Laurel Lees Journal Author:Laurel Lee Combines 2 of Laurel Lee's books, WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE and SIGNS OF SPRING. Both books are enhanced by Laurel Lee's own pen & ink drawings. — WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE ... "I had something I wanted my doctors to know. If I told them, they might ... more »later forget. If I wrote it down, they could remember. I wanted to make a gift for them & my family."
The gift that Laurel Lee gave her doctors and her family is this beautiful, simple, incredibly moving journal of her confrontation with death even as she was in the midst of giving life. It is the gift of love, not just for her doctors and children, but for all of us.
Just past thirty, and pregnant with her third child, Laurel Lee found herself suffering unusual symptoms. Tests at the University of Oregon Medical School showed she had Hodgkin's disease. She would have to undergo surgery and radiation treatment, and risk the life of her unborn child. Walking Through the Fire is a remarkable journal of Laurel lee's experiences during a nine month period. In a fresh, unaffected style, she describes encounters with doctors, the effects of the illness on her husband and family, and poignantly reveals her inner thoughts and feelings. Here is a book to enrich your life.
SIGNS OF SPRING ... Even more lyrical in its tone is Signs of Spring. This is Laurel Lee's account of what happened in the two years since she passed through the critical stages of her illness and into a state of remission. With wisdom and always a sense of humor, she describes her life now -- as a single divorced parent raising her three children alone; as a young woman dealing with men who are torn between their attraction to her and their sense of her as a potential burden; and as a Christian whose great strength derives from her faith in a personal God.
Like Walking Through the Fire, this second journal is also a celebration of a life loved with intensity, and with the knowledge that the remission period is at best precarious. Pain and indignities knock at Laurel Lee's door, but self-pity and defeat are never admitted within.« less