Publisher's Synopsis
An Inspirational story of faith, healing and miracles. This 33-page book is a riveting testimony and the true story of the life of a girl born to parents with a college education. The story is about a quiet, shy young girl who loves to read with her greatest strength in math and science. She becomes a single parent before she becomes of legal age and has to live with her parents. She has [two] near death strokes before she is eighteen years old. She withstands incredible pain in the midst of her mother's doubts. She embraces motherhood like any other teenage mother. She accepts her high school diploma from a wheelchair after being hospitalized and recovering from her last stroke. She doesn't allow life to prevent her from going on to graduate from college in spite of the residual effects from her strokes. She sees life as possibilities rather than pity.
Memory of Miracles by Beth Durkee is a must-read true story. The author discovers influences in her life from age three throughout college that she believes are coming directly from God. She has undeniable faith in the power of prayer. To have survived [two] strokes before she was eighteen is a miracle in and of itself. A captivating statement was "to be able to see a miracle, one must first believe." The author tells her story of miracles, her journey through joy, sadness, pain, happiness, and implausible belief, and faith in why situations occur when they do and for what reason. This story should inspire others to have faith. --Gracie Bradford for Readers' Favorite
When I was a child, I would sit in the church captivated by the calming resonation of chanted prayers. It provided a great sense of comfort to me-like leafing through a well-read leather-bound book. This was the first inkling I had of the place where my heart belonged-the Catholic Church.
As the years passed, no one would have known that my bright childhood would take a turn towards a seemingly dark and isolated future. There were many times when I skirted death-birthing complications and multiple emergency surgeries stemming from malformed blood vessels in my brain. What had saved me at these moments, were miraculous chance happenings that came at times when I prayed the hardest for them.
I lost a great many things-my balance, my gift for math and sciences, my visual clarity and my short term memory. It was a heavy burden that I still carry today. Even so, I knew that it was not the end... God must have had other plans for me. I was still here and there was a child that counted on me. I attained a Bachelor's degree in a prestigious Wisconsin university and found myself anew. If there is one thing I believe with conviction, it is that everything happens for a reason and that He has a plan for each and every one of us.
Do you ever find yourself wondering if God really exists or if He hears the prayers of His children? Allow me to help you find your answer by recounting with you my memory of true miracles.
