I Am a Human

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Losing a parent can reveal much about who you are.</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Award-winning Christian author Pierce Taylor Hibbs (author of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Struck Down but Not Destroyed </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Finding Hope in Hard Things</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) offers a concise and gripping memoir that chronicles his spiritual journey through losing his father at a young age. In a narrative that blends prose art and intimacy he shows three things grief has taught him about being a human. First is </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>transience</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the passing away of himself and all things. Second is </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>limitation</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> which allows for human relationships. Third is </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>perspective</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> seeing the world from a certain place. Last is </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>hope</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> choosing to believe that there is more to life than what we see. The memoir works through these words in relation to his father's death drawing out deep spiritual observations that serve to remind readers who they are. Hibbs takes what is a universal experience and makes it tangible for readers without removing its relevance for their own lives. These are words to be </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>felt </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>experienced</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> not merely read.</span></p>