Angelina Fast-Vlaar
"Speak encouraging words one to another."
Seven Angels For Seven Days
"Best New Canadian Christian Author 2004"
A true story of mystery, grief, healing and God's amazing faithfulness.
"A gripping read."
"Beautifully crafted."
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The Valley of Cancer
The story of a 17-month sojourn with cancer.
This deeply touching story brings hope to those affected by this disease.
"I pick up your book again and again and each time I'm encouraged."
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Also see... www.thevalleyofcancer.com
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When I was a child in Grade three in bomb-flattened Holland after WWII, our teacher assigned us to write a story. I wrote a story about a girl trying to escape out of a burning building. I wondered why I cried writing it. My teacher entered the story in a contest and it won first prize! What a thrill!
As an adult, I've written more stories. True stories - mostly about a woman trying to muddle through life. The stories became books. I entered Seven Angels for Seven Days in a contest and it won first prize! What a thrill!
I obviously wrote the child's story to help me cope with the atrocities of the war. The adult stories began as journal entries written to help me live through the valleys and desert places I found myself in.
Seven Angels for Seven Days came from my 1987-89 journals and describes a mysterious time of great joy and great grief. The Valley of Cancer: A Journey of Comfort and Hope came about while I struggled with a year of weekly chemotherapy treatments for stage three colon cancer.
There is power in a story. We see ourselves in other people's stories and learn about ourselves. Reading about others who had travelled the same road I was on, fascinated and encouraged me. My prayer is that you may find encouragement (and fascination!) in the reading of my stories.