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My Testimony (about me): Mom, Wife, Bible-believer, Published Author of short stories and of the Christian fantasy Wind Follower.

C.S. Lewis said that grief felt like a physical pain, a pressure on the lower chest. George Bernard Shaw said that a broken heart was not weeping but indifference. But no one ever told me that grief -in the case of my father-- could stay unfelt in the heart while it actively made and unmade our lives. Or that grief Bin the case of the lost Jamaican days and those painful old school days-- could transmute itself into fear and neediness. But this is what I’m beginning to understand.
It’s strange to say that my father has never mattered to me. My other friends railed at their missing fathers, threw themselves into dizzying tasks to impress emotionally distant dads. Not I. I never tried missed or hated him. I never thought of "Daddy" at all. Sure there were signs of grief: Especially in my dating life. I dated whites, yellows, reds, browns. But no blacks. And with no obvious hatred in my heart, I simply was not attracted to them. But the men I dated always had large families which I kept hoping would adopt me. So the "effect" of the missing Dad was always there even if I didn’t consciously feel the loss. Yet I always felt that this bereftness, this powerlessness, this isolation had more to do with the school-years and "group and cultural dynamics."

This was the preamble, then to the angelic vision I received when I was 16. I was studying the Bible. During those times, I had horrendous nightmares of being pursued by a "Godfather" type figure who seemed intent on harming me. C.S. Lewis wrote that many people don’t believe in God simply because they do not want to have another Father. But then it hadn’t occurred to me that my inability to trust in God was rooted in the fact that I had no real father. Nor did the fact that the nightmare "Godfather" might be the same Person I referred to in my prayers as "God, Father in Heaven."

But there I was, reading the Bible and lying in bed when for no reason at all, I turned towards the wall. That was when I saw a being standing there. To say I was surprised is an understatement. The being whom I saw was a far cry from the typical angel one might see in greeting cards. There were no feathers, for instance, no wings. The being was plain and simply made up of light. It was as if someone had taken a fine-point pencil or chiseling tool and drawn a pencil sketch on the wall. Except that instead of dark still lines, what I saw was living moving light, a fine-featured being finely-etched like a drawing but quite real. The being wore a crown and except for a smile did not seem to move. And it is this smile that I will always remember.
It was a smile that seemed to say he understood everything about me - good and bad- yet loved me anyway. I don’t think I can adequately describe the feeling of intimacy and personal attachment that this person seemed to feel for me. It was as if we were old friends, as if he had always been there with me and would always be there with me. Here was a being to whom I was completely known and completely loved. A being with complete good humor and a sweet conspiratorial kindness in his eyes. All I could do was smile at him, as if to say, "Oh, it’s you!"

The funny thing was that this angel did not say anything. He didn’t tell me any great spiritual truths about my life or the world. But his very presence showed me that there was a world where good and love and God existed. During the following years, I have endured several trials. During these times I have asked myself, "How could God allow this to happen to me if He still exists?" I have asked God to send his loving angel to me several times to comfort me. That request has not been granted and the angel has never reappeared. But, with the help of the Bible, this visitation has healed my past fatherlessness and has been a healing balm to the lovelessness of my earlier life. Whenever I am about to fail under the strain of the trials in my life, I remember the sweet sweet smile of that being from another country. The memory of a person I have yet to truly meet has stayed with me. And every thing in me longs for that wonderful loving country that is and has always been my Home.

Full Name: Carole McDonnell

City:: Peekskill,

State:: NY

Zip Code: 10566

Country: USA

Website:: http://www.carolemcdonnell.blogspot.com

Facebook or MySpace URL: http://www.myspace.com/carolemcdonnell

Relationship Status:: Married

Gender: Female

How did you hear about us?: looking through group

What is your Christian faith level?: On Fire for Jesus

Your Home Church & Location?: Peekskill, NY

Wind Follower by Carole McDonnell

Fantasy/Spiritual
ISBN-10: 0809557797
ISBN-13: 978-0809557790
348 pages, $12.95

A fourth tribe has come to the land of the three tribes; the light-skinned newcomers are fated to change the tribes' way of life and religion. Satha, a dark-skinned woman from a poor Theseni clan, and Loic, her wealthy young Doreni husband, are too busy forging their new life together to pay much heed. But when Satha is dishonored and Loic must avenge her, they find themselves drawn into a cultural battle. Kidnapped and enslaved, Satha strives to retain her autonomy. Loic struggles against the Arkhai, spirits who fear his his quest will lead him to the true god whose place they have usurped. With the Creator's aid there remains hope they will be reunited and find their mutual destiny, even if it means losing the love and respect of their comrades, families, clans, and tribes.

