Walking Taylor Home
Author: Brian Schrauger
List Price: $18.99
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ISBN: 0849917034
Publisher: W Publishing Group (06 December, 2001)
Sales Rank: 183,704
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Sad and Joyful--How can that be?
Terribly sad--gut-wrenching for anyone-not just
parents.If faith is not part of your world the this
story will make you want what Taylor and his family
have.
Although its written from a dads point of view--I can
only imagine as a Mom what his Mom endured. He's apart
of her heart.
Pick the book up, take your time reading it--you
will cry, your soul will ache but the joy will
follow. It will change your life!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Take this road
Oh, what to write if you were going to persuade someone to read a story written by the father of a young boy who was diagnosed with a terminal illness? For most of us, this would not be a first choice. I like happy endings. We probably all have enough going on without burdening ourselves with a story about a dying child. But, amazingly, this one does not leave you hopelessly sad. Instead, it is full of amazing life lessons. Lessons about the power of words, causing pain or delivering someone from it. Another good lesson is the one on the pain of rejection. There is a lesson on fear. One on anger. Many lessons from Taylor on how to find the humor when nothing seems funny to anyone else. And there is one on how God's ways are mysterious to us and are higher than ours. Another on keeping faith when we've filtered God's answer to our prayers so that the "answer" fits our own desires. (He answered and we believed we heard, but as it turns out, hindsight revealed more understanding of His answer. Been there, done that?) But the common thread throughout this book is one that mirrors the relationship of the Father and the Son. And the best lesson of all was the one that Taylor teaches best in his attempts to comfort his dad - Always seek to please the Father, because it is only in seeking to please the Father that one will find strength, hope, patience, understanding, trust and abounding love. And to quote Taylor "It's only life." We're just passing through. This wonderful book is a map to a treasure chest of valuables - those that do not decay or rust. Come and see what you can find here to help you do those things that please the Father. Come take hold of a treasure you can keep forever. Even with all the tough news the medical profession had for this incredibly resilient child, he will still make you laugh. This is a story you won't forget. Thank you, Taylor, for being an amazing child, so full of grace. And thank you, Brian, for using your God-given writing talent to share this beautiful story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
what a combination of science and emotion
From the onset, the pain of this work is presented through the introduction of the fact that the cancer has returned. Before specifics are given, Taylor has things from his life presented that prove how heroid he really is. Throughout the reading, this book manages to take ahold of the reader and do something to him. All the while correctly and accurately portraying the scientific aspect of the situation with good description of the situation, the cancer, statistics, and treatments, Taylors dad manages to keep ahold of the reader with the heartache he endured throughout the journey home. Anyone with a heart will ache right along with the story at hand, and will often ask why God would ever allow something like this to happen to such a sweet little boy. I feel that this question is addressed and that the family is comforted in the fact that God has a plan for each of them. This is an amazing read that allows the reader to take the emotional rollercoaster of the entire journey. The only complaint at hand is that I think the father sometimes tries to force big words to make himself seem smarter. Many times this helps with the science of the cancer, but sometimes it inhibits the reader from reaching the true emotion of the situation. This is an excellent book for the realities of chemo and radiation treatments and anyone looking for an emotional wake up call should without a doubt read this book.
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