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When Victoria said she was going to write about Rizpah, I confess that I had forgotten this little known biblical, but strong woman. Here’s Victoria:<\/p>\n

Cassie O\u2019Rourke is a single mother with a wayward son. She\u2019s also the heroine of \u201cHome Again,\u201d my contribution to the Love Inspired Historical Mother\u2019s Day anthology entitled In a Mother\u2019s Arms. I loved writing about Cassie because she gave me the opportunity to work one of my favorite Bible stories into a book set in 1890 Colorado. Like Rizpah from the Old Testament, Cassie would do anything for her son. Even when he\u2019s at his most unlovable, she fights for him. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Rizpah\u2019s story: She gave Saul two sons. When Saul got in a war with the Gibeonites, it was left to David to make things right. For retribution, the Gibeonites asked for the death of seven of Saul\u2019s sons. Rizpah\u2019s two sons were in the lot. The Gibeonites put them to death and hung their bodies from trees. For five months, Rizpah stayed with the bodies of all seven men. Every minute of every day, she chased away the buzzards until David allowed a proper burial and she could lay her sons to rest. <\/p>\n

Rizpah was a concubine, a woman at the beck and call of others. She didn\u2019t have the social capital to see to the burial of her sons, but neither did she back down. She protected their bodies as best as she could. That\u2019s what mother\u2019s do. They fight for their children. They love them even when they\u2019re damaged and broken. <\/p>\n

I first heard the story Rizpah several years ago in church on Mother\u2019s Day. Ever since, I\u2019ve wanted to work it into a book. The opportunity came with this novella. Cassie has many challenges, among them a twelve-year-old son who throws rocks through windows. When he ends up jail, she comes face to face with Deputy Gabe Wyatt, the man she jilted fourteen years earlier.
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I\u2019m not spoiling anything if I tell you Cassie gets her \u201chappily ever after\u201d with Gabe. How they get there is the story, and Luke is a big part of what draws them together and pushes them apart. Anyone who\u2019s ever dealt with a twelve-year-old boy will recognize the conflict. It\u2019s my deepest hope that anyone who\u2019s ever loved a child will also recognize the love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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