My speculative fiction is fantasy and magical realism. The key elements I use in are spiritual quests, Afrocentric and First Peoples' World folklore and religion.

I am currently working on two novels, a Christian horror novel called Dark Inheritance and another fantasy called The Constant Tower.

I began writing as a teenager.

My favorite author is Shakespeare. My favorite book is the Bible. I have too many favorite movies to list.

What do readers need to know about you and your works? That I love religion. That I hate politics but politics ends up in my books anyway. That I'm a sucker for romance.

Carole McDonnell holds a BA degree in Literature from SUNY Purchase and has spent most of her years surrounded by things literary. Her writings appears in various anthologies including “So Long Been Dreaming: Post-colonialism in science fiction,” edited by Nalo Hopkinson and published by Arsenal Pulp Press; Fantastic Visions III" anthology published by Fantasist Enterprises; “Jigsaw Nation” published by Spyre publications, "Life Spices from Seasoned Sistahs: writings by mature women of color,” “Then an angel came along,” published by Pleasant Word Books Her reviews appear in print and at various online sites. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Her novel is Wind Follower published by Juno Books and she is currently working on The Constant Tower to be published by Marcher Lord Press. She is also currently working on a Christian horror novel called Dark Inheritance.

My Bible study, "Basics in Bible Study" is up at lulu.

http://www.lulu.com/content/1832478

You can buy it or you can download it to your computer or kindle for free. Please pass this message on to your friends.

Here's a review from the rawsistaz

http://www.therawreviewers.com/artman/publish/SeedsofBibleStudy.shtml

Carole McDonnell

"Engrossing, perceptive, earthy, and provocative, Carole McDonnell's debut novel, Wind Follower is a soulful, mythic epic of race, class, and cultural divisions that speaks volumes to the important questions of our day. Her lead characters, Satha and Loic, are vividly depicted, fully realized in this magical world. She can write scenes that plug completely into all of the key emotions of the reader, alternately spellbinding and disturbingly masterful." -- Robert Fleming, author of Havoc After Dark and Fever In The Blood

"Wind Follower is a page-turner right from the beginning. It is a story of love, despair, compassion, revenge, spiritual battle, healing, enlightenment and reunion.
-- Alice Teh, The Long and Short of It

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At 2:01pm on October 18, 2008, Deanna Mattingly said…: Hey Carole and welcome to Lifespace! I'm so glad you have joined us:) We look forward to hearing all about the many great and wonderful things God has done for you and in your life! Be encouraged!

At 5:50am on November 6, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: May God continue to bless you and give you an open door which no man can close

At 9:28am on November 6, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: The lord shall make a way for you where there seems to be no way

At 9:29am on November 6, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: The lord shall make a way for you where there seems to be no way

At 9:53am on November 6, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: God's mighty hand will ever be present with you to save ,heal and deliver you in Jesus name amen

At 3:55am on November 7, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: When i was praying this morning it was dropped in my heart to tell you that God will perfect everything that concerns you

At 2:20am on November 10, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: I want to be praying for you regularly.I perceive in my spirit that there a lot of things God wants to use you to do in our generation .But,please,can you tell me a little about your husband? My ministry is engaging in soul winning.Many people are giving their lives to Christ regularly under my ministry.We are faced with the challenge of providing them with gospel tracts,literatures and Bibles to help them grow spiritually.Please,if God touches you to help us,you can mail them to me or you can wire a money donation so that we can buy them here.Remember,this is a miracle seed.God will surely reward you.

At 3:00am on November 12, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: Hi,i hope it is well with you.I have not heard from you for some time now.But i know that God is in control of your life.Rejoyce always because God has given you victory

At 3:01am on November 12, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: Hi,i hope it is well with you.I have not heard from you for some time now.But i know that God is in control of your life.Rejoyce always because God has given you victory

At 3:01am on November 12, 2008, Ben Okoroma said…: Hi,i hope it is well with you.I have not heard from you for some time now.But i know that God is in control of your life.Rejoyce always because God has given you victory