It's a special day when a book is born, not just for the writer or the reader, or the family and friends of the writer...it's the day when someones words and thoughts are preserved forever.
Kissed By An Angel is more than just an anthology filled with amazing stories about children with special abilities...it's a book put together by an amazing group of women all in the name of love and hope.
Robyn Campbell's son Christopher has Sturge-Weber Syndrome. You can pop over to the Sturge-Weber Foundation site to learn a lot more than I can ever explain to you. The thing you automatically see when you meet someone with Sturge-Weber Syndrome is what is commonly called a port-wine stain, a dark red coloring over one part of their face, but that's just what is happening on the outside. On the inside lots of terrifying things are going on. Once Christopher had a headache for 18 months! I can't imagine the pain he was in and the pain Robyn was in watching him. There was nothing doctors could do to help. A lot of praying was going on across the world for Christopher during that time. He has seizures constantly.
Imagine if this was your child. So...
This amazing group of writers ( Robyn Campbell, Lynn Kelley, Yvette Carol, Theresa Milstein, Cheryl Secomb, Catherine Johnson, Suzy Levinson, Erik Weibel, Hope Lim, Vivian Kirkfield, Ellen Leventhal) got together and wrote a book with the proceeds going to the Sturge-Weber Foundation. Perhaps, if enough awareness is it there about the suffering children and people who have this syndrome go through it will eventually lead to a cure.
Please take a moment and think about all the charity donations you make. Perhaps a book purchase, a Facebook post, and a tweet to encourage others to buy Kissed By An Angel will bring up awareness of Sturgis-Weber Syndrome and help children and families affected by this disease.
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Please consider buying a copy and sharing it with someone for Christmas.
Love you, love you. All of this and Wednesday looming on the horizon. Thank you for such a thoughtful, beautiful post. It made me cry. All of this. For my Christopher. Humbled. Honored. Praying and thinking of you. XOXOXOXO
ReplyDeleteI just retweeted your tweet and my daughter will retweet me and her friends can do the same.
ReplyDeleteI never knew about Sturge- Weber Syndrome. Reading about Christopher made me cry too.
Wishing you and your family a most wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year Sharon! Peace!
ReplyDeletexo Catherine
How lovely, Sharon! TY for posting this.
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon! This is a beyond awesome idea for an anthology! I can't wait to buy it! Good for Robyn! And thank you for posting this and getting the word out.
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful cause. I can't imagine suffering from a headache for 18 months.
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon and Robyn ... I love you both as generous supporters of us all - and being along with Robyn and her journey with Christopher has been enlightening and heart-rending at times. Good luck with the anthology ... "And an Angel is Born" ... I'll be over and will publicise it ...
ReplyDeleteCheers and have healing, peaceful 2016s ... Hilary
Thank you for your post, Sharon. I have prayed along with so many others for Christopher and think this anthology is a wonderful thing. All the best to Robyn and the other authors. I will go add this one to my wish list to get as soon as possible!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great cause and worth supporting. Merry Christmas from all of us!
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to see all these authors coming together for a great cause. Best wishes to you and them all for a MerrytChristmas!!
ReplyDeleteBig congratulations to Robyn! She's been through so much with Christopher.
ReplyDeleteThanks a million for this post, Sharon! Wonderful! Bless you!
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ReplyDeleteDelighted to see the amazing Robyn featured on your blog site. Such inspiring resilience of Christopher and a hopeful, heart warming story. Thank you.
Gary
Thanks for letting us know about this, Sharon. And awesome that you are in the anthology, Robyn. So sorry for all Christopher, you, and your family has endured. It's so hard to see a loved one go through chronic illness and suffering.
ReplyDeletePeace to you all for the New Year!
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