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*A DOSE OF STRENGTH* 1/6/03 ______________________________________ If you enjoy this free email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of HeartTouchers.com readers around the world by sending a blank e-mail to: HeartTouchers-subscribe@myinjesus.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com ____________________________________________ Be sure to check out our brand new inspirational list just for teenagers! Heart4Teens.com To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to: Heart4Teens-subscribe@myinjesus.com or visit: http://www.Heart4Teens.com This weekly list contains Heart-touching stories, quotes, links to uplifting web sites, and humor geared towards the teenage crowd. However, parents of teens, grandparents, college students, youth pastors, teachers, coaches, and anyone who just can't read enough inspirational stories will also benefit! What are you waiting for?! Subscribe today to receive your weekly encouragement! _________________________________________ Can't get enough inspirational stories in your life? Would you like to send a unique gift to your friends and family? Then order a copy of the inspirational book: Straight From the Heart "A Celebration of Life" by Michael T. Powers for only $13.95. http://www.booklocker.com/bookpages/michaeltpowers01.html You can preview this book by visiting: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/michael_powers _________________________________________ A DOSE OF STRENGTH by Jennifer Basye Sander October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I know you were all flooded with messages and images having to do with breast cancer. Does that mean we can turn away from it and not think about it again until next October? No. I'm going to ask you to think about it just one more time, for the sake of my friend Laura. She was my co-author on a series of books about miracles, the last one we did together was called Heavenly Miracles. When I learned that Laura would not live to see that last book published, I did an e-book excerpt version in order for her to be able to participate one last time. Laura's e-book became an instant bestseller. And the thousands of emails and prayers that you all sent eased her final few weeks. Laura died two years ago, on November 4, 2000. And although I'd been in the book world for twenty years, when Laura died I just didn't want to think about books again. She'd worked alongside me in the publishing world, too, and if I no longer had Laura to work with I didn't want to write books, didn't want to read books, and certainly didn't want to publish any new projects In the back of my mind, though, there was a small thought that wouldn't go away. It was an idea for a book that had formed in my mind when Laura first called me with her diagnosis so many years ago. She was 32 then, the mother of two small children, and terrified. Here was my thought -- that what breast cancer patients like Laura needed was not another scary medical book that talked about their "condition" or their "treatment" or their "prognosis". No -- what women like Laura needed was a beautiful book that would make them feel strong, make them feel hopeful. At the time, I hadn't been able to convince my boss to let me do it. Maybe now was the time to try again. Despite my depression and sadness, I picked up the phone to get yet one more book started on its way. That book now exists. And it is beautiful indeed. The cover glows with the warm orange, blue and green of the famous breast cancer stamp you see everywhere. The Breast Cancer Book of Strength and Courage: Inspiring Stories to See You Through Your Journey was published by Prima Publishing just a few weeks ago. No, I didn't write the book. But I was able to convince Ernie Bodai, the amazing breast cancer surgeon who was the driving force behind the United States Postal Service's Breast Cancer Research Stamp, to join forces with a woman named Judie Panneton to collect stories from survivors around the country who all shared their stories in the hope that other breast cancer patients could tap into their bravery and fortitude. To extend a warm and knowing hand towards those who had just been diagnosed -- to reach across the distance and place a loving arm around their shoulders to give them strength when they and their family need it most. I didn't have the strength to talk to survivors because my friend had died. But Ernie and Judie got the job done for me. I can't give a copy of this book to Laura, since it's too late. The book is here for you, though. You can give The Breast Cancer Book of Strength and Courage to a friend who needs it, you can donate a copy to your local library so that a frightened woman can find it there on the shelf. Or you just might need it yourself right now. The breast cancer stamp has raised millions for breast cancer research -- more than thirty million dollars. And Dr. Bodai's royalties for this official stamp tie-in go straight to funding more research and education. Between the book and the stamp, perhaps in another few years the cure will be found. Please help me make this book a success, for all of us. Go now to your local bookseller or your favorite online site (you can click on the link below), and tell 'em Laura sent you. Jennifer Basye Sander JSander@randomhouse.com Write Jennifer and let her know your thoughts on her story! ___________________________________________ Jennifer is the senior editor at Prima Publishing, a division of Random House. The author and co-author of more than thirty books including including Heavenly Miracles (Wm. Morrow). You can review and obtain The Breast Cancer Book at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761563555/qid=1041878302/sr=1-1/straighfromthe0a/104-0097974-8305502 _________________________________________ Thought For The Day: "The strength of a person consists in finding out the way God is going and going that way." Verse for the Day: "I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 8:12 Kid's Thought for the day: "Hot lunch sounds better than it tastes." Parent's Thought For The Day "Children miss nothing in sizing up their parents. If you are only half convinced of your beliefs, they will quickly discern that fact." Coach's Thought For The Day "Work without vision is slavery. A vision without work is a dream. But vision with work is a success story." Writer's Thought For The Day: "Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain." --Elie Wiesel Deep Thought For The Day: "I lost twenty pounds. Unfortunately, I was in England at the time." _________________________________________ MICHAEL T. POWERS www.HeartTouchers.com "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 _________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in HeartTouchers.com are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." (All of which violates Copyright Law and the rights of the authors.) This e-mail may be forwarded in its entirety, but please do not cut and paste the stories to be used elsewhere unless you have contacted and been given permission by the individual writer. Thank you so much for honoring the rights of those writers who graciously share their stories with us! __________________________________________ Video Imagery --Michael's Video Production Business Dear Michael, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the beautiful video you made for me! It was so special to see both of my parents in tears as they watched their children grow up in pictures before their eyes! I loved the way you made Estania's part set aside from the rest--that was the part that really got them! The music was beautiful. My mom kept blubbering, "What song is that?" I don't know how you did such a beautiful job with the video in such a short time. I really appreciate your doing it so quickly. You have a wonderful gift, and I thank God that you are using it to create such sentimental memories. I hope that I can find my niche like that in an area that I love. Your video gave us one of our most lasting Christmas memories! I hope yours was filled with moments to be treasured forever! Love, Trisha Silverhill, AL Let me make you a video from your photos! Check out my video production business by visiting: http://www.hearttouchers.com/video_imagery/ ___________________________________________ Would you like to see your story in HeartTouchers.com? Writer's guidelines can be found on our Web site here: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/guidelines/ __________________________________________ Do you feel as if life has no meaning for you? http://www.greatcom.org/english/four.htm __________________________________________ A number of people have written to us asking what an EBook is, since our book is being offered in both print and EBook versions. An EBook is a book that can be downloaded and read right on your computer. The advantage of ordering the EBook is that is costs less, $8.95 (No other charges), as compared to $14.95 + shipping and handling for the print book. Plus you can download the EBook and begin reading the stories in a few minutes! EBooks are read via Acrobat Reader, which is software that most of you already have on your computer. And if for some reason you don't, it can be downloaded free of charge at the web site. So for those of you who don't want to wait for the print book to be delivered, check out this web site to order the EBook version of Straight From the Heart "A Celebration of Life." http://www.booklocker.com/bookpages/michaeltpowers01.html |
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