New York, NY: Little, Brown & Company, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/New. Text/NEW & Bright. First Edition, 1st Printing. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. PO label to fEP w/touch of trace wrinkling (water splash?) to same page. Poignant memoir of Kate Braestrup, Unitaria-Universalist chaplain to game wardens in Maine. In 1996, Kate was suddenly widowed at age thirty-one w/four children. Her husband, Drew, a Maine state trooper, died in a car accident just as he was considering a second career as an ordained minister chaplain for the Maine Warden Service, responsible for search-and-rescue missions throughout the state. Kate bathed and dressed Drew's body, and decided to fulfill his dreams by stepping in his footsteps. This is an account of that remarkable journey. 211 pgs in 20 chapters. Poignant essays w/touching anecdotes, at times funny & amusing, elements of police procedures, and above all, a touching love story with trenchant observations about life and death. When her own children asked "Why did Dad die?", Kate responded by describing not only her theology but also her reason for being a chaplain --- God is justice, kindness, mercy, and always-always-love. So if you want to know where God is in this or in anything, look for love.

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Ten years ago, Kate Braestrup and her husband Drew were enjoying the life they shared together. They had four young children, and Drew, a Maine state trooper, would soon begin training to become a minister as well. Then early one morning Drew left for work and everything changed. On the very roads that he protected every day, an oncoming driver lost control, and Kate lost her husband. Stunned and grieving, Kate decided to continue her husband's dream and became a minister herself. And in that capacity she found a most unusual mission: serving as the minister on search and rescue missions in the Maine woods, giving comfort to people whose loved ones are missing, and to the wardens who sometimes have to deal with awful outcomes. Whether she is with the parents of a 6-year-old girl who had wandered into the woods, with wardens as they search for a snowmobile rider trapped under the ice, or assisting a man whose sister left an infant seat and a suicide note in her car by the side of the road, Braestrup provides solace, understanding, and spiritual guidance when it's needed most. HERE IF YOU NEED ME is the story of Kate Braestrup's remarkable journey from grief to faith to happiness. It is dramatic, funny, deeply moving, and simply unforgettable, an uplifting account about finding God through helping others, and the tale of the small miracles that occur every day when life and love are restored.

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Bookseller: 100 POCKETS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020467
Title: HERE IF YOU NEED ME : A True Story
Author: Kate Braestrup
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: New
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0316066303
ISBN 13: 9780316066303
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 2007
Pages: 224
Keywords: Christianity, Life and Death

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