Sunday, September 25, 2011

One Call Away by Brenda Warner

This is an easy-to-read book by the wife of a celebrity football player who has been through some hard times and emerged as a person who sees her flaws but sees her worth, also. Brenda Warner comes across as a person who was raised with simple values. She refuses to allow these values to be trifled with, destroyed, or ignored. One of those values was to stand for the truth, no matter what. She has learned, though, that this value is not always appreciated by those around her.

Mrs. Warner is the mother of seven children and she values that work of raising children more than most anything else in her life. Not all of her life has been rosy--her parents were killed in a tornado, her first marriage was less than perfect and her first child was a special-needs child. Getting back up was crucial after being knocked down by each of these events--and the telephone call which conveyed the news to her.

She seemed very honest in dealing with who she is and how she found the courage to walk on. Often she gives her husband and her children credit for giving her the determination to try again. I think any reader will find sympathy and compassion for her and for her story. It is not a story that seeks to make her a heroine; it seeks to show her humanity.