"Time's Memories" holds recollections within its pages that we should never forget.
Mirella has combined heart-warming short stories, a section of comedic incidents in a retirement home, and snippets of war memories from those who lived during such times. Mirella hopes the war memories shared here will open the eyes to the un-glory of war. She also hopes the readers will have a chuckle over the retirement home incidents.
Not all in life is bleak, and Mirella has kept her faith in God, even during life's darkest hours.
Written By Mirella Coacci van der Zyl
Edited by Mary M. Cushnie-Mansour
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From readings, conversations with other people, and her doctor’s comments, Mirella gathered information about this mysterious disease, cancer. Even though Mirella was a pastor, ministering to those in hospitals, she felt she should have been more positive. Faced with her own illness, though, she had no words to reassure the patients that God was in the midst of their suffering. Mirella had no arguments to help them cope, to give them the courage to fight one day at a time. How could she say these things if, at times, she struggled to believe them herself? Mirella realized we are all human when these sorts of things enter our lives, but as she journeyed through her bouts with cancer, she also realized how much her faith helped her along each step of the way. Written by Mirella Coacci van der Zyl Edited by Mary M. Cushnie-Mansour and Regina Jetleb
