Wilma Hollis, Author, LifeSpeak 101: Speak Life and Win!
Counting Spoons is an emotional roller coaster ride that never lets up. The first dip comes early, and hits hard. It's that feeling you get when the roller coaster points downward, and you can't handle the drop any longer. Counting Spoons just keeps going! Warning: There may be times when you can't catch your breath!You will experience the grip of addiction from the perspective of a mother, trying to save her child's life and, the son who is chasing his next escape from reality. It is gut-wrenching. This is a real, raw, and "in-your-face" journey that you won't soon forget. Counting Spoons takes you through it all: every lie, manipulation, life on the streets, rehab attempts and relapses. Putting this book down is not an option. Will the family and those that love him, so deeply, give up on him? Will this desperate mom keep fighting? Will her son survive? For anyone dealing with the monster of addiction; anyone who has reached the end of the rope and has no threads left on which to hang, Counting Spoons is a story of hope, healing and finally, surrender to God's plan of redemption.This story will stay with you for a very long time.Jim Rokaitis, Preventionist -Retired Police Officer
Addiction. Most of us know of someone who has struggled with addiction, but many don't truly understand the struggles a family endures when they lose a loved one to this nightmare. Counting Spoons offers an unvarnished look at the very personal and heartbreaking 5-year journey this family endured and provides a message of hope through love, faith, and recovery.Rosemary McFadden, MS, LMFT, Behavioral Health Director
A compelling, passionate, heartfelt journey of a mother's love and determination in fighting for the life of her son. The irony of this story is it's reflective of the lives of so many, and yet, the beauty is the saving grace through Jesus Christ. There's no sin, bad habit, or addiction Jesus can't deliver us from. Counting Spoons demonstrates the perseverance of a mother in pursuit to save the life of her child and finding Jesus, the life giver. I highly recommend this book. You will be encouraged, blessed, and reminded "nothing is too hard for God".
Sherry Randle, retired Southern Illinois Network Representative of SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators)
It takes courage to share a story like this, and both Kathryn and her son, Justin, have shown exceptional bravery. Kathryn has the unique ability to saturate her words with emotion - fear, confusion, anger, desperation. Her words resonate with me, as they will with other mothers (fathers, sisters, brothers) who have endured the devastation of a son's (daughter's, husband's) drug or alcohol addiction. But Kathryn wants her readers to know there is hope. Hope because we are all God's children, and His grace, love, and miraculous mercy are there for each and every one of us.
Oliver Underwood - ACBC/CABC/TAC Northwest Regional Coordinator
A must read...Counting Spoons will take you on an intimately personal tour deep inside the dark and depraved heart of addiction. This authentic, vulnerable, and touching story truly reveals the deceitfulness of the human heart and mankind's desperate need for the intervention of a gracious God bringing rescue to the lost through His s
