Trusting for Tomorrow by Jennifer Arrington
Trusting for Tomorrow
by Jennifer Arrington
Behind the story…
For the latter half of my twenties and into my thirties, I suffered from unexplained health problems. I went from doctor to doctor and was diagnosed with everything ranging from depression to chronic fatigue syndrome. Since I didn’t think I was depressed and because there was no apparent cure for chronic fatigue syndrome, I learned to live with my low-energy life. It quickly became apparent that a strict whole-food diet relieved my symptoms, so I enrolled as a master’s student at Texas A&M University as a nutrition major.
In one of my classes, I learned of celiac disease and decided to go gluten-free. I had tried a myriad of diets and supplements, but never this. Within one week, the symptoms that had plagued me for years were gone.
Gone.
A month later, we found out we were expecting our first child, something that, after eight years of marriage, we had assumed was impossible.
The simplicity of my cure astounded me, yet the frustration of six unnecessary years of suffering seemed ludicrous. Why hadn’t a doctor suggested this? How could I get the word out?
Twenty years ago, eating gluten-free was not “in vogue,” and it was difficult to purchase gluten-free food or to explain it to people. Everyone thought I was on the Atkins diet, and because I was thin, I received as much negativity about my diet as I had from doctors over my unexplained illness.
That’s when I decided to write a book and put celiac disease in the story. But I didn’t want it to be my story, so I gave it to Katherine’s daughter, Alyssa, and wove Katherine’s fight to get help for her daughter into a run-in with a stubborn (but handsome) pediatrician. Now, can you imagine this story playing out? A little bit? Are you smiling yet?
Good, because it makes for a great story!
Currently discounted to $2.99 on Kindle, you can download Trusting for Tomorrow and enjoy a fantastic faith-filled love story. Keep some tissues on hand, and make sure you have some free time because you won’t be able to put it down.
Jennifer Arrington started her first novel as a 9-year-old, writing in messy cursive, filling pages of an empty notebook. Her book was set in a boarding school for girls and included a schematic of the school, the dorms, the grounds, and of course, the netball courts.
Given that Jennifer has lived in four countries and five states within the United States, that manuscript is long gone. However, writing and journaling have always been her own personal therapy, and reading a reason to “get everything done” so she can focus on her TBR pile.
During her stay-at-home mom years, Jennifer used nap times to pen her first novel, Trusting for Tomorrow, inspired by her experiences with celiac disease. Ten years later, while recovering from multiple surgeries after recurrent breast cancer, she completed The Counting Tree, incorporating parts of her own breast cancer experiences into the story.
Jennifer self-publishes and spends her days on marketing, networking, and writing. She is currently working on a biography and a middle grade children’s adventure series. Although the styles and genres are far apart, Jennifer maintains that bouncing between the two keeps her brain fresh and helps maximize her writing time.
With a master’s degree in nutrition from Texas A&M University, Jennifer spent much of her career as a high school chemistry teacher and still tutors chemistry via Zoom. A self-proclaimed bibliophile, she also loves paddle boarding, snorkeling, and beach walking. Always reading, she often enjoys three concurrent books: an e-book, an audiobook, and a paper copy. That, she maintains, ensures a book is always on hand!
