{"id":58,"date":"2022-11-14T15:13:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingforhim.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2022-11-14T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T16:49:38","slug":"cleveland-daily-banner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingforhim.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/cleveland-daily-banner\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Daily Banner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div id=\"published\">Posted <time datetime=\"Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:05:00 -0500\"><span class=\"weekday\">Wednesday, <\/span><span class=\"monthday\">November 21, 2018 <\/span><span class=\"time\">10:05 am<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"body main-body clearfix\">\n<div class=\"floating-items pull-left hidden-xs\">\n<div id=\"widget_detail_floated\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When local writer and speaker Lettie Kirkpatrick Whisman\u2019s husband, Phil, had a massive stroke in June of 2012, her job description changed drastically. Her writing career, as well as her favorite pastime (hiking the East Tennessee mountains with her strong and active husband, a control room operator at Volunteer Energy), came to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n<p>Her days instead were spent monitoring his care in a local rehab facility and eventually moving him home. There he spent the next four years fighting for recovery and she became a caregiver and care manager for those months of 24\/7 days.<\/p>\n<p>Lettie\u2019s writing was then limited to a missions magazine, a Lifeway women\u2019s devotional, and \u201cPray-ers for Phil,\u201d a group page on Facebook where over 1,000 members followed their stroke journey. She posted updates and prayer requests as these \u201cfriends\u201d celebrated the victories and grieved the defeats in his fight for recovery.<\/p>\n<p>This same Facebook community read the family announcement from his hospital room on April 3, 2017, that Phil had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Two days later \u201cPray-ers for Phil\u201d group members received the following post:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhillip Lynn Burress, January 5, 1951, to April 5, 2017, Free Indeed!\u201d <br \/>Incredibly, even as she grieved the homegoing of her courageous husband, God planted in Lettie\u2019s heart the seed for a new book to encourage caregivers and others facing loss. And 18 months later, on Oct. 24, \u201dGod\u2019s Extravagant Grace for Extraordinary Grief: 31 Devotions from the Refiner\u2019s Fire\u201d debuted at a speaking event in Indiana. Her topic? Lessons from the Refiner\u2019s Fire. This book documents Lettie\u2019s faith journey during those stroke years.<\/p>\n<p>Lettie\u2019s new book is available locally at the Bradley Baptist Association, several churches, and the Museum Center downtown. It may also be ordered from her website at <a target=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/www.writingforhim.com.\/\" rel=\"noopener\">www.writingforhim.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lettie will be one of the featured exhibitors during the Christmas Open House at the Museum Center Sunday, Nov. 25. 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