Freefall to Fly: a Breathtaking
Journey Towards a Life of Meaning by Rebekah Lyons is a series of
meditations on her life and how to cope with the “freefalls” of life.
She begins by telling the story
of moving with her family from Virginia, where she was comfortable, to New York
City – moving with her husband and their young son, who has Down syndrome.She questions the move and whether it is right, why God had given her son his illness and how they would cope with it. She struggles with missing what was comfortable and known, developing an anxiety disorder in the process. She pleads with her husband to go back home – to leave this place or gates and locks, where her son throws a tantrum and lays down on Park Ave.
But she eventually comes to the conclusion
that these “freefalls” – these times of lack of control, were for her to learn
to use her wings. A baby bird that drops
out of the nest into freefall does not just crash, but moves its wings until it
flies. That is what the author learns
and encourages her readers to do: if you
are freefalling, flap your wings until you fly – whatever that may mean in any
given situation.
Lyons’ book is an encouraging piece
for those times when we are trying to face life when it seems out of control.
[This review appears on my blog
and at Amazon.com. I received a copy of
this book free from Handlebar Publishing for review.]
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