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a cancer survivor, I found this book a breath of fresh air in guidance for caregivers and friends of cancer patients, There is no one right way to support your friend or family member going through cancer treatment, Just Show Up provides many wonderful examples and suggestions to make the journey through a cancer diagnosis better for everyone affected, Just Show Up by Kara Tippetts and Jill Lynn Buteyn is a beautiful book of friendship and community, laughter and tears, life and death, The book is mainly written by Jill but Kara writes two pages at the end of each chapter, There are also two questions at the end of each chapter designed to make the reader think, It is a bitter sweet book but it is a work of great beauty,
This is Kara's second book, She is a young mum of four fighting cancer, She needs her friends around her to help with the mundane day to day things, Jill writes about how important it is, just to turn up and be there for your friend, Do not wait until you feel qualified to help or you will never do it, "God uses those of us who aren't qualified so that He is glorified, And when we show up, we are blessed, " In our weakness we become strong by leaning on God,
The focus of Just Show Up is God, Kara in spite of her suffering still believes in the goodness of God, Many times she says "suffering is not the absence of God's goodness, " Too many people question the goodness of God in hard times but God is good, He walks alongside us in our hardships,
Kara never loses sight of Jesus, saying "Jesus always shows up, " For her, it is all about Jesus, "She Kara might state things are not well, but she always, always comes back to Jesus, " Oh that we too would always live with our eyes fixed on Jesus,
God never meant us to do life in isolation, Kara believes in community and doing life together, Jill shows the reader what this community looks like, It is important to live with an eye on others and not on self, When people live like this, everyone pulls together and it is beautiful,
There is a chapter that discusses giving and receiving, It is so much easier to give than to receive but sometimes one just needs to admit that help is needed, It is humbling but in accepting help, the giver will be blessed,
Due to the nature of Kara's battle there is a chapter about heaven, One of her friends, Blythe "lives with an eternity mentality, " Jill discusses what heaven will look like the Bible tells us it is a place of no more suffering and no more tears, Kara and her family and friends are holding on to this promise,
I have read both of Kara's books back to back, They are both full of sound advice and Godly wisdom, They are not books about cancer, They are books about doing life while battling cancer, They are about loving well and loving big, They are about family and friends, And most importantly they are about God,
Download The Hardest Peace and Just Show Up today, Read about doing life and doing hard life in partnership with family, friends and God,
I am in midlife and have walked through hard times with community, I have been on the receiving end of the incarnate love of God through people, I have also been one who extends care in these times,

A lot of this information was not new to me, It is simple but that doesn't mean it's easy, And for most people, living like this is not intuitive, Learning to walk with others through suffering can be awkward, This book has stories of how this community navigated that,

This book is practical, It is not comprehensive or academic, I believe story is a powerful medium for learning, I loved the message this book shared and the simplicity of the concepts expressedliterally "just show up, " I have a friend suffering from a terminal illness and have found it challenging to know exactly how to "show up" especially long distance, This book helped me gain insight and perspective to know how to do that better,

The beauty of this book though is that it applies to every friendship and hardship no matter how big or small, We as people, especially women, need our tribe to rely on, We need good friends and we need to be good friends, This book offers suggestions on how to be more present in people's lives and how to be open to other people entering our lives, Highly recommend this book to everyone, for we all know someone who is suffering, For those who are suffering and for those who suffer with them this is a must read, It offers advice on how to help and how to let others help you, What a blessing we have when we have friends who just show up, A must read for anybody with friends, For those who have a friend or loved one suffering but don't know how to help, just showing up can be awkward and confusing, Jill and Kara take you through their reallife, daytoday, steps they have journeyed as Jill "shows up" for Kara in her suffering, They share great practical advice to guide you through this,

The predecessor to this book is: Kara's story, sitelinkThe Hardest Peace: Expecting Grace in the Midst of Life's Hard, which is a beautiful story of trusting in the suffering.
Kara Tippetts died of breast cancer, but she and her friend wrote this book to encourage us all to be there for each other through the hard times.
The first step is to just show up and go from there, It's a good reminder for us all, If I could give this book more, I would, This book touched my heart, my soul, I walked the journey of breast cancer with my beloved sister and this book sounded exactly like our journey, I bought six copies and gave them to those who "showed up" for me, my sister, my family, I hope Kara and my sister are smiling, A beautiful story of showing up and building community around a dying friend, Was it hard Yes. Was it worth it Definitely yes! “Most often its those who come without answers or agendas who are the most helpful, ”

Just. Show. Up.

Sometimes we just need someone to “be”, We dont need them to solve our problems, We dont need them to out “do” someone else, We just need THEM.

