A Heartwarming Story

Janell has done a wonderful job of writing a poignant story many of us empty-nest mothers can relate to. In The Day Sarah Ran Away, Sarah has been a stay-at-home mother for most of her adult years and has developed her life so entirely around her only child that she has lost her identity as a person. So when her daughter decides to elope and move away to another state, Sarah is utterly undone. When her husband responds with “You need to get a life Sarah,” she can’t believe he is so cruel and sees both him and her daughter as the enemy. But then she overhears a conversation between three older ladies, who’ve been empty-nesters for a while and are taking a bus tour to Las Vegas, and Sarah impulsively invites herself along. The rest of the story is about her quest to discover who she is outside of her relationship with her husband and daughter. Sometimes, she falls back on the “old” Sarah, but we want to cheer her on as finds the courage to become the “new” Sarah and we really like who she becomes in the end.