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    Finding Momma’S Notebook
    Finding Momma’S Notebook
    Finding Momma’S Notebook
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    Finding Momma’S Notebook

    By Cindy Nelson Smith

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    How many times have you been in a real life situation and had someone tell you, God will not put more on you than you can handle? These are not just words; this is a promise that is in Gods Worda promise from the creator of the entire universe, a promise from God who sent His Son to die for our sins so that we could have a real relationship with Him, a faithful and merciful Father who will not give us more than we can endure.

    Only through faith, fasting, and the love of God can we endure life altering events such as sicknesses of both parents. Also holding them as God reaches down to bring your Momma to Heaven and then two weeks later holding your Daddy as again God reaches down and brings him home to Him and Momma. Parents dying in the arms of their daughter can only be endured by faithand that is Gods awesome mercy and amazing grace. And in that is the promise of God saying You can handle this.

    Author Cindy Nelson Smith lived these words as she and her family watched her parents go through the sicknesses and various trials and pain and broken hearts that life can bring. Only a loving and merciful Father can bring you through these and all things in life. It is a promise that He will not let us go through anything without Him and His helper, the Holy Spirit, as well as the sacrifice and ever-present love of His Son, Jesus. Its a promise that will not change and will last forever through in any situation. Life is not easy; Jesus even told us that. Even so, we are not alone, ever. We have to trust in the promises of God. He will help us, love us, and guide us; He will not give us more than we can endure. God doesnt break His promises, and thats a promise too.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateNov 28, 2011
    ISBN9781449728823
    Finding Momma’S Notebook
    Author

    Cindy Nelson Smith

    The legacy that Cindy Nelson Smith’s parents left behind was that of faith, a true soul searching faith, in our Heavenly Father. They taught her through examples and words that she must trust in God for everything. She and her family stood beside them through ten years of three separate cancers, heart attacks, a heart transplant and any complication that could occur and then the death of her parents only 2 weeks apart. Her parents’ faith, along with God’s mercy and amazing grace, was the strength that helped them as well as Smith herself.  Smith is married and has children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews who need to know the faith legacy that has been passed down.

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      Finding Momma’S Notebook - Cindy Nelson Smith

      Finding Momma’s

      Notebook

      jjp1_.jpg

      This is a true story about finding a notebook that held memories of my parents love, faith, illness, pain, and heartbreak, and of the faith that guided them through it all.

      C I N D Y N E L S O N

      logoBlackwTN.ai

      Copyright © 2011 Cindy Nelson Smith.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.westbowpress.com

      1-(866) 928-1240

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-2883-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-2882-3 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011918270

      Printed in the United States of America

      WestBow Press rev. date: 10/22/2011

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Finding the Notebook

      Chapter 2

      Reading the Notebook

      Chapter 3

      They Shall Become One Flesh

      Chapter 4

      Momma

      Chapter 5

      Daddy

      Chapter 6

      Daddy’s Heart Attacks and Momma’s Cancer

      Chapter 7

      Please No More Radiation

      Chapter 8

      Daddy Needs a Miracle and

      Momma struggles

      Chapter 9

      Daddy Gets a Miracle

      Chapter 10

      Cancer Again

      Chapter 11

      Prayers Needed for Their Son

      Chapter 12

      Loosing Their First Born

      Chapter 13

      Daddy falls and breaks His Hip

      Chapter 14

      Leaving Home

      Chapter 15

      Daddy’s Transplant heart had a Heart Attack

      Chapter 16

      Why Cancer Again?

      Chapter 17

      Momma had Surgery

      Chapter 18

      Momma First?

      Chapter 19

      Momma’s Funeral

      Chapter 20

      Then God Called Daddy

      Chapter 21

      Daddy’s Funeral

      Chapter 22

      Heavenly Reunion

      Chapter 23

      Peace in the Cemetery

      Chapter 24

      We Miss Them So Much

      I dedicate this book

      to my family to ensure

      that they will always

      know the legacy of the

      faith within my parents.

      Acknowledgements

      God for blessing me with such wonderful spirit-filled

      parents and for His awesome presence, wonderful love, beautiful peace, faithful strength, forgiveness and a grace that truly is sufficient; and for giving us His Word, the Bible, which is full of amazing scriptures and promises

      for every event that happens in life;

      Momma for writing a notebook that held her inner-most thoughts; which inspired me to write this book; my family: my husband, daughters, son-in-law, sister, brother, sister in law, daughter-in-law and step son, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, a special aunt, aunts, cousins, and friends.

      Pastor and his wife, who are also my friends; all of the preachers that prayed and visited Momma and Daddy; the ladies that brought all of the meals to our family; the heart transplant team: doctors, surgeons, and nurses;

      the Oncology team: doctors and nurses;

      Tiger girl, from Home Health and Hospice; our family doctor in Mississippi; the folks at the funeral home who helped so much; and everyone who prayed for us,

      gave hugs, and held us up in our time

      of need.

      I want to thank my daughter

      Jessica Smith Taylor

      For editing

      This book

      For me

      Preface

      This book is for anyone who may go through trials in life that seem too heavy to bear. We need to trust that we have a Heavenly Father who created us and loved us so much that He would send his Son to die for the sins that separated us from Him. He sent a Comforter just like Jesus promised. That Holy Spirit is the very presence that walks with us daily. Sometimes He carries us and we don’t even know it, until we look back and say how did I make it through that? That’s when we praise God with a thankful heart, knowing He is with us and He will never leave us or forsake us. He didn’t create us to walk on this earth without Him. He created all of us to love and guide us; if we have faith and know that faith is: "The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)

      Chapter 1

      Finding the Notebook

      Hebrews 4:16

      KJV

      "Let us therefore

      come boldly unto

      the throne of grace,

      that we may obtain mercy,

      and find grace to

      help in time of need."

      I walked up the steps to the porch. The two wooden rocking chairs sitting there, one had a green cushion for the back and seat. She had made them for him so that he would be more comfortable as he would sit outside to get some fresh air. The humming bird feeder was empty. Empty hanging flower pots hung from the chains on the porch. It wasn’t time to replant flowers yet. Wind chimes making a sweet sound in the cool breeze, with the word Welcome on the top, hung from the rafters. As I looked at the door there was the ramp that we worked so hard to get right, just for him so that he would not miss the

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