Grit, Grace, and Gratitude

Told through the stories of families, Grit, Grace, and Gratitude shares how one woman's desire to teach adults to read turned into a nationwide movement to lift families out of poverty.Grit, Grace, and Gratitude tells the powerful stories of families who gained knowledge, courage, and the confidence to pursue educational and career goals-often against all odds of any success-and through their own grit, grace, and gratitude not only survived but thrived.This book also shares the history of a nonprofit organization that propelled a small but successful program model in Appalachia into a national movement; of an organization that continues thirty years later to provide guidance, practice, and strategies to consistently deliver family literacy program models that work.And, this is the story of a journey-the journey of a woman who every day embraces her own grit, grace, and gratitude-to advocate for families who have no voice. Her voice is strong, and her vision is simple-all parents want the best for their children and families, and given the proper support, all families can succeed. They just need a place to start.Family literacy is that place.