Why I Wrote Tending What Matters
I grew up in a family where the truth was sometimes hidden, where personal demons took their toll, and where love wasn’t always easy to recognize. For much of my life, I searched for those things without fully understanding how deeply that search shaped me.
Writing Tending What Matters became an unexpected journey of discovery, understanding, and forgiveness.
Writing these stories helped me recognize love, mattering, and belonging in my own life in ways I hadn’t before. My hope is that reading them might help you recognize those things in yours.
John Calvin Hussey
Three questions follow us through life.
Am I loved?
Does my life matter?
Where do I belong?
Tending What Matters explores these questions through the ordinary experiences that shape a life, including family, friendship, time, traditions, loss, memory, and belonging.
What Readers Are Saying
Moving · Reflective · Inspiring
“This book opens your heart and mind to what family and unconditional love and forgiveness is all about.”
“I bought this for my husband; seems I needed it too and I already have shared it.”
“This book inspires me to be intentional about nurturing my own relationships.”
“This is a must read. Couldn’t stop reading.”
“There aren’t many books that I will read a second time. I will be reading yours again!”
“Your game plan can be life altering. Your impact will spread far and wide.”
Tend What Matters
The people we care about should not have to wonder whether they are loved.
Whether you read it for yourself or share it with someone who matters to you, Tending What Matters is an invitation to be more intentional with the people and relationships that give life meaning.
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