Looking Up When Life Looks Down: Shattered Dreams, Medical Miracles, & Restored Hope

by Kimberly Wyse

Are you living through a crisis? Do you need encouragement as you face shattered dreams? This author understands. After faithfully waiting for many years, Kimberly Wyse finally had her husband and 2 healthy babies. But all her ideas about God's blessings on those who wait screeched to a halt when with the traumatic birth of her third child who was diagnosed with Down syndrome. Major medical complications almost took his life several times. Through extreme medical intervention and miraculous answers to prayer, this precious boy is thriving today and teaching her the breath-taking power of God in our weakness. With the candor of a dear friend, the clarity and humor of a gifted story teller, and the faith of a woman who has learned to put all her trust in the Lord, Kimberly invites her readers to journey with her through raw anxiety, disappointment, lack of control, trauma, and finally - life and health, joy and peace. This story will keep you turning pages and wanting more. It will challenge you to look beyond the struggles you face to what God is doing through them.

247 pages, paperback

Published September 3, 2019

Reviews

[cheryl grisier]

Such a good read!

This book is so well written. The author shares honestly from her heart what has happened in her life and God's hand in it. Can't wait to hear more of her family stories and the miracles God gives them through this journey called life.

[Kara]

So much to learn. Through her book, Kimberly taught me so much about down syndrome, the medical issues that accompany it and so many examples of what deep faith looks like. ♥️ Once I began reading this book it was difficult to put down and I read it in three sittings. It's an easy read.
Kimberly took the time to give her back story and show the reader where she came from. She didn't just wake up one day accepting a down syndrome diagnoses for her baby boy - it was hard.
She's very relatable. I can relate to being a sleep deprived mother, but all the additional work and time that accompanied learning to manage her baby's medical complications was shocking! I could also relate to answered prayers of angels to watch over my children and was thrilled to hear of her similar experience.
I'm so thankful for the perspective Kimberly shared with her readers. She really changed my understanding and perception of down syndrome. I love the work she is doing in working to change the way parents are informed of a diagnoses.

[Collene Borchardt]

This is a great book! I love her honesty about the struggles they went through and how she saw God working behind the scenes the whole time. A very inspiring read!