| A Moving Legacy of a Vibrant Faith and Heroic | | | | the God of the universe, the God of creation. Her |
| Courage | | | | life bears evidence of knowing the author of a |
| "In His Feathers" has masterfully captured Sharon | | | | redemptive plan that provides forgiveness for |
| Bomgaars' love for life, her faith in God, and her | | | | man's sinfulness. Throughout her letters and |
| appreciation for nature. James Calvin Schaap has | | | | journals she maintains an absolute acceptance of |
| selected and compiled these writings from | | | | God's sovereignty. They also reflect a refreshing |
| Sharon's journals and correspondence. The book | | | | humor as she banters with here husband and |
| covers the period of her illness October 18, 1999 | | | | friends to lighten the hopelessness of some of |
| through September 28, 2002. | | | | the bad times. |
| On October 18th in 1999 Sharon Bomgaars was | | | | "In His Feathers" is about Sharon's four year |
| told by her doctor that her body had been | | | | journey of treatments, discomfort, and the pain |
| invaded by ovarian cancer. She was given a 50 | | | | of ovarian cancer. Her writing records her |
| 50 chance living another five years. Sharon was | | | | emotional and spiritual ups and downs. She gives |
| devastated but not defeated. She offered thanks | | | | acknowledges the faithfulness of her family and |
| to God for her 24 years of marriage and that her | | | | friends in upholding her in prayer, for their |
| four children had been allowed to see her four | | | | emotional and physical support which helped her |
| children grow into adulthood. This was an ongoing | | | | maintain her unwavering faith in a sovereign God. |
| concern and prayer of hers during their childhood. | | | | This is must reading for every woman diagnosed |
| Sharon's journals reveal her to be an amazing | | | | with ovarian cancer and for their family. It is a |
| lady, a unique individual, and a devout worshiper of | | | | story of an amazing lady with a vibrant faith. |