The Jesus Calling Magazine - Winter 2022

FINDING TRUE HEALING AFTER YOUR DEEPEST HEARTBREAK Mattie Jackson Selecman on Loving Deeply with No Regrets Growing up, Mattie Jackson Selecman watched her dad, country music superstar Alan Jackson, score hit after hit—and decided she’d be a storyteller, too. After college, Mattie wanted something more to write about and her dad encouraged her to seek new experiences and places. In that time, she met the love of her life, Ben Selecman.

Mattie never expected that just a few weeks shy of their one-year anniversary, her young husband would be in a tragic accident that would take his life. But Mattie has no regrets of loving so deeply, and wants to tell the world their story so the life and love Ben gave lives on.

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