womens health

Although written as a journal, Walking into the Wind is more than a diary. Through the days -- good and bad for Barbra with lupis symptoms lurking in the background -- we find a woman who decided to look for silver linings. She demonstrates God's grace to see beauty, be inspired, find hope and enjoy wholeness, whether "well" or not.

Those whose life journey includes physical and/or mental challenges will discover in this book new ways of loooking, new ways of thinking, and perhaps, the Giver of all life itself.

What a wonderful, candid book! Barbra Goodyear Minar so transparently shares her experiences about living life in spite of dealing daily with chronic disease. Since I don't live with the challenge of a chronic disease or disability, I wasn't sure how the book would affect me. In truth, it is a refreshingly wonderful view of living a great life in spite of challenge. We all face challenges, living life as imperfect beings in an imperfect world. But we can, no we must, choose everyday to get up and move forward when we've been knocked down. It is our choice whether to live in joy with a positive attitude regardless of our circumstances. Barbra shares her journey, both the joy and the struggle, in a refreshing, candid manner that is encouraging and relatable. You can see how, despite her significant health challenges, her daily habits of walking with God, choosing joy, getting up when knocked down, going forward instead of playing the victim, have produced great fruit in her life. I have been encouraged to re-examine my attitudes and habits, to choose joy and be thankful despite any circumstance and to seek a closer walk with God. A great read!

Barbra Minar's latest book will not disappoint those who have come to know and love her work. In Walking Into the Wind, she again shares her heart in every paragraph. Using her own journal entries and correspondence with friends, she reveals her day-by-day struggle as a wife and mother dealing with the effects of the disease that invaded her body on her honeymoon. Chapter after chapter we watch her achieve victory over the depression that often accompanies chronic illness. When my own daughter was diagnosed with the same condition, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, we found great comfort in the shining optimism of one who had been there. Chronic illness seems more widespread than ever, affecting friends, neighbors and members of our extended family. I'm grateful to this author for a book I can recommend to help and encourage them. Walking Into the Wind is an inspiring read for anyone, but especially one challenged by such an illness.