What it means
The car won’t start. The check is late. Somebody you counted on lets you down.
Sometimes you’ll have that.
It isn’t giving up, and it isn’t pretending things don’t hurt. It’s the truth. Hard things are part of living. You can fall apart every time one shows up, or you can look it in the face and get on with what needs doing.
Each book takes one part of life and tells you plainly what Judith has learned about it.
Marriage
Judith waited twenty years for the right man. She and her husband both grew up in divorced homes, and both watched relationships built on “50/50” fall apart. So they decided to do it differently. This book is what they learned.
- Don’t Settle
- Right Foot Going Forward
- 100/100
- Best Friends or Worst Enemies
- True Happiness
- The Little Things
- Legacy
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- Audiobook
The series · Upcoming releases
All twelve books
The series comes out one book at a time, starting with Marriage. Members hear about each one first.
Book One
Marriage
Choosing well, giving everything, and staying best friends.
Coming first
Book Two
Parenting
Raising children when nobody handed you a manual.
Coming soon
Book Three
Work
Finding purpose in the job you have.
Coming soon
Book Four
Starting Over
What to do the day after everything changes.
Coming soon
Book Five
School
Learning at any age, on any budget.
Coming soon
Book Six
Finances
Making peace with money.
Coming soon
Book Seven
Credit
Rebuilding, one step at a time.
Coming soon
Book Eight
Motivation
Getting up on the days you don’t feel like it.
Coming soon
Book Nine
Forgiveness
Putting down what you were never meant to carry.
Coming soon
Book Ten
Relationships
Friends, family, and the people worth keeping.
Coming soon
Book Eleven
Searching for God
Looking for Him when you don’t know where to start.
Coming soon
Book Twelve
War Against Satan
Standing your ground when the fight is spiritual.
Coming soonAudiobooks
Rather listen? You can.
Every book in the series is planned as an audiobook too. Listen in the car, on a walk, or while you cook supper.
Each chapter is short enough to finish in one sitting, so you can take them one at a time.
Tell me when the audiobooks are outAbout the author
Meet Judith
Judith Ranney grew up in a big family that didn’t have much. She learned to cook, clean and look after the younger ones while she was still a child herself, and she has been a hard worker ever since.
She raised two children on her own, worked two jobs, and earned her college degree at the same time. She waited twenty years for the right man, then married her high school sweetheart, Steve. Today they live in Jacksonville, Florida, and run a business together.
She isn’t a counselor or a preacher. She prays, she reads her Bible, and she writes about what she has lived.
“What I have is a life, and a faith that carried me through it.”
He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.Psalm 23
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