![]() ![]() Then I realized the problem was not what Sarah was sharing, but the lens I was reading through. ![]() I identified with it a lot as we are both pastor’s daughters, grew up in smaller towns, and led simpler lives growing up, but still I felt I was missing what she was telling me. When I learned a new book was coming out I knew it would be on my reading list.Īt first as I read Picking Dandelions I had a bit of a trouble connecting with the story Sarah was telling. Since then I have started following her blog and learning more about her heart and her faith. I first “met” Sarah through her book Dear Church which tells of her journey through some thoughts of disillusionment with the church while holding to a faith that she knew grounded her. Those were my first thoughts when I heard of Sarah Cunningham’s latest book, Picking Dandelions. Memoirs? Really? But Sarah’s a decade younger than I am, what could she be writing memoirs about? ![]()
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