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    Hope Heals: A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love

    Written by Katherine Wolf and Jay Wolf

    Narrated by Charity Spencer and Stu Gray

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    When all seems lost, where can hope be found?

    Katherine and Jay married right after college and sought adventure far from home in Los Angeles, CA. As they pursued their dreams, they planted their lives in the city and in their church community. Their son, James, came along unexpectedly in the fall of 2007, and just 6 months later, everything changed in a moment for this young family.

    On April 21, 2008, as James slept in the other room, Katherine collapsed, suffering a massive brain stem stroke without warning. Miraculously, Jay came home in time and called for help. Katherine was immediately rushed into micro-brain surgery, though her chance of survival was slim.

    As the sun rose the next morning, the surgeon proclaimed that Katherine had survived the removal of part of her brain, though her future recovery was completely uncertain. Yet in that moment, there was a spark of hope. Through 40 days on life support in the ICU and nearly 2 years in full-time brain rehab, that spark of hope was fanned into flame.

    Defying every prognosis, with grit and grace, Katherine and Jay, side by side, struggled to regain a life for Katherine as she re-learned to talk and eat and walk. Returning home with a severely disabled body but a completely renewed purpose, they committed to celebrate this gift of a second chanceby embracing life fully, even though that life looked very different than they could have ever imagined. In the midst of continuing hardships and struggles, both in body and mind, Katherine and Jay found what we all long to find...hope, hope that heals the most broken place, our souls.

    An excruciating yet beautiful road to recovery has led the Wolf family to their new normal, in which almost every moment of life is marked with the scars of that fateful April day in 2008. Now, eight years later, Katherine and Jay are stewarding their story of suffering, restoration, and Christ-centered hope in this broken world through their ministry Hope Heals.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan Audio
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9780310347392
    Author

    Katherine Wolf

    Katherine Wolf is a survivor and advocate who leverages her redemptive story to encourage those with broken bodies, broken brains, and broken hearts. She and her husband Jay have coauthored two books, Hope Heals and Suffer Strong. In 2017, they founded Hope Heals Camp, an intergenerational retreat experience for families with disabilities. In 2023, they opened Mend Coffee & Goods, a community hub offering dignifying employment to adults with disabilities in a beautiful, universally-designed space for customers of all abilities. Katherine and Jay live in Atlanta with their two sons.

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    • 5/5
      Such an inspirational book!
    • 5/5
      Beautifully written and narrated. For those of us who have suffered physically, this is a book that gives solid hope.
    • 5/5
      Amazingly encouraging story of seeking God in the midst of suffering.
    • 5/5
      Incredible story that I found deeply inspirational. What a gift the authors have given to us- to invite us to transform our perspective and to celebrate the life we've been given. Highly recommend!
    • 5/5
      Beautiful testimony of hope, faith and unconditional love. Thank you for sharing your story.
    • 3/5
      Hope Heals: A true Story of lost and overcoming Love. Katherine and Jay Wolf. 2016. I don’t think anyone who has lived in Montgomery for any length of time doesn’t know of Jay Wolf, the long time pastor of First Baptist Church. This is the bitter sweet story of his son, Jay and his wife Katherine.. Young Jay and Katherine were living a perfect life in Malibu, California. He was in law school at Pepperdine and she was a successful model. The beautiful happy couple had a small son and life was a good, very good until tragedy struck. Katherine suffered a brain stem stroke. She was not expected to live; she lost part of her brain in the surgery that saved her life. This book written in alternating parts by Jay and Katherine describes their life before and after and goes into great detail about her struggle to recover. This is a beautiful story of faith in God and faith in themselves and their marriage.