Smiling Again: Coming Back to Life and Faith After Brain Surgery
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The “poignant account of one woman’s struggle for health and faith—and the tireless devotion of family” in the face of a devastating illness (Peter DeHaan, PhD).
Sally Stap was living a happy life with a successful career, juggling the usual concerns about job, daughters, and everyday obligations. But her world was shattered when she was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma—a benign but large brain tumor that would require a major invasive operation to remove.
Smiling Again is a story of perseverance and appreciating the beauty of life in spite of pain. Writing with a poignant blend of honesty, dry humor, faith, and inquisitiveness, Sally recounts the shock of diagnosis, the long and painful process of recovery, her eventual retirement due to disability, and ultimately the contentment she found in accepting a new life journey.
No matter what trials you may face, Sally’s experience teaches us that even when the worst happens, God is still present and visible—sometimes in unexpected ways. Your future self may be different from who you were before, but those changes can lead you in new and rewarding directions.
Sally Stap was living a happy life with a successful career, juggling the usual concerns about job, daughters, and everyday obligations. But her world was shattered when she was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma—a benign but large brain tumor that would require a major invasive operation to remove.
Smiling Again is a story of perseverance and appreciating the beauty of life in spite of pain. Writing with a poignant blend of honesty, dry humor, faith, and inquisitiveness, Sally recounts the shock of diagnosis, the long and painful process of recovery, her eventual retirement due to disability, and ultimately the contentment she found in accepting a new life journey.
No matter what trials you may face, Sally’s experience teaches us that even when the worst happens, God is still present and visible—sometimes in unexpected ways. Your future self may be different from who you were before, but those changes can lead you in new and rewarding directions.
“This book kept me spellbound. I immediately read all the way through. Sally has put into words things I’ve felt but never expressed, even to myself. I cried through the beginning chapters, but finished with a profound understanding of a torturous journey well negotiated. At the end of the book, I was smiling too. Bravo. Beautiful writing.” —Kate Johnson
“Be inspired by this poignant account of one woman’s struggle for health and faith—and the tireless devotion of family. Smiling Again is a compelling read with something for everyone . . . Expect to be encouraged, perhaps cry, and even smile as you follow Sally on her journey of healing and rediscovery.” —Peter DeHaan, PhD
“Be inspired by this poignant account of one woman’s struggle for health and faith—and the tireless devotion of family. Smiling Again is a compelling read with something for everyone . . . Expect to be encouraged, perhaps cry, and even smile as you follow Sally on her journey of healing and rediscovery.” —Peter DeHaan, PhD
- Title: Smiling Again: Coming Back to Life and Faith After Brain Surgery
- Author: Sally Stap
- Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781614487975, 9781614487968, 1614487960, 1614487979
- Resource ID: LLS:9781614487975
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-08T15:43:32Z
Sally Stap is a writer living in Michigan. She began her writing careerafter brain surgery and a long, ongoing recovery brought her Information Technology career to a halt. During her years as an IT consultant,Sally published magazine articles on outsourcing and pharmaceuticalregulatory issues and spent a considerable part of her careerinterpreting information technology jargon for business organizationsthrough written documentation and oral presentations. Struggling withhead pain, facial paralysis, and single-sided deafness, she turned towriting to capture her experience. Her right brain, subservient to herleft brain throughout her career, now regularly finds a voice throughwriting, as Sally strives to interpret her emotions and experiencesthrough words. Sally is a member of the Kalamazoo ChristianWriter's critique group and the Wordweavers and FaithWritersorganizations near her home in Michigan.