Some Stories Are Written Because Someone Must Be Remembered

What happens when the child you love is asked to fight a battle no child should have to face?

For Susan Wingfield, that question became real when her daughter Kara’s health began to fail.

What followed was a family journey shaped by kidney disease, dialysis, transplants, hospital stays, financial strain, uncertainty, prayer, courage, and the determination to keep moving through one difficult day after another. But Kara was far more than a patient.

She was a daughter with dreams. A sister. A friend. A young woman of faith. Someone who could experience pain and still care about the people around her. Someone whose courage left a lasting mark on those who knew her.

Kara: Held in God’s Hands brings readers inside that journey through the eyes of the mother who lived it beside her.

For parents, caregivers, families affected by serious illness, people grieving someone they love, and readers searching for faith during uncertain seasons, Kara’s story offers companionship rather than easy answers.

It is a reminder that a life does not have to be long to be meaningful.

And that love can continue long after someone is gone. Although Kara’s battle ended, her story did not.