Kirjahaku

Angels Always With Me is the memoir of Thom Barrett, his wife, Lynda, and their two sons. The author briefly sketches his youth up to becoming a buyer of TV and radio time. At twenty-eight, he met Lynda in that industry. They married and adopted a boy with health issues. Lynda became pregnant, losing a daughter in the sixth month. Pregnant again, their son was also premature. This time neonatal care saved his tiny body but resulted in ongoing physical handicaps. Lynda advocated for their boys' health: Ty with Reyes syndrome; Andy with shunt and tracheotomy surgeries, besides cerebral palsy. From time to time, an angel in the guise of a therapy worker, care giver, or stranger on an elevator encouraged them.This memoir is recommended by US Review of Books.

The only advice I feel comfortable giving to anyone is to accept God's gifts. They are out there. You just have to pay attention to what is going on around you. I give this advice not because I always paid attention, but while writing this book I realized what God has given us and that He has always been there, whether we thought so at the time or not. It would be nice if I could tell you that I had some very altruistic motives for writing this book, but I didn't. However, I did find it very comforting to write, and in doing so, filled a tremendous void in my life since Lynda died. It gave me a good reason to get up each morning. Having completed it, I hope that our life story might help other families going through similar trials.