As I reflect back to the early days of our marriage, I know there was no way to know that someday alcoholism would enter our world. It didn't happen overnight, but moved in slowly. Meanwhile, I was deciding to stay - "One day at a time." Over the years, prayer was my comfort - as laughter became the relief from the tears, listening to music became solace for my spirit, and writing the salve for my soul. In the "Jungle called Alcoholism" - the tears were many, the depressions deep, the frustrations unbearable at times, but we wouldn't have traded our good times for any other time on earth. So,...

In her recent book Mornin' Tiger, Nancy White uses monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, prose, poetry, family pictures, journal excerpts, pertinent Bible verses, humor, autobiography, and an open heart to tell her story. It's a story of a devoted wife maturing spiritually, as she and her soul mate accept the challenges of everyday life, with courage, fortitude and most importantly, unconditional love. It becomes obvious that God orchestrated every event in their lives -temptations, trials, tribulations, sin, sickness, and suffering, and periodically worked everything out for their...

"Tiger Pause" offers a very personal glimpse into one woman's experience of living with an active and later recovered alcoholic. Through excerpts from contemporaneous journals, and later reflections on her experience, she weaves along her pathway, and offers a beacon of hope to those undergoing a similar experience. As I read it, I laughed and I cried, and I learned how fierce was her determination to never let go, no matter how dark things looked. Her inspiration shines through this book. Rev. Jeff Rarich