Prayers of Comfort and Strength Book

	A Note to the Reader	XI
	Acknowledgments	XIII
Part 1	Too Much to Handle	1
1	Penny Pinch	3
2	No Easy Escape	6
3	Tough Call	9
4	Massacre	12
5	No Place to Call Home	15
6	Unfinished Business	18
7	Empty Nest	21
8	Ransomed Resources	24
9	Shake Down	27
10	Twilight	30
11	Visitation Rights	33
12	War Casualties	36
Part 2	Relational Setbacks	39
13	Sudden Good-Byes	41
14	Deferred Desires	44
15	Blissful Beginnings?	47
16	Rocked and Rattled	50
17	Mindful Words	53
18	Unfair Assumptions	56
19	Second Class	59
20	Out of Bounds	62
21	Estrangement	65
22	Under Duress	68
Part 3	In Sickness and Health	71
23	Never Good-Bye	73
24	Easy Does It	76
25	Golden Years	79
26	Time Out	82
27	Tender Talk	85
28	The Long Haul	88
29	Collision Course	91
30	Wounds That Don't Heal	94
31	Service with a Smile	97
32	Best Guess	100
Part 4	The Final Separation	103
33	Unreachable	105
34	The Mourning Season	108
35	Good Days	111
36	Lost Opportunity	114
37	Timeless	117
38	The Last Reunion	120
39	The Heart Beats On	123
40	Double the Fun	126
41	Sheltered	129
42	Sudden Sorrow	132
Part 5	Forsaken Dreams	135
43	Self-Sabotaged	137
44	Sacrificial Love	140
45	Remembering Us	143
46	Residual Effects	146
47	Checkmate	149
48	Empty Arms	152
49	Motion Detector	155
50	Above Board	158
51	Double Whammy	161
52	Loose Change	164
	Sources	167
	The Author	171