One Beautiful Dream
eBook - ePub

One Beautiful Dream

The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

One Beautiful Dream

The Rollicking Tale of Family Chaos, Personal Passions, and Saying Yes to Them Both

About this book

Is it possible to pursue your passions, love your family, and not feel guilty about wanting to do both? One Beautiful Dream is your invitation to the unexpected joy of saying yes to the life you long to live.

Work and family, individuality and motherhood, the creative life and family life—women are told constantly that they can’t have it all. One Beautiful Dream is the deeply personal, often humorous tale of what happened when one woman dared to believe that you can have it allif you’re willing to reimagine what having it all looks like. 

Jennifer Fulwiler is the last person you might expect to be the mother of six young children. First of all, she’s an introvert only child, self-described workaholic, and former atheist who never intended to have a family. Oh, and Jennifer has a blood-clotting disorder exacerbated by pregnancy that has threatened her life on more than one occasion.

One Beautiful Dream is the story of what happens when one woman embarks on the wild experiment of chasing her dreams with multiple kids in diapers. It’s the tale of learning that opening your life to others means that everything will get noisy and chaotic, but that it is in this mess that you’ll find real joy.

Jennifer’s quest takes her in search of wisdom from a cast of colorful characters, including her Ivy-League-educated husband, her Texan mother-in-law who crushes wasps with her fist while arguing with wrong number calls about politics, and a best friend who’s never afraid to tell it like it is. Through it all, Jennifer moves toward the realization that the life you need is not the life you would have originally chosen for yourself. And maybe, just maybe, it’s better that way.

Hilarious, highly relatable, and brutally honest, Jennifer’s story will spark clarity and comfort to your own tug-of-war between all that is good and beautiful about family life and the incredible sacrifice it entails. Parenthood, personal ambitions, family planning, and faith—it’s complicated. Let this book be your invitation to the unexpected, yet beautiful dream of saying yes to them all, with God’s help.

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Information

Publisher
Zondervan
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9780310349754

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword by Melanie Shankle
  3. Introduction
  4. 1. Possumgate
  5. 2. Blue Flame
  6. 3. At Least We Have Queso
  7. 4. Family Planning (and Other Things I’m Not Good At)
  8. 5. Beer Bong Playdate
  9. 6. Viral
  10. 7. Loaves of Bread
  11. 8. A Friendship Is Born
  12. 9. Shot in the Dark
  13. 10. Wholeness of Vision
  14. 11. For the Love of the Blob
  15. 12. The Reply
  16. 13. The Office
  17. 14. Houston, We Have a Problem
  18. 15. BFFs
  19. 16. No Freaking Out
  20. 17. The Farmer’s Wife
  21. 18. Poopocalypse
  22. 19. If You’re Happy and You Know It
  23. 20. Bible Charades
  24. 21. Tex-Mex Epiphany
  25. 22. Banana Man
  26. 23. Family Meeting
  27. 24. A Beautiful Home
  28. 25. Advent Rock
  29. 26. Resistance
  30. 27. Decibel
  31. 28. Life Party
  32. 29. Hotel Room Shuffle
  33. 30. Breathless
  34. 31. Running Under Water
  35. 32. Lifted Up
  36. 33. “That Could Have Been Me”
  37. 34. The Drive
  38. 35. The Night Watch
  39. 36. My Real Life
  40. 37. The Box
  41. 38. Release
  42. Acknowledgments