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My Searching Heart

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Of all the many, many books I have read, the two by Crying Wind are perhaps most dear to me. In "Crying Wind" she tells how dark her life was, how living was hard but "dying was harder". She tells of her first glimpse of God and the light and life he showed her.

"My Searching Heart" picks up where her first book left off, starting with some of her discouragements and unfulfilled expectations and following her slowly broadening, upward progress, as she finds new joys and unexpected happiness.

My life hasn't been nearly as traumatic as hers but I remember times when it seemed almost as dark. Her books enriched me and made my world bigger. Do read them at least once -- they're well worth the time. I wish they weren't out of print!

--Kezarahk

Crying Wind wrote a very interesting book about her life and being an indian. I especially love the story of her and her "alaskan man". A very inspiring story on how God can work in your life.

This book is a great story about an indian woman finding her way in life and with Christ. Being part indian myself although not half like she was--- I really liked and understood her feelings on things even though i've never lived in a reservation or experienced the prejudice that she had being that i'm too white. But I really enjoyed her testimony of faith and the love story between her and her husband don.

Be aware that Moody Press pulled this book from the bookstores when it was discovered that the author was a suburban blonde. It is all a lie.

I read this book when I was a teen, and again recently. This book picks up where "Crying Wind" left off, continuing the story. It answers the question of "Whatever happened to Uncle Flint?" It also offers a window into Kickapoo culture and thought processes, doing so with love and respect. The story of how she found her husband, and how she loved her children is a delight to read. The story of how she chose to carry a pregnancy through, when doctors advised she terminate or risk her own life, inspired me to choose life when I was faced with a tough decision. I especially liked reading about her friendship with Herb Woman of Turtle Clan. They were close friends each trying to win the other over to her own religion, and yet not loving each other any less. This was a wonderful book.

As a 26 year old single man the first time I read this I felt so good to hear the searchings of the heart of a lost young girl. I could feel and hear my own heart in this book. Her quick impulsive decisions which are so common to adolescents and which I still act like at times. And I often think of her realationship with her husband when I am asked if two so differant people can ever make a marriage work. This book is only second to her first self titled book, Crying wind. A must read. I recently found out she has another book as well, When the Stars Danced by Crying Wind, Jane Kirkpatrick