Grandpa's Hope

About the Book

This book will help you gently guide your child through the racial tensions they will experience in the world today. As parents, we try to place children in areas where they will experience diversity, yet we fail to give them the tools they require to manage the turbulent waters they find themselves wading through. This book is that tool. It will aid you to help them to better understand what it feels like to be left out. It holds a simple explanation for why we have each been formed a bit differently. Finally, it will empower your child to be a positive contribution to the world around them. Each of us walk through this world filling in our ‘blank page.’ Help your child become aware of their page and better understand that it is in their control to fill it in.

About the Author

After a career in mechanical engineering, designing custom equipment, Beth Ann felt the call of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. Upon completion of all three levels of training in this faith formation for children ages 3-6/6-9/9-12, she enrolled in a master’s program at Aquinas Institute of Theology in Pastoral Studies. She began this book during that time but was not completely comfortable with what she had written. After being involved with a course titled Preaching on Race, she better understood the task at hand. This book is a result of that understanding. Today she lives in North East, Pennsylvania. She continues to write and paint, focusing on biblical exegesis and adult discussions—attempting to fill in her own blank page.