TY  - BOOK
AU  - Santorum,Rick
AU  - Santorum,Karen
AU  - Santorum,Elizabeth
TI  - Bella's gift : how one little girl transformed our family and inspired a nation 
SN  - 9780718021955
AV  - E840.8.S265 A3 2015
U1  - 328.73092B 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Nashville, Tennessee
PB  - Nelson Books
KW  - Santorum, Rick,
KW  - Trisomy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Patients
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Children with disabilities
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Christian biography
KW  - Presidential candidates
KW  - Trisomiques
KW  - ©ØEtats-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Enfants handicap©Øes
KW  - Relations familiales
KW  - Biographies chr©Øetiennes
KW  - ©ØEtats-Un
KW  - fast
KW  - Families
KW  - Autobiogra
KW  - Autobiograp
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lc
KW  - rv
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Love is a leap of faith -- Love necessitates trust -- Love through pain -- Love engages the will -- Love through changes -- Love is persistent -- Love is heroic -- Love implies sacrifice -- Love obligates knowledge of the beloved -- Love is unconditional -- Love is patient -- Love requires vulnerability -- Love unifies -- Love encourages selflessness -- Love begets peace -- Love chooses joy -- Love gives purpose -- Love brings hope
N2  - This book is Rick and Karen Santorum's inspiring story of life with Bella, their special-needs youngest child. Four days after Rick and Karen Santorum welcomed their eighth baby into the world they were given the devastating news that their little girl, Bella, was going to die. The full story of life with Bella has never been told until now. This inspiring family memoir explores what it means to embrace and celebrate the life of each person, and find hope, even in the midst of painful challenges. Bella's Gift is the story of how the entire family came together to love and care for Bella and how God strengthened them during the storms and blessed their family with grace, peace, and joy. Searchingly honest, faith filled, and surprisingly joyful, Bella's Gift is a loving, lived-out testimony to the truth that everyone counts, even "the least of these."--Publisher; Shares how the Santorum's eighth child Bella has changed their family, exploring what it means to embrace and celebrate the life of each person, and find hope, even in the midst of painful challenges. --Publisher's description; Four days after Rick and Karen Santorum welcomed their eighth baby into the world they were given the devastating news that their little girl, Bella, was going to die. Born with a rare genetic condition called Trisomy 18, or Edward's Syndrome; 90 percent don't make it to their first birthday. The Santorums choose to embrace and celebrate her life, and found hope, even in the midst of painful challenges. They explain how God strengthened them during the storms and blessed their family with grace, peace, and joy
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