Carol Kent has lived every parent"s nightmare. After her only son was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Carol"s life took a permanent detour. She and her husband, Gene, have been adjusting ever since, moving to Florida to be near the prison, starting a new ministry for prison inmates and their families, and sharing the faithfulness of God with anyone who will listen. A New Kind of Normal begins with the story of that horrible night when Carol and Gene learned their son had been arrested, but it doesn"t end there. In fact, Carol knows what it means to live with an unthinkable circumstance that will never change-and in spite of this, to make hope-filled choices. Through the eight chapters in this book, Carol uses their own story, the story of Mary, mother of Jesus, and stories of women who have experienced their own "new normal" to share how God has led them to choose life, gratitude, vulnerability, involvement, forgiveness, trust, and action.