The Invisible Woman: A Special Story for Mothers
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There is nothing like the pain of feeling invisible to those around you. It especially hurts when you are serving, giving, and loving, and no one seems to notice or even care.
In creating The Invisible Woman, Nicole Johnson shows how much she understands the difficulty of living with great responsibility without receiving any recognition. Nicole puts us inside the mind and heart of Charlotte Fisher.
And as we walk through Charlotte's story of feeling invisible, we experience the comedy and loneliness of her life. The invisibility that at first feels inflicted ultimately brings her real significance and meaning.
Drawing her strength from the invisible builders of the great cathedrals, Charlotte realizes she is not invisible to God, and this simple truth changes everything for her. Faith is rekindled in her heart as she seeks to love her family in ways that only invisibility makes possible.
Nicole Johnson
Nicole Johnson, author of Fresh Brewed Life, has a uniquely creative voice. As an accomplished writer, speaker, and actor, Nicole has performed in thousands of churches and venues over the last twenty-five years, including more than a decade of touring with the national conference Women of Faith. Nicole lives in Santa Monica, CA with her husband and two children. Nicole writes regularly at www.nicolejohnson.org
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The Invisible Woman - Nicole Johnson
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The Invisible Woman
Also by
NICOLE JOHNSON
lineFresh Brewed Life
Fresh Brewed Life Study Guide
Keeping a Princess Heart, In a Not-So-Fairy-Tale World
Keeping a Princess Heart - A Conversation Guide for Women
TRILOGY ON FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE
Raising the Sail
Stepping into the Ring
Dropping Your Rock
NICOLE JOHNSON LIVE (VIDEOS)
Funny Stuff Woman Can Relate To
Stepping into the Ring
There’s No Place Like Hope
www.nicolejohnson.net
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The Invisible Woman
by
NICOLE JOHNSON
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
Copyright © 2005 Nicole Johnson
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Johnson, Nicole, 1966-
The invisible woman / by Nicole Johnson.
p. cm.
Summary: Nicole Johnson shows how being in the background of others' lives isn't necessarily less important
—Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8499-1829-4 (tradepaper)
1. Johnson, Nicole, 1966- 2. Christian biography—United States. I. Title.
BR1725.J624A3 2005
242—dc22
2005000302
Printed in the United States of America
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Dedication
FOR MY SISTER VANESSA,
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL INVISIBLE WOMAN
I’VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO SEE
Table of Contents
Chapter One
NOW YOU SEE ME . . . NOW YOU DON’T
Chapter Two
THE DIVINE DISAPPEARANCE
Chapter Three
LOVE’S MOST BEAUTIFUL COSTUME
Endnotes
Photo Credits
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lineChapter One
lineNow you see me . . .
Now you don’t
chapter one
Now you see me . . .
Now you don’t
lineIt started to happen gradually . . .
I would walk into a room and no one would notice. I would say something to my family, like, Turn the TV down, please.
And nothing would happen. Nobody would get up or even make a move for the remote. I would stand there for a minute, and then I would say again, a little louder, Would someone turn the TV down?
Nothing. Finally, in frustration I would go over and turn it down myself.
One day I was walking my son Jake to school. I was holding his hand, and we were about to cross the street when the crossing guard said to him, Who is that with you, young fella?
Nobody,
he shrugged.
Nobody? The crossing guard and I laughed. My son is only five, but as we crossed the street I thought, Oh my goodness, nobody?
Then I began to notice these kinds of things more and more, because it wasn’t only with the kids. I was in the grocery store looking for Fruity Pebbles. A clerk from the store walked by and I said, Excuse me, but could you . . .
and he was gone. He walked right past me to help a woman further down the aisle, who was having trouble finding extra-fine sugar. She looked about twenty-two and just so happened to be extra fine herself. I was left on my own with the cereal hunt.
Another night my husband and I were at a party. We’d been there for about three hours and I was ready to leave. I noticed he was talking to a