Being Delivered Through Hard Times
a book by Guy Gray and Cheryl Ward-Kaiser
During the Pandemic I made a quantum leap from being a high school math teacher to delivering for DoorDash. My morning deliveries often brought me to Fairfield, the next town over, and I often stopped and had coffee with my cousin and a couple of friends, Bob and Alexa.
During our coffee visits, I started telling stories, crazy experiences with students, remaking my front yard as a sanctuary for hummingbirds and butterflies, chasing bears in the Marble Mountains, finding ways to encourage homeless so they could buy a house, amazing stories of my children's fitness journey, and my rags to riches adoption story.
After several weeks of telling stories, Alexa told me that I should write a book. I spent several months trying to figure out what book to write. What I discovered is that my life began with my adoption story. That book had to be first.
When I thought further, I recognized that the gem in my story was not my experiences alone. As an adoptee, I had my story, but to bring the story alive, I needed the experiences of a birth mother. Cheryl's amazing story brought color to my story and our combined stories fit together very well.
Friends and Co-writers
Residing in Salinas, California, Cheryl Ward-Kaiser enjoys her children and grandchildren. Initially, Cheryl had not contemplated searching for her son. In 1991 when she received encouragement from Guy.Inspired by his unwavering drive, Cheryl began her own search. She shares her story to diverse audiences, including incarcerated individuals in California prisons, sharing a message of forgiveness that resonates as a profound blessing to those who hear her speak.
Guy Gray, a resident of Vacaville, California, began a search for his birth family after being adopted through a closed adoption at birth. Guy has a strong bond with his adopted family and cherises their close relationship. In 1989, at the age of 27, he made the decision to actively search for his birth family.Through his own experiences, Guy has become an advocate for others, empowering them to pursue their dreams that may seem beyond their grasp.
"Many of us live broken lives.
The stories in this book provide real life situations that people have lived through.
You can see over time, impossible situations transform into successful results."
Guy Gray
This book speaks to the power of forgiveness and believing in miracles.
That thing that gets you started when you finally move out of a bad situation.
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