Just Dandy

There is no past tense. Not one of us gets to live as if everything will stay resolved, settled, or handled, because there's always something around the proverbial corner. But we can heal and we can learn how to respond so that we can live with anything that comes our way. We can live with both heartache and wishes. In Just Dandy: Living with Heartache and Wishes, Sandra Swenson shows us how she does it.

Sandra's path of healing began in The Joey Song: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction which led to her own recovery in Tending Dandelions: Honest Meditations for Mothers with Addicted Children. Here, she shares how what she's learned about herself has given her the strength and determination she's needed as crises continue to unravel her family and her world in unexpected ways. Even in times of heartache, she shows us how there is always the potential for growth when we can accept what is, rather than getting stuck in what could be or should have been. We can hold the positive and negative at the same time, and still move forward.

An established voice for women who are suffering, Sandra Swenson is a source of support and comfort, putting into words what so many feel and helping us to move forward. Whether we share her path or have our own, we can--and will--be "just dandy."