Picking Up My Shattered Pieces: Bouncing Back When Life Throws You a Curve Ball - Softcover

Pastore, Gina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998393584 ISBN 13: 9780998393582

Publisher: Core Media Group Inc., 2018

Synopsis

By every indication, Gina Pastore was enjoying the fruits of a long marriage after raising two children. She and her husband, Frank, were childhood sweethearts whose lives unfolded like a Hollywood movie: he found fame pitching for the Cincinnati Reds; she tended to the home fires with a son and daughter. It was during Frank's big league career that they turned their priorities from materialism to the things in life that really matter: God, family, and integrity. When Frank retired, he went into ministry, but even such a noble pursuit had its difficulties. Then in 2004, Frank became the host of the Frank Pastore Show on KKLA, a Christian radio station in Los Angeles. His weekday program quickly became popular. And then one afternoonwhile commuting home on his Honda VTX 1800 motorcycletheir lives changed forever in an instant. What follows is Gina's account of the "rest of the story"and a reminder that in times of trouble and tribulation, God calls us to persevere and trust in Him.

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About the Author

Gina Pastore is the co-host of Real Life with Gina Pastore and David James, a radio broadcast heard Saturday evenings throughout Southern California on KKLA 99.5 FM and through the web at kkla.com. Growing up in Upland, California, she married her childhood sweetheart, Frank Pastore, a highly regarded pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization. After eight seasons in major league baseball, Frank became the radio talk show host of The Frank Pastore Show heard on KKLA in Los Angeles. In 2012, Frank was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and died a month later at the age of fifty-five. Following her husbands tragic death, Gina enjoys encouraging people through her broadcasts and inspirational speaking events.

From the Back Cover

By every indication, Gina Pastore was enjoying the fruits of a long marriage after raising two children who were married with their own families. She and her husband, Frank, were childhood sweethearts whose lives unfolded like a Hollywood movie: he found fame as a star pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds; she tended to the home fires with a son and daughter. It was during Frank's big league career that they both realized something was missing in their lives. After teammate Johnny Bench sternly reminded Frank not to get too cocky "because you're always one pitch from humility," they turned their priorities from materialism to the things in life that really matter: God, family, and integrity. When Frank was out of baseball, he decided to go into ministry, earning two master's degrees in philosophy and theology, but even such a noble pursuit had its difficulties as Frank and Gina would come to realize that deception and dysfunction exist even in Christian circles. In 2003, though, Frank got a break and became the host of the Frank Pastore Show on KKLA, the major Christian radio station in Los Angeles. He proved to be an excellent talk show host as well as a skilled interviewer and an astute commentator of current events. His Monday-through-Friday radio program quickly became popular in Southern California, leading to numerous speaking requests from churches to speak on Sunday mornings, accompanied by Gina. And then on a November afternoonwhile commuting home on his Honda VTX 1800 motorcycle following his showtheir lives changed forever in an instant. What follows is Gina's account of the "rest of the story"and a reminder that in times of trouble and tribulation, God calls us to persevere and trust in His plan for our future.

Edition details

• Publisher: Core Media Group Inc.
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0998393584
• ISBN 13: 9780998393582
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288