When Courtney Westlake’s family was given the shocking news that their daughter, Brenna, was born in 2011 with a severe, life-threatening skin disorder, they began to discover a new and different beautiful in their lives-one that values extraordinary differences and appreciates the wonderful sameness found in humanity. In A Different Beautiful, Courtney explores what her family has discovered in … discovered in raising a child with physical differences and what she has learned about true beauty. Through her personal insights and experiences, Courtney shares how you, too, can learn to find and celebrate God’s version of beautiful in your life, especially within our differences and struggles.
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I liked it very much!
This is an excellent book. It makes you rethink how you look at and perceive others. I agree with her thoughts and her view on life. Society would be a better place if more thought like the author.
This child was born with a different skin than normal. I won’t say any more, except I understood why this mother wrote the story down. I was not aware this existed and it gave me insight. Good Read!
Great book! Loved the references to God & Scripture!
Touching.
Wonderful story sharing this life of real beauty and love.
Great to see and know about this situation. Makes us more sensitive to others too and now just “What is that” type of mentality. Thank you for your honesty and sharing your life and love with us.
It’s a testimonial of a personal experience. Unless it speaks to you then it may not be interesting. I read about a third of it but I am having difficulty finishing. Writing is personal; this book can be a blessing just not for me.
All the best to the writer and her family.
This was very informative on how one can look at what is beautiful. It gives a totally new perspective on one’s outlook.
Beautifully written…
A very supportive family for this little girl!
This book was a blessing and it brought me to tears. But it taught me about the disease the little girl had, so it was extremely informative. My heart literally broke for this girl, but she was a ray of sunshine. I think everyone should read it.
A true story of dealing with a child with a rare physical condition. Would help adults and teens to deal with differences.
A story about how a family deals when they give birth to a special needs child!
This family’s story of dealing with an unexpected illness for their newborn child: how they supported each other as husband and wife, how their older son handles the situation, good suggestions of how to interact with such a family when we see them in public.
What a book and the Faith those parents had. Very inspirational and a great learning book.
I truly admire the way she is living her life and that she is so excepting of her daughter’s skin condition.
I like stories written by moms or dads with children that have special needs of various types and how they learn to help and teach their child and love them even though they are not considered high performers by society. They are very loved and have their own gifts to share with the world we just have to look for them!
Was disappointed in one sense of this book. But then again inspirational in relying on prayer and the lord. Felt it was more about the illness than about the story and the journey they traveled.
Opened my eyes to seeing differences as a blessing.