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Leaving A Legacy:
Author's Words Live on to Encourage and Inspire Others. Yours Can, Too--
If You Write Them Down and Submit Them
By Tina L. Miller
It's been a year now since the release of Lois Hilton Spoon's book entitled
"Running As Fast As I Can…A Survivor's Guide to Winning the Race Against
Breast Cancer." She would be celebrating, I'm sure-- if she were here
to do so.
Sadly, Lois lost her fight with breast cancer in 2002-- but she didn't give up
without a fight-- and her story is no less poignant now than it was when she
first wrote it.
The fact remains that exactly one year to the day after she was first diagnosed
with breast cancer on October 29, 1993, and was told she should, "Go home,
get your things in order, and prepare to die," she ran a 10-mile race.
That was on October 29, 1994.
With God's help, Lois ran an even longer race. Lois lived another eight
plus years beyond what was projected in 1993 and lived to see yet another dream
come true-- the publication of her first book, "Running As Fast As I Can,"
the
story of that race against breast cancer. Though Lois is now with the
Lord, her words will live on to encourage others-- those who may themselves be
afflicted with breast cancer or another form of cancer, those who love someone
who has been diagnosed with cancer, or someone who is simply going through some
trial in their life and can take comfort from her strength and the faith she had
in the Lord during the most difficult time in her life. In doing so, Lois
can continue to share her faith and love even now.
I never got to meet Lois Hilton Spoon in person-- she lived in Springdale,
Arkansas, and I live in northern Wisconsin, but I understand Lois was a
remarkable woman. We talked via telephone over the course of the year
prior to and immediately following the publication of "Running As Fast As I
Can" numerous times before she passed away. When I spoke with her,
she was always incredibly positive and focused on achieving her goal of sharing
her experience and her faith with others. I am honored to have been a
small part of helping her realize her dream, and I know that through her book,
her words will continue to inspire others for many years to come.
I, too, have a book in print. It's called "When A Woman Prays,"
and I pray that it will touch hearts and lives-- and, most importantly, souls--
with the message of God's unconditional love. One day when I am no longer
here, I hope that it will continue to do the Lord's work and help people to
develop a closer relationship with Him.
Here and now, I hope that it will also inspire other writers to pursue getting
their work published. You just never know what your words can do to help
someone else during a difficult time, to let someone know that they are not
alone-- that you, too, have experienced what they are going through and that if
you overcome it, so can they. But if you don't write it, no one will ever
be able to read it. And if you don't submit it, no one will ever have the
opportunity to read it. Your writing is a God-given talent. Don't
waste this precious, precious gift.
Write from the heart and soul, and your words may become like the words Lois
Hilton Spoon penned-- a legacy that will leave long beyond your own earthly life
to uplift others. Then send them in where they can be published and others
can read them!
"Running As Fast As I Can" and "When A Woman Prays"
are both available in bookstores across the nation, direct through the publisher
(Obadiah Press 1-866-536-3167), and at www.Amazon.com,
www.walmart.com,
and www.obadiahpress.com
and other online venues.
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