Table of Contents
Foreword Bethany Hamilton xi
Overture (Lauren) xv
1 An Unmistakable Premonition (Lauren) 1
2 Horror (Cheryl) 9
3 Racing to the Hospital (Jeff) 13
4 Life Unexpected (Cheryl) 21
5 Mimicked (Jeff) 27
6 A Jolting Heartache (Jeff) 33
7 Bittersweet Years (Brittany) 43
8 Here Comes the Sun (Lauren) 53
9 Discovery (Cheryl) 61
10 The Beginning of a Calling (Lauren) 71
11 New York City (Lauren) 83
12 Gossip Girl (Lauren) 91
13 Strange Black Cloud (Lauren) 99
14 Forbidden Fruit (Lauren) 105
15 A Message I Needed to Hear (Lauren) 111
16 Reconciled (Lauren) 119
17 The Start of Something Wonderful (Lauren) 125
18 LOLO Magazine (Lauren) 131
19 A Painful Journey Back (Jeff) 137
20 The Next Twenty-Four Hours (Brittany) 147
21 Flickers of Recognition (Cheryl) 153
22 The End of Week One (Jeff) 161
23 The End of Week Two (Cheryl) 171
24 Christmas (Brittany) 177
25 Heavy Weather (Lauren) 181
26 Hope Disguised (Lauren) 185
27 Dana's Picnic (Lauren) 193
28 Vacation in the Snow (Lauren) 199
29 My New Reality (Lauren) 205
30 A Big Misunderstanding (Lauren) 213
31 Restoration (Lauren) 219
32 Giving Thanks (Lauren) 225
Epilogue (The Scruggs Family) 233
Acknowledgments 239
Endnotes 243
About the Lookbook 245
About the Authors and Collaborative Writer 247