{"id":7065538,"date":"2026-09-24T06:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/laughing-and-biking-when-everything-falls-apart-by-bestselling-author-margaret-oconnor\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T06:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:32:31","slug":"laughing-and-biking-when-everything-falls-apart-by-bestselling-author-margaret-oconnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7065538","title":{"rendered":"Laughing and Biking When Everything Falls Apart by Bestselling Author Margaret O’Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Turtle Soup is Enough<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Did you know that the fluid in
\nyour spinal cord is the same color as lemonade?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0I sat and
\nwatched it drip from my little brother’s limp body into a medical bag on his
\nbedside, as one of his surgeons told us the news that nearly shredded my faith
\nto chaff.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“This kid will never walk again.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These
\nessays were written during the worst year of my life. I wrote them for one of
\nmy college classes, answering various prompts on the theme of place. I didn’t
\nknow at the time that I was chronicling a fight for my existence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My family
\nand faith have never been about fitting in. We don\u2019t believe in God because of
\nwhat they say at church. We see him in the mud that cakes our jeans and the
\nlaughter we share around the campfire, drinking beer and listening to the
\ngrisly stories our dad brings home from the ER. Our faith in God has never been
\nabout propriety; it\u2019s been about relationship.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How can you reconcile that kind of faith when it seems
\nlike God stands by as your whole world falls apart?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When my
\nfaith went up in flames, I found truth like I never had before. Sometimes God
\nshatters you to shatter the lies you didn’t know you believed, and there’s
\nnothing left to do but buck up and face what’s right.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Faith is
\ntested, hope victorious, and valuable lessons are learned along the way in this
\nraw, wildly funny and inappropriate memoir.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meet <\/span><\/b>Margaret
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Margaret O’Connor<\/a><\/b> is a bestselling author and public speaker.
\nHer works have been published in both literary and academic journals, and she
\nwas a finalist for the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction with the
\nBellingham Review.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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BY NIHAR SUTHAR
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BY MICHELLE HALL
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