Embracing Charlie

"Remarkably raw, brilliantly written...Mindy writes with amazing transparency, leaving your mind and heart with her along their journey. Poignant, loving, truthful, unafraid and unabashed to share all her emotions, all of her "inside thoughts" not just the polite "social ones" we feel most comfortable with. She leans in with raw, soul baring feelings bringing you on her and Paul's journey... Charlie's journey. A remarkable story of faith and love. Teaching us if we can just trust enough, let go of our control, then God can embrace us too in our own journey. Beautifully done."—Katie Loxtercamp

“Embracing Charlie is an amazing, heartwarming, and witty story of both heartache and triumph. Mindy Lynn’s skilled story-telling about parenting a child with heart disease is sure to tug on your heartstrings. Charlie will win over your heart as you cheer for his family through their emotional journey. Each turn of the page will leave you filled with promise, hope, and joy.” —Sara Meslow, Executive Director of Camp Odayin, for children with heart disease

“All that really matters in a lifetime is fleshed out in this story of an amazing baby, an amazing family, and an amazing God. Embracing Charlie has moved me in ways difficult to explain. Your heart will be filled, renewed, blessed, humbled, and enriched. A glorious read that will take you to the heights and depths of parental love. In the end, you will not know if you are the parent or the child!” —Pastor Constance S. Olson, retired clergy