By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Former Heartland Foundation president Judy Sabbert has written a book about learning to live again after experiencing tragedy and sorrow.
Sabbert writes about her breast cancer diagnosis, the loss of her parents, the loss of her son, even her divorce in the book: Daring to Dance Again.
Sabbert says she didn’t just want to share her story, but what she learned from some difficult experiences.
“And so, a big part of the book is hopefully to provide those pearls of wisdom that people can relate to,” Sabbert tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. “Your story may not be the same as mind, but there are similarities I think that we can find in those stories and those little nuggets of truth that we experience on a day-to-day basis.”
In the book, Sabbert relates her five-year struggle with breast cancer, during which she endured six surgeries with an uncertain outcome.
“I think it makes you aware of the things we often take for granted in life,” Sabbert says. “When you have that kind of news presented to you and you don’t know what the outcomes going to be, you take more time to really pay attention to what some people might call the ordinary things in life.”
Through it all, Sabbert embraced her Christian faith to get her through the experiences.
Sabbert uses the subtitle “Pearls of Wisdom for a Soul Filled Life.” She says she wants to tell about what she learned going through the difficulties of divorce, the death of loved ones, and a cancer diagnosis.
“The whole reasoning for writing this book is to give hope, courage, and inspiration to others that may be going through challenging times in life and to maybe look at things a little differently than maybe they have in the past.”
Sabbert will appear at the St. Joseph East Hills Mall Library Thursday afternoon between two and four for a book signing.
Click HERE for Judy Sabbert's website.
