Not Without My Children

About the Book

Children are "a blessing" from God "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I dedicated you" (Jeremiah 1:5). Margaret feels overwhelmed with all that is happening in her life: loosing her home, trying her best to nurture a good relationship with her children while guiding them on the right path of holiness, dealing with her husband’s new job of 7 days a week and 24 hours a day, the economic issue the United States is undergoing, and now, a sudden secession from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Compact of Free Association with the United States proposed by her home state’s elected government officials. If the secession were to go through, it is very likely Margaret will be deported from the United States’ soil. If that were to happen, what about her U.S citizen young children and her American husband of 21 years? Margaret feels her husband can manage without her, but she must fight to be with her children at all cost. "These are my children, flesh of my flesh, bone of my bones, and blood of my blood; they are my responsibility, my love and my life. My government can either take me to jail or take my life, but it can never take me away from my children" Margaret cried herself to sleep while petitioning God to intervene recalling a dream she had had some years ago where she saw the future 1st African American President of the United States, U.S President Barak Obama, and where he politically stands on the prolife issue, particularly abortion. When we are talking about abortion, we are talking about children and how much they mean to us. Children are created by God for a reason. From her dream, Margaret is convinced, God calls certain individuals into the political and government arena to serve, care for and protect human life as their primary duty. On the other hand, the people’s duty is to keep their elected government leaders in their prayers, for their task can be overwhelming!

About the Author

Nasako Weires-Madsen is from Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Nasako graduated from Concordia University-Seward with a Masters of Arts degree in Education: English and a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education: English Language Arts concentration. Nasako has been in the Education and teaching profession for over twenty three years. Nasako is married for over 21 years to her American husband whom she met during her graduate studies. She has three children: Grace 21, Daniel 16, and Gianna 11 and four dogs: Lacey, Mailo, Princess, and Marley. She also raised a dove named Sugar. Sugar is in her teen years.

Nasako lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with her family and is teaching English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Nasako has started taking courses toward her PhD program but stopped after she was hired by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to teach full-time. She plans to pursue her PhD soon. “Not Without My Children” is her third book. She enjoys writing on encouraging and spiritual topics for both adults and children. Her goal is to start publishing picture books for children and novels for the young adults down the road, God willing. She is a devout Catholic and can’t live without her Catholic faith and prayer life. Beside teaching, writing, and taking care of her children, Nasako also runs her own personal website: www.sacredheartfountainofhope.com. She loves listening to music, especially country and religious music and adores nature.