What would it be like?
In my semi-novel, “Seeds of Strength-Great Grace”, I tell Bianca’s story. I call it a “semi-novel” because some of the most intimate parts are autobiographical.
Bianca Wilson is a widow in her 30’s who was suddenly separated from her husband by his death in a fire that broke out in a mill where he worked. Tim had been a man of integrity and died a hero.
Five years later when Bianca receives a box from his desk at the mill, the search begins for truth because the box contents left Bianca in confusion, wondering if she had really known Tim.
As a child, Bianca was molested by her father and abandoned by her mother, but in His faithfulness God put her with her aunt and uncle who loved and supported her.
She is blessed with a tough best friend and a lawyer who is way too appealing for her own good, but as David searches for Bianca’s truth, he encounters secrets of his own. A couple heroes and a stalker turned arsonist later, an unexpected windfall and the truth about Tim revealed, will Bianca and David find a fresh beginning in their faith? (You can read it free on Amazon with Kindle Unlimited.)
As I thought about Bianca this morning, I realized a couple things. Bianca is very open about what life was like experiencing incest as a child, but when it came to discussing her relationship with her mother, Bianca said very little. Tim had hired an investigator and later Bianca got a letter from her mother, but Bianca’s personal struggle with her mother’s abandonment remains untold. I’m not sure why.
As Christians, we have either heard or experienced the struggles to find God as a loving Father when our earthly fathers were not loving at all, or failed to be what we needed them to be, whatever the cause.
But what about motherhood? When women reach adulthood without being led by a woman who knows her own worth and can teach us values, what struggles accompany those situations for us? Do you know someone who has experienced growing up without the love and support of a mother? Perhaps your sharing will be “semi-novel” as well. Share with us. The level of personal honesty you want to share is up to you. We’ve all at one time or another said “I know a woman…” when we are that woman.
What victories can a relationship with the Lord bring to women who were on their own or learned from women not our mothers? Bring a testimony. Let’s talk about that.
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