{"id":463,"date":"2010-11-30T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=463"},"modified":"2010-11-30T10:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T10:26:00","slug":"author-andrea-boeshaar-why-strong-women-never-get-any-sympathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/author-andrea-boeshaar-why-strong-women-never-get-any-sympathy","title":{"rendered":"Author Andrea Boeshaar &amp; Why Strong Women Never Get Any Sympathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.andreaboeshaar.com\/Andrea2009.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andreaboeshaar.com\/Andrea2009.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Strong women never get any  sympathy. Ever notice that? Who do strong women go to when they feel  like whining? Hey, it\u2019s tough wearing the weight of the world on our  shoulders. Maybe that\u2019s what blogs are for. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Seriously, I never considered  myself a strong woman, and yet family members and friends tell me I  possess that quality. I\u2019m someone they don\u2019t have to worry about  \u2013 which is good and bad, I guess. Good because I\u2019m not a burden  but bad because I get ignored when I do need a shoulder to cry on. And  let\u2019s be honest; we all need a shoulder from time to time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Personally, I constantly remind  myself to run to the Lord when I feel like crumbling like an old brick.  Whenever I try to carry emotional loads, whether my own or others\u2019,  they\u2019re too heavy to bear. If I try to share them with family members  or friends, they\u2019re blown away. I believe this is one way God keeps  me dependent on Him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"http:\/\/andreaboeshaar.com\/covers\/Uncertain%20Heart_new.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/andreaboeshaar.com\/covers\/Uncertain%20Heart_new.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">And so it was with this paradox  in mind that I set out to create Sarah, my main character in my story <i> Uncertain Heart<\/i>. I wanted to show her strength and determination  while illustrating her weaknesses as well. Sarah longs to assert her  independence and yet she\u2019s completely dependent on others. The contradiction  between self and her situation gets Sarah into all kinds of mishaps  and forces her to search her heart and become the woman God wants her  to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><i>Uncertain Heart<\/i> contains  some amusing scenes which I believe readers will enjoy and yet the book\u2019s  theme of whether to marry for love or money is always a winsome one.  It\u2019s the second book in my <b>Seasons of Redemption<\/b> series from  Realms Fiction.<\/span>&#8220;&#8211;Andrea<\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;\"><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;\">To discover more about this author, drop by<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andreaboeshaar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.andreaboeshaar.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;\">Read my blog<\/span>!<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/everythingwriterly.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/everythingwriterly.<wbr>blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\">Is Andrea right? Do strong women ever get sympathy? I&#8217;m a strong woman and I know sometimes I need it!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong women never get any sympathy. 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