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  Precerpt (excerpt from book prior to publication):  Raising God's Rainbow Makers  (Mahlou) Doah was a surprise (well, so were the other three) who quite fortuitously was predicted to be born in Pittsburgh, PA around Christmas Day 1977 -- semester break from my studies at near-by Renboro University. However, it was my grandson, Nathaniel, who ended up being born on Christmas day. Doah was born quite early, messing up both my teaching schedule and studies (and creating quite a lot of subsequent havoc due to all his medical issues -- 30 years later, he is still creating havoc, mostly due to his overly inquisitive and highly extroverted nature, coupled with some serious mental challenges). I don't remember all my labors, but I do remember Doah's. I went into labor while teaching a foreign language class! I managed to make it through the class (my stubborn nature, which does not always serve me well) and asked one of the students in the "college over 60" program to s...

  Simone: The Gamma Queen At 18 years old—well beyond the typical 10–15 year lifespan of Himalayans—Simone is not just surviving; she’s sovereign. In human years, she’s a centenarian, and she wears her age like a velvet robe: soft, regal, and quietly commanding. Simone is a classic Gamma: independent yet affectionate, serene yet perceptive. She loves attention but never demands it. Combing her long fur brings forth deep, quiet purrs—like a low chant from a feline monastery. Though arthritis and blindness have softened her physical presence, they’ve only deepened her emotional one. Her eyes, once brilliant blue, now clouded, still hold the memory of every gaze exchanged over nearly two decades. Her throne is a sleep number bed—higher than most, and perfectly suited to her new role as a tree cat. Once a bush cat who preferred low, hidden spaces, Simone now reigns from above, protected and elevated. During the day, she climbs three soft stairs to reach her perch, where cloth pads h...

    Excerpt from   Heart to Heart Resuscitation: My Journal  by Victor Montgomery III --   Third Pathway We made a conscious effort, a decision, to connect with others and reconnect with the person each of us was before the trauma. The time has come to be coached, seeking the positive power of choice versus being victimized by past experiences of war and seeking the meaning to having survived. We must honestly and openly begin to find relief by seeking help from a power greater than ourselves, and from other people we can learn from and begin to trust. To find relief, we seek a source of help from veteran buddies whom we can learn to trust to help us renew our understandings of human emotions and spiritual qualities we fear we have lost. And we must come to a place when we are ready to make a genuine decision to turn our will and our life over to the care of God as we understand God. We must trust in this decision. Consider carefully the following questi...