A Time to Mend (Safe Harbor Series #1)

This is another story about a women and her husband who put his job first. Claire's job taking care of her children ended and now she has an empty nest. Max thought he was doing his job (being the hunter and taking care of his family)so they could live without debt. So this man worked very hard and for what. He missed important events in his families life because he was doing the job he thought they wanted. He did love his family very much with his whole heart and soul. Claire should try and be a military wife. Talk about missed events. I found Claire to be too hard on her husband. I took a seminar back in 1988 with Dick Pernnel and he told us "ladies if you leave this seminar with only one thing it's that "men don't get hints.". Yes Max's work is his passion and she knew that when they started the business. The "Gril seen" in the beginnig of the book told us that the Grill did not put him down or make him feel less than a man when he thought he was doing the right thing. What did the family do to welcome him home when he did come home? How did they treat him? Was it "what more can you buy me". Did they tell him how much they missed him without put downs. Did they make him feel welcome? Of course not. Did Claire go to the elders of her Church and ask them to talk with Max when he begin to put his family second? Max did not think he was putting his family second. In his mind he was doing what he was suppose to do. Provide for them because they seemed to want what he could provide and not him. Sorry Ladies I am on Max's side. Max may not get hints but that's because the family didn't make him feel welcome. In his mind the more gifts he could provide would make them happy. If I work harder they will be happy. When Claire left him Max got worked harder with his passion his company. In fact he was clueless and can you blame him?

Very good story of family life and problems. Twisting story kept you reading on.

This was purchased as a gift for my friend but she already had it and really enjoyed it.

In this story we meet a couple, Clare and her husband Max. Married with four grown children, this couple had grown apart in many ways. One day Clare told her husband that she quit, but Max didn't have a clue what was really going on in her heart, or what she was quitting - at least not until she walked out the door. It took months of soul searching for each of them, and a near tragic end for Clare, before they allowed God to intervene and show them what was missing in their relationship, and how to fix it.The author did a good job in showing the ups and downs, inward battles, emotional victories and defeats of this couple. During this time, we are also shown the lives of their children, in which some of the same problems were showing in their relationships, and how they were rectified. This was quite a moving story, very well written. It was spiritually sound, addressed issues that many couples hide under the rug, and brought it all together in a great flowing storyline. A book that you will enjoy, perhaps will relate to, and certainly will remember long after the read.