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Tragedies often bring communities together, but for the COVID-19 pandemic, we were forced to stay apart. Nevertheless, there were moments of deep connection. In this essay collection, doctors and nurses risk infection to care for the dying gasping for air; patients battle for their lives; and ordinary people discover extraordinary pockets of light in a time of darkness.

We expect inspiration in sunsets, blooming flowers, and mountain-top views. And in turn we've come to not expect it elsewhere: in the tragic or mundane. This essay collection challenges this categorization of wonder, light, and beauty. Fourteen authors share their experiences of finding light in unexpected places. In a disaster, on a dreary morning commute. In squawking gulls, aging bodies, and seeing the way a friend signs his name. Wherever you are, whatever thoughts might be racing through your mind, light is available. It might be just around the corner.Table of ContentsIntroductionCANDLES IN THE SNOW Kristin Procter, Snow and Bones Maria Jerinic, My Anti-Vegas Alaina Isbouts, The First Snow Amanda Nevada DeMel, Ice Petal FlowersHIDDEN LIGHT IN FAMOUS EVENTS World Trade Center Attack, New York, 11 September 2001 Erik Pihel, Toward LightMurder of James Foley, Raqqa, 19 August 2014 Emily Skelding, Long Distance LossMexico City Earthquake, Mexico City, 19 September 2017 Ligia de Wit, The Heart of the CityNorthern California Wildfires, Sonoma, 8 October 2017 Fran Braga Meininger, As the World We Knew BurnedTHE WONDER OF THE ORDINARY Toti O'Brien, Beautiful Bones Marcy Darin, Ode to an Expressway Egret Laura Valdez-Pagliaro, Two but Not Two Celeste Snowber, Gull Woman Wes Choc, Fore or Aft?UNTETHERED Beth Rosenberg, Untethered

Mia reads fairy tales of stepmothers holding back heroes and heroines. but Mia's own stepmom isn't like the ones in fairy tales: she's kind and generous. With Mommy's help, Mia rewrites her own story to match the love she sees all around her. With a child's wonder, Mia steps past the barriers set up by the adults in her life and begins to help Mommy make the challenging transition to a new life of limitless possibilities.StepMOMs' Infinite Love clears up misconceptions about divorce through storytelling. It shows how a parent's love can unchain the past and free life to move onward while children are free to love and be loved. It reveals love's invisible magic and how it's accessible to everyone.Watch the pain of divorce overcome by magical love!