Don't let me go!

Do you ever feel like your kids are growing up too fast? One minute they are wiggly, helpless little infants, and the next they are too-quick toddler, and on to almost grown teenagers in a blink.
We can't stop them from growing, or even slow the process, but we can form a bond with them that goes beyond just parent and child to mentors and life-long friends.

When I hears about the book Don't Let Me Go, by David W. Pierce, I knew I had to read it. (he is the husband of super funny comedian, Chonda Pierce!) The book is about a challenge his teenage daughter laid down for him that led his inexperienced outdoors man to come out and become experienced. I could totally relate to the first trip they took where he hadn't even found out that they should be climbing the mountain and could DIE. But he went for his daughter.

The book is great, and well worth the time to read it, as you will gain motivation to really bond with your children.


Summary:
The true story of how a father and his teen daughter connected through
an ice axe and well-worn running shoes.
One day after reading a book about a wilderness adventurer, David Pierce’s fifteen-year-old daughter Chera announced that she wanted to climb a mountain. What David heard behind that wish was a bold declaration: “I’m growing up, Dad—what are you going to do about it?” A few weeks later they bought matching backpacks.
Over a three-year period they climbed five mountains and ran in two marathons. Together they suffered sore muscles, bitter cold, sprung knees, shin splints, and broken spirits. But they also reveled in blazing sunsets, glissaded on a glacier, and celebrated numerous victories great and small. And in the process, they built an unshakable father-daughter bond that will stand the tests of time.

In Don’t Let Me Go, David Pierce—the husband of popular Christian comedienne Chonda Pierce—offers a down-to-earth, funny-yet-serious book for parents with the same universal appeal as Bob Carlisle’s heart-tugging song, “Butterfly Kisses,” only with well-worn running shoes and an ice axe.


You can purchase Don't Let Me Go: What My Daughter Taught Me About the Journey Every Parent Must Make at Amazon or Christianbook.com.