One Call Away
Answering Life's Challenges with Unshakable Faith
- 368 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
What can you do when your well-laid plans fallapart and life takes an unexpected turn?
Brenda Warner is best known as the outspoken wife of NFL superstar and Dancing with the Stars alum Kurt Warner. But years earlier, she foundherself living through any woman's nightmare: a healthy baby tragically injuredin the bathtub; a sudden end to a career she loved; betrayal and divorce; poverty;public humiliation; a deadly natural disaster that destroyed her foundation andshook her to her core. One shattering phone call at a time, Brenda Warner's lifecame to resemble little of her dream.
But each time her plans fell apart, Brenda faced a choice: to collapse in the faceof tragedy or press forward and survive. She chose to keep going. In the process, she's learned that the unexpected is only one call away. Her story provides hopeand encouragement for anyone facing life's challenges and shows us that ourcircumstances don't tell us who we are, nor are they a measure of God's love. Godhas a plan for us, even when our plans fail. Brenda's life is proof that sometimes thebest dreams are not the ones we dream, but the ones that come true when we leastexpect them.
"Brenda Warner remains a soldier fi ghting for faith and life in the face of unexplainabledevastation. The fortitude of this 'marine mom' will grab your heart. If youthink Kurt Warner's journey is moving, do not wait to read the story of Brenda."
—Elizabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of The View and special contributor for Good Morning America, ABC News
"We have all had the phone ring and our lives changed. Brenda Warner's moving andinspiring memoir reminds us all of the power of family, the miracles and misfortunesof life, and the foundation that faith plays in our all-too-human existences.Unflinching and fearless, she is the woman I want in my corner: safe, smart, andsavvy. A heroine for us all."
—Jamie Lee Curtis, Author/actress/mother/sister
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Part One: A Dream Comes and Goes, 1967–1992
- Part Two: The Man I Wanted, 1992–1998
- Part Three: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 1998–2005
- Part Four: Restoration and Reflection, 2005–Present
- Epilogue: Unexpected Life
- Acknowledgments
- About Brenda Warner
- About Jennifer Schuchmann
- About the First Things First Foundation