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Summary: Let the tears flow
Review: Children suffering, children in pain, children dying. How can we comprehend? How can we offer comfort to a parent or to the child...or maybe even face this dilemma of losing a child ourselves?? The pediatric doctor, Diane Komp, ever-so-lovingly takes us to the bedsides and into the homes and relates story after story of courage and love and faith. It's the little children who lead us.....away from materialism....back to God..... and to cherish those relationships. An excellent book to offer as a gift to those facing such mental anguish and which lends itself to opening a window of understanding to God's love.
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Summary: Just a little glimpse of Heaven
Review: I first ran across the name of Diane Komp a few years ago in a Christianity Today article -- her name or the article itself did not catch my attention but this excerpt did:"Today many children with leukemia are cured, but this was not the case when Anna first became sick. Her therapy brought her periods of time when she was disease-free over the five years she received treatment, but she faced the end of her life at age seven. Before she died, she mustered the final energy to sit up in her hospital bed and say: 'The angels - they're so beautiful! Mommy, can you see them? Do you hear their singing? I've never heard such beautiful singing!' Then she laid back on her pillow and died." (p.28) So began the spiritual journey of this doctor, who was self-described as being somewhere between an agnostic and an atheist. I made a mental note to read this book in the future but quickly forgot about it until few days ago. Subconsciously, as I was preparing for a Pediatric Surgery rotation in October, I remembered Anna's last words. After few searches on Google with "Mommy," "angel," "doctor," and "faith," I found the book again. I got this book in the mail today and finished reading it in one sitting, in about two hours. (This is rather RARE for me, but the book is rather short, only 113 pages long, and very gripping) I almost cried several times while reading the book -- not because it was so sad. Does Jesus drive a school bus? I think so. You'll have to read the book ...
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Summary: An awakening of the heart and soul for believers.
Review: I recently lost my brother. He was not a child when he died at the age of 30 but I drew so much from this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who is dealing with the death of a loved one. I realized that my brother was no alone on his journey to Heaven. It's given me peace in my heart.
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Summary: An awakening of the heart and soul for believers.
Review: I recently lost my brother. He was not a child when he died at the age of 30 but I drew so much from this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who is dealing with the death of a loved one. I realized that my brother was no alone on his journey to Heaven. It's given me peace in my heart.
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Summary: This book deals mostly with death by cancer
Review: If you are looking for a book to help you with the healing process for a child who died by accident, you may not feel that you can relate to this book. However, her stories of children seeing God and Jesus before they died did bring me a sense of peace, hoping that my little cousin DJ did the same.
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Summary: This book deals mostly with death by cancer
Review: If you are looking for a book to help you with the healing process for a child who died by accident, you may not feel that you can relate to this book. However, her stories of children seeing God and Jesus before they died did bring me a sense of peace, hoping that my little cousin DJ did the same.
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Summary: great book
Review: This book has be very inspirational for me. It has been hard to find in the book stores. I am very glad that I could purchase it through the intenet.
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Summary: A Perscription for the Heart
Review: You will sob when you read this book but it will also give you a sense of peace. Being a health care provider, I have been in search of understanding the suffering of children throughout my career. Dr. Komp does not try to explain it but lets her patients help the reader make some sense of it. Her stories are beautifully and tenderly written with the utmost respect for the dignity of her young patients and their families. I have given this book to my nursing students who have worked with children with cancer. Regardles of thieir religious affiliation, they have found comfort in her words. I wish that this book could be required reading for all medical & nursing student prior to sending them out into the world of practice.
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