{"product_id":"smiling-again-coming-back-to-life-and-faith-after-brain-surgery-9781614487968","title":"Smiling Again: Coming Back to Life and Faith After Brain Surgery","description":"\"When I woke up. . .I quickly became aware that gliding through brain surgery recovery was not the big plan. Pain, paralysis, and single-sided deafness loomed ahead.\"\u003cbr\u003eSally Stap was in the midst of a busy and successful 25-year career in Information Technology, juggling the usual concerns about job, daughters, and life, when the unthinkable happened: she was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a benign but large brain tumor.\u003cbr\u003eWritten with a poignant blend of honesty, dry humor, faith, and inquisitiveness, \u003ci\u003eSmiling Again\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of the persistence of life and beauty in spite of pain. Sally recounts the shock of diagnosis, a long and painful recovery from invasive brain surgery, her eventual retirement due to disability, and ultimately contentment and acceptance of a new life journey.\u003cbr\u003eFor caregivers and survivors, Sally shares practical lessons and tips that will help you find your own signposts of faith along a treacherous but ultimately exhilarating journey, including: \u003cbr\u003e- Be optimistic, but don't discount possible outcomes just because they don't sound fun.\u003cbr\u003e- Allow yourself to grieve because there is a new you. \u003cbr\u003e- A sense of humor will give you a better temperament than frustration.\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are a brain tumor survivor or are facing another experience that has brought you to the end of yourself, Sally's experience shows that even when the worst happens, God is present and visible in sometimes unexpected ways. The future you may not be the same as the old you, but it can lead you in new and rewarding directions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan James Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614487968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Sally Stap","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38350483456181,"sku":"9781614487968","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2e5b0083-ffdc-42d6-bae8-ea8ee85c49d7.jpg?v=1611644987","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/smiling-again-coming-back-to-life-and-faith-after-brain-surgery-9781614487968","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}