title: Im About to Get Up!: Persevering Through Loss and Grief
author:  Julie Hunt 
description: "God gives us all a journey. Some have a clear straight path while most of us have twist and turns on the road to Eternity. This very special book is one woman's journey of perseverance into and out of a turn of events she never ask for or wanted. As with Jesus on the cross,sometimes God allows things He hates to accomplish an outcome He loves. This book is a guidepost helping us all to look toward our loving Father even when it is hard to even see tomorrow. You ,the reader, will find peace and be blessed by sharing in this journey. "<br /><br />- Dr. Reggie Anderson, author of <i>Appointments with Heaven</i>
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  **The Redemption of Callie & Kayden **
  
  
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  **Jessica Sorensen**
  
  
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  For everyone who survived.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Acknowledgments**
  
  
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  A huge thanks to my agent, Erica Silverman, and my editor,
  
  
  Selina McLemore. I’m forever grateful for all your help and input.
  
  
  And to everyone who reads this book, an endless amount of
  
  
  thank-yous.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Prologue
  
  
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  **Callie**
  
  
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  I want to breathe.
  
  
  
  
  
  I want to feel alive again.
  
  
  
  
  
  I don’t want to feel the pain.
  
  
  
  
  
  I want it all back, but it’s gone.
  
  
  
  
  
  I hear every sound, every laugh, every cry. People move
  
  
  around the room frantically, but I can’t take my eyes off the sliding glass
  doors. There’s a violent storm outside and rain is hammering
  
  
  against the concrete, dirt, and dry leaves. Lights flash as
  
  
  ambulances drive up under the port and the glow reflects off the
  
  
  rain on the ground, red, like blood. Like Kayden’s blood. Like
  
  
  Kayden’s blood all over the floo