact of social and economic policies used to prevent them from moving forward. At times, her story made me cry, laugh and feel joyous. - Alicia Lopez, Retired Teacher" ...more

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	A Father Takes All: Four Generations of Growing up in Single Mother Homes – Grace Abounds by Irma Mathis - Sides (Goodreads Author), Jeffrey Sides (Photographer) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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