Yesterday, 11.02.2025, was Our Lady of Lourdes Feast. I recalled the peaceful and
miraculous time I had in Lourdes, France, in 2022.
The tiny candle that burned a small flame in the votive stand was almost dying. It was still burning overnight there for a reason. It was so I could light my candle in the wee hours of the morning at the Grotto when no one was around.
Our Lady shone her light on me when I was six. The bright light illuminated her statue and beautiful, beautiful face, filling me with awe. The light from the statue covered me that day and throughout my life because I had to endure tragic and fearsome times to stay alive. Maybe she kept me alive so I could tell my story one day.
Here's my story from France:
Happy Feast Day to Catholics everywhere.
You can read my part memoir, Raised by God, here. It's free with Kindle Unlimited, USD2.99 on Kindle, and the paperback edition is available on Amazon. Thank you for reading and listening.
A Bientot
-shobana-
My book, From Skopje to India, is in the final stages of editi,ng and I am hoping to have it
published in the next few days.
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The story is inspired by the life of Mother Teresa. Please note that it is fiction. However, I write about a girl from Skopje and describe the scenes and landscape of North Macedonia, the land of the Great Ottomans. She disguises herself as a boy so she can travel safely across to the other side of the world.
She reaches the culturally diverse Indian continent and travels to Calcutta. But first, her life story in India begins in a Buddhist temple in New Delhi...
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