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Yet Will I Praise Him: Living and Parenting with a Chronic Illness
Motherhood can often feel overwhelming and isolating, but for moms with a chronic illness, those feelings are often intensified. When your life is a constant battle with pain, fatigue, and isolation, it's easy to lose sight of any joy in your life.
Wife and mother Hannah Wingert knows this all too well. After finally being diagnosed with a chronic illness following the birth of her fourth child, Hannah has had to come to terms with her diagnosis and to learn to be a wife and mother in the midst of her invisible illness.
In her inspirational book, Yet Will I Praise Him, Hannah opens up candidly about her own struggles of living and parenting with a chronic illness. She will help you understand:
how to use your chronic illness to grow in your faith,
how to balance your marriage and parenting, and
how to live each day with hope so you can not only survive the challenges you face, but also thrive.
Hannah covers everything from the tough questions such as "Why doesn't God heal me?" to "Why doesn't my husband 'get it?'" She also provides savvy advice and practical tips she's learned along her journey.
Though Yet Will I Praise Him is written by a mom for moms, it also covers information such as how the five stages of grief work when you have a chronic illness and what not to say to a parent with a chronic illness, making it beneficial for anyone who has a loved one who lives with a chronic illness.
Wife and mother Hannah Wingert knows this all too well. After finally being diagnosed with a chronic illness following the birth of her fourth child, Hannah has had to come to terms with her diagnosis and to learn to be a wife and mother in the midst of her invisible illness.
In her inspirational book, Yet Will I Praise Him, Hannah opens up candidly about her own struggles of living and parenting with a chronic illness. She will help you understand:
how to use your chronic illness to grow in your faith,
how to balance your marriage and parenting, and
how to live each day with hope so you can not only survive the challenges you face, but also thrive.
Hannah covers everything from the tough questions such as "Why doesn't God heal me?" to "Why doesn't my husband 'get it?'" She also provides savvy advice and practical tips she's learned along her journey.
Though Yet Will I Praise Him is written by a mom for moms, it also covers information such as how the five stages of grief work when you have a chronic illness and what not to say to a parent with a chronic illness, making it beneficial for anyone who has a loved one who lives with a chronic illness.
200 pages, Paperback
Published November 17, 2020
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January 6, 2021
Give this woman a cape! Wingert's book, "Yet I Will Praise Him," is an encouraging read for chronic illness warriors and parents.
May 18, 2021
I don't have a chronic illness but this book, I think and hope, has helped me understand those that do a little better. I would suggest it for everyone who has or knows someone who has a chronic illness. This book is very well written and the chapters are quick and easy to finish and, as the author says, can be read in any order (I'm someoone who has to read from start to finish though). There are a few sections for fathers. Also a section for chronically ill parents with chronically ill children. Sections on medical appointments, housekeeping, grief, etc.
July 1, 2023
I really wanted to enjoy this book as it was the only book I could find in parenting with a chronic illness from a Christian perspective. Unfortunately, this book suffered from a lack of editing. There were many repetitive sections or phrases used throughout, and the tone came across commanding rather than encouraging from a lack of variety in sentence structure.
There were also glaring blind spots in the writer's perspective. While she attempted to include the perspective of fathers (by including it in one chapter via interviews rather than throughout) she did not include perspectives of working or single mothers or fathers, and in many places assumed the role of a mother would include cooking, and homemaking tasks. As a Christian Mom with young kids who works a full time job whose husband carries out most of our home's care tasks I did not feel very seen or validated by this book. I wish the author had written it more as a biography.
Finally, I had some large concerns with the theology behind the assertions in this book such as some theories that were stated as scriptural fact, and a leaning towards anger with God and depression being sinful.
There were some good nuggets of wisdom here for someone who is discerning enough to disregard the concerns I've listed. And of course as a fellow spoonie I applaud Hannah Wingert for applying herself to compile a resource for those who are struggling.
There were also glaring blind spots in the writer's perspective. While she attempted to include the perspective of fathers (by including it in one chapter via interviews rather than throughout) she did not include perspectives of working or single mothers or fathers, and in many places assumed the role of a mother would include cooking, and homemaking tasks. As a Christian Mom with young kids who works a full time job whose husband carries out most of our home's care tasks I did not feel very seen or validated by this book. I wish the author had written it more as a biography.
Finally, I had some large concerns with the theology behind the assertions in this book such as some theories that were stated as scriptural fact, and a leaning towards anger with God and depression being sinful.
There were some good nuggets of wisdom here for someone who is discerning enough to disregard the concerns I've listed. And of course as a fellow spoonie I applaud Hannah Wingert for applying herself to compile a resource for those who are struggling.
November 5, 2021
I express enough how wonderful this book is.
It gave an insightful account of what is it like to not only live with a chronic illness (EDS), but also parenting children with chronic illnesses as well.
There is also a section for the spouse, which in this case is the dad since this book is geared toward mainly women.
Hannah offers helpful hints and has a link to her website where you can download worksheets and calendars to help the frazzled mother with life's appointments.
Even though all the hardships and trials, Hannah reminds the reader to always look up and forever praise Him, in the good times and the bad times.
Extremely recommended book!
It gave an insightful account of what is it like to not only live with a chronic illness (EDS), but also parenting children with chronic illnesses as well.
There is also a section for the spouse, which in this case is the dad since this book is geared toward mainly women.
Hannah offers helpful hints and has a link to her website where you can download worksheets and calendars to help the frazzled mother with life's appointments.
Even though all the hardships and trials, Hannah reminds the reader to always look up and forever praise Him, in the good times and the bad times.
Extremely recommended book!
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