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November 9, 2006 - Reading at the Bethlehem Library:

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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"Eye of the Needle" near Custer State Park, South Dakota