Siege of the Soul: Navigating Faith and Parenthood After Unexpected

The doctor called. Everything went numb. Your mind started spinning while the world stood still. The future you imagined vanished. Now what?You now live: - Baffled by how you can love your child so much and not know how to handle all that changed.- Spiritually exhausted.- Running between appointments.This book is for you, the parent whose story is harder than it looks.Your unexpected journey doesn't have to be walked alone. You also don't have to be further along than you are.Told through memos inspired by The Screwtape Letters, you'll step inside a realm you cannot see, where your weariness is not accidental.────────────"Siege of the Soul is a rare companion... Brianne writes with a tenderness and honesty that give language to experiences many parents in the special-needs and varying-abilities community feel but struggle to express. This is a book I will gladly place in the hands of anyone who needs both empathy and hope." Scott Sauls, Pastor and Author of Beautiful People Don't Just HappenThrough contemplative storytelling, biblical wisdom, and the raw honesty of lament, you'll find: - Permission to grieve what feels lost- Language for relentless struggles- Companionship that doesn't minimize- Grace that's not transactional- Honest hopeReaders are saying: "I felt like you could have been a fly on the wall of my own home or my own heart.""I barely got through the preface without my heart being moved.""So much comfort, so much tenderness, so much hope."For readers who loved: A Grief Observed (Lewis), Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering (Keller), When God Weeps (Eareckson Tada), Desperate for Hope (Risner), and What Grow in Weary Lands (Warren)This book is not: - A 5-step plan or empty promises for breakthrough- Toxic positivity disguised as faith- Advice from someone who doesn't understandThis book is: - An invitation to wrestle with God and find ways to experience hope- Literary, poignant, and deeply grounded in Scripture- For parents holding on by a thread.────────────If "I can't do this anymore" has ever left your lips, this book was written for you."Whatever suffering you are walking through, you will see yourself in the pages of Siege of the Soul. Reading this book felt like someone was reading my mail. I cannot recommend this book highly enough." Vaneetha Rendall Risner, Author of Watching for the MorningYour road is long. You don't have to walk it alone.