Publisher description for Here if you need me : a memoir / Kate Braestrup.
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Ten years ago, Kate Braestrup and her husband Drew were
enjoying the life they shared together. They had four young
children, and Drew, a Maine state trooper, would soon
begin training to become a minister as well. Then early one
morning Drew left for work and everything changed. On
the very roads that he protected every day, an oncoming
driver lost control, and Kate lost her husband.
Stunned and grieving, Kate decided to continue her
husband's dream and became a minister herself. And in that
capacity she found a most unusual mission: serving as the
minister on search and rescue missions in the Maine woods,
giving comfort to people whose loved ones are missing,
and to the wardens who sometimes have to deal with awful
outcomes. Whether she is with the parents of a 6-year-old
girl who had wandered into the woods, with wardens as
they search for a snowmobile rider trapped under the ice,
or assisting a man whose sister left an infant seat and a
suicide note in her car by the side of the road, Braestrup
provides solace, understanding, and spiritual guidance when
it's needed most.
HERE IF YOU NEED ME is the story of Kate
Braestrup's remarkable journey from grief to faith to
happiness. It is dramatic, funny, deeply moving, and simply
unforgettable, an uplifting account about finding God
through helping others, and the tale of the small miracles
that occur every day when life and love are restored.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Braestrup, Kate.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Widows -- Maine -- Biography.
Search and rescue operations -- Maine.