I started reading Just Show Up with a lump in my throat, I knew it was about cancer and friendshipand I wasnt sure I could handle the emotion of it, But, I had promised Jill I would read her special giftthe book she wrote with her now Heavenly sisterfriend, So, I dove in, ready for whatever she had in store for me,

I wrote down some quotes as I read:

“Showing up in suffering benefits both sides, and it has to be entered in from both sides.
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“Fear

is a lonely companion, ”

“Grace is the glue that holds relationships together as we walk through suffering with one another, ”

I had a friend suffer through an agonizing battle with cancer, She finally won the battle when she went home with her Savior, Guilt took root inside my heart during her fight as I felt like I wasnt “showing up” the way I thought I was supposed to, I didnt feel I gave her what she needed from me, I wasnt “that” person. But, after allowing the words in Just Show Up to sink inreally SINK INI realized I did show up, I showed up in the way I was gifted, I showed up in the way I knew how, I did what I do well, And, looking back, I realize that she had a community of women surrounding her, Each of those women had a special gift, a way they showed up, Together, we walked the journey with her,

Just Show Up speaks from the heart of Kara Tippetts as she goes through her hard journey and from the hearts of the women who came around her to support her and each other as they worked toward one purposeShowing Up.
Jill gives practical advice on what to say and what not to say when people are hurting as well as how to do what you do well and allow others to do their “thing”.


Just when I thought my heart couldnt take anymore, Jill would throw in little bits of humor, I loved that by the way, I totally could relate when she said, “Im an introvert text, dont call and I prefer to enjoy my misery alone, ” GUILTY! Seriously though, it reminded me that we all deal with hurt and pain in different ways and we need to be open to it, God made us all unique for a reason!

I began the journey with Jill and Kara with a lump in my throat, cautious of where they were going to take me.
I laughed here and there and I have to admit I cried in the end, This book was healing to my heart,

Just Show Up, Its about Community. Its about Friendship. Its about women loving women, Its about BEING.

I was given a copy of Just Show Up for my honest review I was one of the many touched by Kara Tippetts faith journeyI think especially because her life and words sparked sweet reminders of my own best friend, who died of breast cancer several years back.
I was privileged to walk by my friends side during her vicious battle against cancer,

Those last months of our twenty year friendship changed me forever, So Im a witness to the power of just showing up in a suffering friends life and how that step of faith brings blessing after blessing,

The book Just Show Up shares Karas journey of suffering from two perspectives: Karas and her friend Jills, Jill details how showing up for Kara changed and challenged her, along with some practical advice for those who find themselves faced with a similar privilege,

Just Show Up urges us to follow Kara Tippetts legacy, May we abound in big love and be ever grateful for beautiful, messy life,
Kara Tippettss story was not a story of disease, although she lost her battle with terminal cancer, It was not a story of saying goodbye, although she was intentional in her time with her husband and four children, Karas story was one of seeing God in the hard and in the good, It was one of finding grace in the everyday, And it was one of knowing “God with us” through fierce and beautiful friendship,

In Just Show Up, Kara and her close friend, Jill Lynn Buteyn, write about what friendship looks like in the midst of changing life seasons, loads of laundry, and even cancer.
Whether you are eager to be present to someone going through a difficult time or simply want inspiration for pursuing friends in a new way, this eloquent and practical book explores the gift of silence, the art of receiving, and what it means to just show up.
Whether you yourself live with chronic/terminal illness or you just love someone who does, this book needs to be on your readlist ASAP,

Just Show Up is a beautifully written, heartfelt and practical look at walking through “hard” with a friend, Both Jills and Karas humor provides much needed levity in a book that begins “Hi, My name is Kara Tippetts, and I may not be alive when you read this book, ” In fact, she isnt on earth, anyway, Kara won her hardfought battle with breast cancer in March of this yearand is now with Jesus, She completed her contributions to Just Show Up before her death, and her words carry the added weight of this poignancy, yes, but also reflect once more her delightful and gracefilled personality.


Jill's ability to admit and poke fun at her own fears and comfort zones gave me the freedom to rest in my introverting and acknowledge that growing friendship as an introvert in the middle of “hard” is indeed possible.
And not even all that painful, according to Jill, Good news for introvert me, On the flip side of that coin “The toughlove news is that introverting is not an excuse for avoiding community although I have attempted to use it as one before.
” Uhhhyeah. Me too. So much easier just to read a book than to show up in the middle of someone elses pain, isnt it

Another thing I loved so much about Just Show Up is how practical it is.
Were not just told to show up were given hints on how to do that, This book is full of ideas that are relatively easy to implement for you and the person you are serving, Things like putting a cooler on your friends front doorstep/porch so people can drop off meals without disrupting rest or family time, Pack an extra lunch for their child while youre packing your own childs lunch, And tons more! Theres also a great section about the Christian platitudes we need to stop using seriously, If you cant say something besides a platitude, dont say anything at all, and who to vent your feelings to versus who to comfort,

Now, Im not gonna lie to you, Yes, I laughed while reading Just Show Up, But I also uglycried a few times, Like as soon as I started reading Karas introduction Ive already mentioned the first sentence, Every time I read Jills thoughts that begin her sections, the raw emotions and reactions she felt as she journeyed through “hard” with Kara, I uglycried, But oh my heart, its so worth it,

I received a copy of this book in exchange for only my honest review, .