Laugh in the face of what makes you afraid.ĭo it, even when fear threatens to hold you back, keep walking anyway, conquer it-afraid.Ĭan you hear me? Kiersten? His voice was so close maybe if I closed my eyes it would feel more real. To all of you who have been impacted by cancer, this book is for you, and to Uncle Jobob, who eight weeks after this book was originally published, lost his battle with liver cancer, thank you for being such a wonderful example of what strength is. You may cry, but I promise you’ll be smiling through your tears! Ruin is sexy, it’s still funny (I can’t do straight-up angst! Not even if I tried!), and it’s heartwarming. Do it afraid is one of Joyce Meyer’s mantras, and now it’s one of mine hopefully, after finishing this book, it will be yours too. I swear I still think about it on a daily basis, so thanks to Joyce Meyer’s wisdom and incredibleness, I wanted to add that phrase into this book so that it would continue to help people who are maybe struggling with conquering their fears. I remember reading one of her books (The Confident Woman), and she started talking about fear, about doing it afraid. Ruin also would not have been possible had I not been introduced to Joyce Meyer. Writing this book was my therapy it was my way of dealing with something horrible, my way of paying tribute to him. It’s like he KNEW it was going to be okay, even though the end was near, he KNEW without a shadow of a doubt where he was going, and he was at peace with it. While watching my uncle battle cancer, the one thing I was always in amazement over was his lack of fear. It exists to torture us, to force us to cower in fear. The first two weeks of sales went toward paying his medical bills.Ĭancer is… well it is, isn’t it? It’s this huge, giant, horrible thing. My publisher at the time was kind enough to let me out of my non-compete so I could publish this book in his honor. Finish it before my uncle lost his battle with cancer. When I originally wrote this story a few years ago, I did it with one purpose in mind. Except for review purposes, the reproduction of this book in whole or part, electronically or mechanically, constitutes a copyright violation.Ĭover Design by Jill Sava, Love Affair With Fictionįormatting by Jill Sava, Love Affair With Fiction TABLE OF CONTENTS There is no implied endorsement if any of these terms are used. Any trademarks, service marks, product names, or named features are assumed to be the property of their respective owners, and are used only for reference. Any similarities to actual events and persons, living or dead, are purely coincidental. Names, places, characters, and events are fictitious in every regard.
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