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I greatly enjoyed this entire evening.
As my first reading, I was very nervous, which was strange since in my
other occupation I have presented to conference rooms filled with hundreds of
professionals without hesitation. But tonight, I got the jelly legs and had to
fight through a pounding heart to read a fraction of my story. Perhaps it
was because this book is so important to me.
Deciding what to
read was a challenge but after consulting with my daughter, I settled upon an
excerpt from chapter 15 where Sembuh and Antik share a meal of ants and Sembuh
reveals that he has received the memory gift. It is one of my favorite
interactions and I found that it was very well received by the audience.
Afterward, some of the attendees approached me to express their interest
in the story. Some spoke from an animal-friendly point of view and others
from a more personal perspective; having known someone who experienced a coma.
One gentleman told me that he once led a prayer group surrounding the hospital
bed of a comatose friend. When the group held hands and spoke the Lord’s
Prayer, the patient joined in mid sentence. He did not awake, but he did
complete the prayer. I suspect I will hear many stories like that as I
talk to readers about my book. It further confirms my conviction that a
comatose mind is not inactive, it is just quiet to the outside eyes.
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