Taking my life back
Subtitle: my story of faith, determination, and surviving the Boston Marathon bombing
By: Rebekah Gregory with Anthony Flacco
Contributors: Flacco, Anthony, author
Publisher: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780800728212
Subjects: Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013; Christian biography; Amputees; Victims of terrorism; Biography; Rehabilitation
Description: On April 15, 2013, Rebekah Gregory and her five-year-old son waited at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to support a friend who was running. When the blasts of terrorists' homemade bombs packed with nails and screws went off three feet away, Rebekah's legs took the brunt of the blast, protecting her son from certain death. Eighteen surgeries and sixty-five procedures later, her left leg was amputated. Now Gregory shares the story of her personal journey through abuse, mistakes, and pain and into the arms of Jesus. She explores the peace we experience when we learn to trust God with every part of our lives-- the good, the bad, and even the terrifying.
Table of contents: title: Bombs and hospitals. Grim reapers and their cooking pots ; Arms of love and the terrorist down the hall ; Piece by piece ; Prayer without words; title: Finding my way,. The visitation blues ; All hat, no cattle ; Dangle time; title: Hiding from shadows. Pushing the river ; The mom machine ; Silent explosion; title: The whirlwind. The many-headed media ; Losing weight on the wax fruit diet ; It's not you, it's me; title: Running toward a new normal. Looking for the helpers ; Serious improvements to the new normal ; The terrorists' leftovers; title: Where we landed. When you try to stop smiling and you can't ; Ryleigh Michelle and Noah Michael; title: Happy continuations.