Fly While You Still Have Wings: And Other Lessons My Resilient Mother Taught Me - Softcover

Rupp, Joyce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933495847 ISBN 13: 9781933495842

Verlag: Ave Maria Press, 2015

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In this heartfelt memoir about her mother Hilda's final years, Joyce Rupp shares the lessons her mother taught her, especially to “fly while you still have wings.” As a poor farmer's wife and the mother of eight living on rented land in Maryhill, Iowa, Hilda lived a life of hard labor and constant responsibility—from milking cows and raising chickens to keeping the farm's financial ledger. Rupp shows how the difficulties of her mother's early years and family life, including the loss of a twenty-three-year-old son, forged a resilience that guided her through the illnesses and losses she faced in later years. This affectionate profile of their relationship is, at the same time, an honest self-examination, as Rupp shares the ways she sometimes failed to listen to, accept, and understand her mother in her final years.

Rupp begins each chapter with a meditative poem that captures the essence of each stage in the journey. Her unfailing candor and profound faith illumine this story of a mother and daughter with a universal spirit of hope, reconciliation, and peace.

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Joyce Rupp is well‐known for her work as a writer, spiritual midwife, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. She is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, and Fragments of Your Ancient Name. Rupp is a member of the Servite (Servants of Mary) community and the codirector of the Institute of Compassionate Presence.

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• Verlag: Ave Maria Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1933495847
• ISBN 13: 9781933495842
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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