A Good Heart

Her baby boy had only a few days to live, with no hope of surviving a rare congenital heart defect that left him with only half a functioning heart. But over and over, Ben Johnson beat the odds, his life a textbook on adversity, resilience, and miraculous interventions.In this heart-wrenching and inspirational memoir, Ben's mother, Susan Johnson, shares her own raw journey of the heart-from her son's fatal diagnosis at birth to the unexpected gift of watching him grow up. She had her...
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Her baby boy had only a few days to live, with no hope of surviving a rare congenital heart defect that left him with only half a functioning heart. But over and over, Ben Johnson beat the odds, his life a textbook on adversity, resilience, and miraculous interventions.In this heart-wrenching and inspirational memoir, Ben's mother, Susan Johnson, shares her own raw journey of the heart-from her son's fatal diagnosis at birth to the unexpected gift of watching him grow up. She had her own maturing to do as well, going from a miracle skeptic paralyzed with angst to believing in the possibility of living simultaneously in joy and sorrow. Susan's story begins at the end of Ben's, aboard a boat bound for the Alaskan wilderness. Through seas of sorrow, she reflects on Ben's life and on her own, now unanchored, life. A Good Heart offers readers a glimpse into the life of a family bombarded by medical challenges and unexplainable interventions that could be nothing but Divine. With just a meager shred of faith at times, Susan found a whole-hearted life by loosening her grip on fear of the unknowns and gazing beyond to the miracles that abound each day.