Reviews for Blue Sky July: A Mother's Story of Hope and Healing

The average rating for Blue Sky July: A Mother's Story of Hope and Healing based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-11-11 00:00:00 Caitlin Stewart One of my top ten books I've read in my life including the 5 love languages, and The Last Lecture. Nia Wyn so beautifully protrays her devotion for caring for her child and it makes you feeling so uplifted, and inspired at her mircalces she gets to be apart of daily. Nia Wyn is my favorite writer in that her words are so poetic and she is the best skilled writer I have read so far. It is like reading a poem novel and I was nearly crying at the gym closing up this book and her amazing journey! This book is a must read for everyone! "as we pass the running children who hold their heads so easily I realize miracles are so commonplace we barely recognize them anymore, and near the circles of mothers anxiously comparing milestones at the school gates, I see how we live in a time where normal is never enough, and we are never full." pg. 42 "and although it was everything I wanted, and had every single thing I'd fought for, typed up crisp and clear in black and white, it still took a while to sink in that I'd won" pg. 128 "these days I grow enough to konow, that nothing stays the same for long and I grow enough to know, that life is what we make it" pg. 161 so poetic and metaphoric: "I spend all summer in sacrifice, fighting passing thoughts and passing feelings. I fight the ones that make me cry at night and those that come when I'm alone. I fight the ones that drop in unexpectedly and the ones that make themselves at home." pg. 140

Review # 2 was written on 2020-05-22 00:00:00 James P. Burnell I just couldn't put this down, such a moving story. When the author became pregnant she and her partner Alex are thrilled and have so many plans for this new future opening up before them. But when Joe is born something is very wrong. Fighting against the doctors opinions Nia knows that as his parent she is right. Finally she is proved right and Joe is diagnosed with severe Cerebral palsy. So starts the long and arduous journey or learning to cope with a badly disabled child, a whole new lifestyle, hops and dreams shattered, judgements by society and many medical hurdles along the way. Never giving up hope Nia believes that one day there will be an improvement in Joe and that he can live an active and fulfilling life. This was an amazing read, very sad but throughout always filled with a small glimmer of hope and shows the power of a mother's love for her child and how that strength of will can move mountains. Emotional but at the same time very uplifting.