Reviews for Grace for the Moment: Inspirational Thoughts for Each Day of the Year, Vol. 1

The average rating for Grace for the Moment: Inspirational Thoughts for Each Day of the Year, Vol. 1 based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-06-26 00:00:00 Mark Doherty This book is very special to me. It was given to me after a rough year in my life; my step daughter moved out in anger, my husbands grandmother (who was more like his mother) choked to death in the nursing home after sipping on water, a friend who survived a double lung transplant and was thriving in life got a rare blood bacteria and died within 48 hours, another friend got an almost unheard of form of cancer and died and then my house burned, taking everything I owned. All of that happened in a six month period, while I was working the most I ever had in a job that required my soul (not literally, but it felt like is stole my soul). The doctor I was working for, scheduled a consultant to review our practice. This is a three day, in depth process. Almost like someone digging through your closet looking for skeletons. He forgot to tell me about it and I found out the day before she was arriving. I was dealing with all that I mentioned above, trying to build a new home, fill out hundreds of pages of paperwork for my homeowners insurance to claim our losses, and still manage a multi million dollar practice. Stressed is an understatement. The next morning, the consultant, Annette, came in. I tried my best to be professional, polite and give her all of the things she was asking for. After lunch, she closed the door to my office and said she wanted to talk. She could tell something going on, despite my smile and professional appearance. I told her I was a little stressed because I had just found out the day before that she was coming and it caught me off guard. She said God told her there was more to the story. All of a sudden, I broke down sobbing. I don't cry easily and had not even taken the time to cry over all that had happened that year. Now I find myself sobbing and pouring my heart out to a total stranger, who by the way, invaded my territory at the worst time possible. :) She hugged and comforted me just as a mother would. Then she said she wanted to share her story, because she could relate to the stress I was carrying and the fact that I had shoved it deep, down inside so I wouldn't have to face it all. She said she rarely told her entire story but that she felt "led by God" to share the detailed version with me. She was in the second World Trade Center tower when the planes struck. She proceeded to tell me her amazing story of survival, in vivid and graphic details that you don't hear about on the 9/11 documentaries. During that same time period, her husband died from brain cancer (exact same type of cancer my mother died from years later) and her beautiful home in West Palm Beach, FL, flooded. She cried. I cried. I felt as though my story paled in comparison to hers, but she insisted that wasn't so. It was MY story and it was MY pain. We had the same pain, just different stories, but she insisted it wasn't the story that mattered. It was the hurt inside of us and the healing that had to take place. Her best friend had given her this book as she was facing the struggles with PTSD and unimaginable grief and hurt from the experience. She strongly suggested I get the book and read it. I told her I would. Then she went to her briefcase and got her copy of the book out that her friend had given her. She said she was afraid that I wouldn't get to the store to buy the book so she was giving me her copy, and she would stop on her way back home to get her another copy. I was amazed at the fact she would give me a book that was so special to her and given to her by a precious friend. Such a selfless act of kindness and compassion. We are still friends to this day and share a special relationship through email and social networking, even though we haven't seen each other in 12 years. This book has touched my heart at just the right time, over and over again, since she gave it to me in 2002. I often give it as a gift.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-01-05 00:00:00 Matthew Cromie This is a very nice book to keep by your bedside. It has a page for each day of the year that includes a short message/inspirational thought for the day. A nice way to end your day on a positive note. (it does have a Christian theme, though - so if that does not appeal to you, then you might want to skip this one)