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July 28, 2011 By Janneke

Bad Things Happen in 3's

Bad Things Happen in 3's. This is such a negative belief. When my 12 step recovery friends noticed me thinking like this, my sponsor or someone always said, "Don't put God in a box." And what that meant was. Janneke, you can't figure God out, whether in His infinite wisdom and abundance, not in …

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July 27, 2011 By Janneke

Betty Ford, First Lady of Recovery

Thank you for voicing your own pain during an era when it wasn't encouraged. You created a path for so many others to heal. Bless you. Sincerely, LE (from tribute page, BettyFordCenter.org) My mother was the first to tell me of the passing of former First Lady Betty Ford. The media coverage, and …

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July 6, 2011 By Janneke

Simple Neccesary Forgivenes

I have experienced forgiving others, with God's grace. What makes forgiving others possible, for me, is to know that to forgive is an extension of ALL that has been given to me.  That doesn't mean that I am good about either apologizing or forgiving. Forgiveness, from either side of the equation, …

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Meet Janneke

Janneke Jobsis Brown
Following Shadows is inspired by my own story. As a survivor of an international childhood with parents who were World War II survivors, I know the generational after-effects of starvation and slave labor in Japanese concentration camps for my father, and the terror of Nazi occupation for my mother. I know the challenges of struggling to feel at home across three countries: The Netherlands, Iran and America.

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