Champion of Hope : Essence Publishing (Canada) : 9781460005545 : 1460005546 : 24 Jul 2015 : Champion of Hope describes a journey of healing through grief and loss. It is about choosing the light of hope and forgiveness over the darkness of despair and bitterness. In the wake of grieving the death of a mother who suffered from heart disease; a husband who fought and lost the battle with cancer; the tragic diagnosis of a son's schizophrenia; and a father who struggled with a bondage to alcohol leading him to suicide, seeds of faith were being planted in Connie's "field of heartache." I invite you to open up this book and walk step by step with Connie through her tundra and through her triumph. With this book in one hand, open up the other for Christ Jesus Himself to hold onto while you experience the life-giving hope He is able to provide. "Little did I know that at the tender age of eight, my mother would suddenly be taken from me in death, while a grade three teacher named Miss Dufour