Heavenly Sandpaper: A Caregiver's Journey Through a Stem Cell Transplant

Do you feel life has taken you to a deep dark pit and at the moment you see no way out? It's a horrible nightmare and you wish you could just wake up and it would all be gone.

Heavenly Sandpaper chronicles the journey of Barbara Betts, whose husband received a cancer diagnosis and, eventually, a stem cell transplant. As wife and caregiver, Barbara tells how her fears and faith crossed paths as the couple saw dreams of resting in retirement give way to the turmoil of fighting to live each day.

Betts's honest account of doubt, pain, and loss leads to trust, healing, and renewal. She welcomes on her journey companions who ask the same questions she does: "Have you ever been faced with an adversity that doesn't seem fair and you wonder why this is happening now when life has been going along so smoothly? Can anything good come from these sufferings and trials? Are your struggles causing you to doubt God's love for you and His purposes?"

In the end, she invites you to find inspiration for your life in this portrait of a marriage built on love and refinished-sanded smooth-by the hand of God at work both in the dark days of sickness and in the bright moments of hope.