From Randi: Looking for Miracles

[Guest guest]

Looking For a Miracle

When very bad things happen, many people look to God for a miracle.

Especially at this time of year, the birth of Christ.

I know it's hard to see now, but miracles are around you if you take a

closer look. Had you searched for help not too many years ago, you would

have been alone in your search for hope and healing.

A decade ago, after my own search for answers for years of anguish dealing

with the BP in my life, I found out about this terrible disorder. On the

Internet, I met so many people in the same kind of pain. They were

mothers, sisters, grandmothers, adult children, and partners. And little,

vulnerable children. My dream began to take this tragedy in my life and

make some meaning of it by writing a book. The odds were against me. But I

gave up my job and made a leap of faith.

I found others who shared my mission. They dedicated their time to help on

the lists and the site. Edith, my guardian angel, spent all day, every

day, monitoring the list and answering people's question for a decade. She

gave them hope by sharing her own recovery. She felt a debt she had to

repay. At the age of 70-something, she shared my mission, too. How did we

find each other? For me, it was a miracle.

What are the chances that I would find a literary book agent who had had a

borderline in his life? And that after a year of trying, we found a

publisher who believed in me and was the exact type of publisher we

needed? " Stop Walking on Eggshells " has now sold 300,000 copies all over

the world; been translated into German, Croation, Spanish, German, and two

kinds of Chinese. And all of this without any marketing budget. The

chances of this happening is almost impossible. Could it be a miracle?

It was an accident that you found out about BPD and the WTO community.

Maybe you saw the SWOE title in the bookstore. Maybe a therapist just

happened to know of the book. But you unearthed an answer. There are 36

million family members out there, and you became one of the very, very few

to find this community. And that was a miracle.

Have you ever answered anyone's post with an " I've been there too "

message, or share your ideas of how to cope? Then you have been a blessing

for someone else. Your words may have made the difference, sending their

lives in a better direction. You've been part of someone else's miracle.

My friend singer/songwriter Newcomer sings: " You can pray for what

you want, or what you have instead, and you can open up your heart and ask

that you be lead. " That is yours to give you hope, always.

I wish all of you the best, this Christmas and every day. I thank you for

being such an important part of our community. You have changed people's

lives in ways you'll never know.

Randi Kreger

Randi Kreger

Eggshells Press

1915 N. Luther King Dr.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

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