I am so looking forward to reading my friend Carrie O Toole’s book, Relinquished – When Love Means Letting Go. Carrie’s story is gut wrenching and beautiful. Truly a story of how God can use everything to draw us to Him and help others around us. Carrie has told me part of her story but […]
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