As the child of a minister and domestic and foreign missionary, author Carolyn Reeves Shugart attended seven high schools on both the East and the West coasts. In You Raise Me Up, she offers an honest memoir of her life growing up and maturing in the faith of the Lord. From her early years as a minister's daughter, to her adult years working for the government and in a crisis pregnancy center, to raising her own family, Shugart shares her experiences and what she learned about living a fulfilling, godly life. She narrates how she married a US Navy enlisted man when she was seventeen, had four children, and weathered her husband's untimely death when she was just thirty-nine years old. With photos included, You Raise Me Up shares Shugart's story-a journey filled with God's grace-to serve as a history for her children and grandchildren. It also offers a host of wisdom and lessons learned from a woman who has lived a full life.