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Mary Swick

Mary Swick is an American author of the book Justin's Jesus. Mary currently lives in Alden, Iowa; a little town located in North Central Iowa. Mary attended Wayne State College, in Wayne, Nebraska, where she met and fell in love with her husband, Ryan. They were married in 2007 and were blessed with two boys, Riley and Jacob, while she was in the process of acquiring her elementary education degree. Mary graduated from WSC in December 2009. Ryan and Mary were then blessed with their third beautiful baby boy, Justin, on May 14th, 2011. On August 11th, 2011 the angels decided he was too precious to endure the heartache and troubles this world can bring, and called him home to be with Jesus. The days following Justin's passing their oldest son, Riley (then 3 years old), started telling stories about the angel that took Justin to Jesus, and how Jesus put the blanket over Justin's eyes after he passed away of SIDS. In the past five months God really has shown them how he can, "Turn a Mess, into a Message, a Test into a Testimony, a Trial into a Triumph, and a Victim into a Victory." Mary's book Justin's Jesus is her message to others that even while in pain, you can find peace, it's her testimony of how great our Lord and Savior is and how through this trial in her life he still triumphs and continues to carry her through this season of her life. The support the Swick family has received from the Alden/Iowa Falls communities, their First Christian Church family, and their family and friends near and far, has surpassed and exceeded anything they could have ever dreamed. Mary is now a stay-at-home-mom and works as an assistant photo editor. She loves more than anything spending time with her family, playing with her kids, editing already beautiful photos, and writing in Justin's Jesus Blog. They have been so blessed to have such an amazing support system.