The Moments We Stand: Out of the Shadows

by Ashlee Birk

Overview

The Moments We Stand is a blog written by Ashlee Birk. It is the real life stories about her family and the challenges, heartbreak, trauma, and grief they struggled through when her husband Emmett was murdered.

Book 2 continues Ashlee's journaling a few months after the murder--the time when everyone else stated to go back to real life--Ashlee and the kids had to stand even stronger, and rely on their own faith to carry them through.

Ashlee never realized life was going to be filled with so many moments--moments of darkness, moments of despair. As her story plays on, she comes to see how these moments all play a part in her journey and on the road to peace that she so desperately seeks for her family.

Through many moments of darkness in our lives, it is easy to dwell on the pain. Each day gives a new opportunity to doubt and fall deeper into despair--but every one is blessed with light. Sometimes it is just a little glimmer--and other days we are surrounded by the sun.

Ashlee has seen much light as she has been pulled through the darkness. A bright hope she didn't even realize existed, has given her the strength to continue the fight to stand tall. The Moments We Stand: Out of The Shadows . . . are the tender mercies that have testified to Ashlee's young family that we . . . are never alone.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158029301
Publisher:	The Moments We Stand
Publication date:	05/15/2015
Series:	The Moments We Stand , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	261
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ashlee Birk is the Author of the blog and book series entitled The Moments We Stand. In them she tells of her personal journey of healing and seeking peace after the murder of her husband Emmett.

On March 11, 2011 Emmett was shot and killed in a Walgreens parking lot by the husband of a secret mistress. Ashlee was made a widow at the age of 28 with 5 children—the youngest being just six weeks old.

Her husband’s death left her with many messes to clean up—the hardest being her own broken soul as well as five others. She spent hours with detectives, Emmett’s business, a month long murder trial, and therapists . . . trying to piece together the broken pieces of the past. None of which helped her feel whole.

Through her trials she has learned the importance of a personal relationship with her Father in Heaven. She has witnessed many miracles through the devastation of so much heartache. She has found light in the darkest of moments—and she has found hope when she thought it was lost. It is through Christ that true healing has come.

Ashlee’s story is very unique. As she has learned to embrace it, she has gained a greater testimony of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the strength it can be in her story. She has come to find that the grace of Christ is powerful—not only in sin—but also in forgiveness and carrying you through some of your darkest moments. She has felt the embrace of her Heavenly Father through every obstacle. The tender mercies have given her hope to stand tall and write a new story. A story that has been very different than the one she had always dreamed.

Ashlee is remarried to her husband Shawn and their blended family of six children. They work hard every day to continue their journey of peace and finding the joy in life. Ashlee believes that every day is a gift—and in each one, she has learned to stand.