Book Series for Children that Hurt
TREK
TREK is a ten step program for kids that struggle in the hard journey of life. TREK stands for: Truth Restores & Establishes Kids. Each meeting includes activities and games, Bible verse to remember and tips. All emphasizing the ten steps to freedom.
The Ugliest Word
Jessie writes, “Divorce is the ugliest word in the world… Even though Dad’s not dead like Granny. I’m sadder… than when I saw her in the casket.”
View “The Ugliest Word (first book in the series for hurting children)” on Amazon Kindle
Parent Guide
The Parent Guide curriculum (companion book to The Ugliest Word) offers you many ways to connect, build a new life, and promote healing in you and your children.
View “The Ugliest Word Parent Guide (Curriculum for the book ‘Ugliest Word’)” on Amazon Kindle
Bad Secrets
Police find twelve-year-old Gloria hiding on the floor of a closet crouched under a ragged blanket bruised and swollen.
View “Bad Secrets (second book in the series for hurting children)” on Amazon Kindle
Hold Onto Hope
Does the hurt that some children bear trouble you? Have you longed to see them free from the effects of abuse? If so, you have tasted the Lord’s great desire and purpose to heal them–to make them whole in Jesus. Hold Onto Hope curriculum the companion book to Bad Secrets)
View “Hold Onto Hope (Curriculum for the book ‘Bad Secrets’)” on Amazon Kindle
I Wish I Were (fiction story)
by Marilyn Hamalainen
Twelve year old, Abbie lives in her head where no one can see how stupid she feels. When Mom walks into the bathroom, she’s shocked to find empty bottles and caps strewn on the bathroom floor. Standing in the middle is Abbie holding a prescription container.
Abbie’s compassionate counselor, Ivan, helps her open closed doors in her mind. When he asks her, “How do you see yourself fitting into your family?” she explodes: “I-I-I’m the nobody…. I- I w-wish I were s-s-s-someone else.”
Abbie hates stuttering. So when she meets Mildred who speaks muddled, she’s surprised by Mildred’s joy. While teaching Abbie how to paint, Mildred tells Abbie that Jesus buries wonderful things in us and He can help her find them. Abbie’s says, “He never helped m-m-me!”
After going through the process of forgiving and being forgiven, Ivan asks her how she feels about wishing she were someone else now. She laughs. “I hated being me,” she says. “So I wished I were someone else and someplace else. Finally, I’ve stopped hoping and looking for wonderful things about myself. Jesus has made us all good. He’s got special plans for everyone. His plan is nothing like I thought I wanted. But it’s fun and He helps me to like doing things I never thought I’d want to do.