Ketika orang yang kita cintai meninggalkan dunia ini, hu- bungan kita dengan mereka tidak berakhir.
Kadang mereka mengirimi kita tanda, atau datang kepada kita dalam mimpi atau sebagai malaikat. Iman kita akan diperbarui dan kita akan terpesona dengan kisah nyata yang menakjubkan dalam buku, seperti:
• Seorang wanita yang menemukan tulisan “Aku cinta kamu” dan “Aku akan selalu mencintaimu” yang secara ajaib muncul di foto lama mendiang suaminya.
• Seorang nenek penderita demensia yang tidak pernah diberitahu tentang kematian cucu tersayangnya, yang mengatakan cucunya mengunjunginya secara teratur, dan menceritakan detail kematian sang cucu yang tidak diketahui oleh anggota keluarga lainnya.
Amy Newmark is the bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. Since 2008, she has published 191 new Chicken Soup for the Soul titles, most of them national bestsellers in the U.S. and Canada, more than doubling the number of Chicken Soup for the Soul titles in print today.
Amy is credited with revitalizing the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand, which has been a publishing industry phenomenon since the first book came out in 1993. By compiling inspirational and aspirational true stories curated from ordinary people who have had extraordinary experiences, Amy has kept the thirty-year-old Chicken Soup for the Soul brand fresh and relevant.
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An amazing book that I was honored to be a part of in not just one, but two stories! Remember when looking for a sign, don't overlook the subtle ones. More often then not our loved ones sent us meaningful messages that are not meant for the rest of the world to observe.
Being a garden, my favorite story was Mom's Gladiola by Dorann Weber. Get your box of Kleenex ready.
BROUGHT BOOK HOME FROM CUMULUS STASH OF THINGS; MOSTLY FEMALE WRITERS SO THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED; I GAVE IT A TRY BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER BOOKS WITH ME TO READ AT THE MOMENT; GAVE UP TRYING TO FINISH IT; THE MESSAGES ARE POSITIVE BUT I JUST AM NOT INTO PEOPLE FROM THE DEAD LEAVING SIGNS AND MESSAGES. HAVING SAID THAT I DO BELIEVE IN ANGELS AND THAT THEIR IS A CLOUD OF WITNESSES THAT SURROUND MY JOURNEY OF FAITH SO WHO AM I TO SAY THAT THESE STORIES DID NOT HAPPEN.