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Just a coincidence or meant to be? FATE. This exciting collection of true stories poses that intriguing question.
Beth Fowler's experience in Taiwan's major earthquake is featured in The Simple Touch of Fate
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Book Description
This is a fascinating collection of stories revealing compassion, mystery, humor and warmth, written by people from various walks of life as they tell about their personal brush with FATE. A computer engineer experiences the touch of the unknown as he learns that the plane he was scheduled to be on has crashed into the World Trade Center.
A father and daughter, trying to escape from war-torn Egypt, lose something very precious, but find it in such an incredible way that they are sure Fate has favored them.
A woman from India relates the strange way in which she is given a Genasha God statue that has been blessed by a revered Swami. The stories evoke the texture of life in an elegant yet gentle mosaic that confirms the unseen hand of fate touching all our lives.
This book is about all different kinds of Fate. The common thread is that each story raises the question: “Was that just a coincidence—or was it meant to be?”
Excerpt
Around 2 a.m. our bed, our bedroom, the whole apartment, the entire thirteen-story building jerked back and forth. Doors creaked. Houseplants shimmied. Furniture jittered. Water sloshed in the toilet bowls. A large mirror shattered, shards sailed across the room.
Seismographic maps of Taiwan depict epicenters speckling the entire island and fault lines slashing across it.
Every year 1000 tremors remind Taiwan she's an emerald gem situated on the earthquake belt. Sometimes the tectonic movements feel good and lull one into the fantasy of Mother Nature rock-a-bye-babying a giant cradle.
This was no lullaby.
Violent juddering continued.
Groggily, Tom asked, "Is this…?"
"Yes!" I said.
(from 921 Earthquake: It Could Have Been Us, by Beth Fowler)
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