About The Book

MICHELANGELO. Detail from "Creation of Adam," portion of the Sistine Ceiling. 1508-12. Fresco.

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 Genesha 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?”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Preface
About the Editors
What Is Fate? . . . Thomas Wilson
Jacob! Jacob! Reborn September 11, 2001 . . . Arlene Uslander
Journey to Healing . . . Andrea Eberly
Miracle in Alexandria . . . Vicka Markov Surovtsov
Better Lucky than Good . . . Dave Gitomer
Desert Boomerang . . . Steven Manchester
Fate on the Fly . . . Brenda Warneka
Unlikely Bouquet . . . Terese Yapel
We All Cross Paths for a Reason . . . Jamie D'Antoni
Time for Life . . . Jill Ronsley
What Is Fate? . . . Jerry Bower
Go Home . . . Jennie L. Phipps
921 Earthquake: It Could Have Been Us . . . Beth Fowler
"Honor, Courage, and Commitment": Saving Jack Roush . . . Brenda Warneka
A Star Is Watching . . . Abha Iyengar
Grandmother Spirits . . . Mary-Alice Boulter
The Train Not Taken . . . Renie Burghardt
Plato Never Swamped a Dozer . . . Charles Hackenberry
Freddy Lucks Out . . . Reggie Maxwell
Tara's Journey . . . Patricia Hopper Patteson
Twister of Fate . . . Jan Tyler
The Amazing Tablecloth . . . As told by Rabbi Adam Glickman
Mabel's Dream . . . Janice Baylis
Fate Springs Maternity . . . Wendy Meckel
The Angel That Couldn't Fly . . . Michael T. Dolan
The Sapphire Ring . . . Katherine O'Neal Kimsey
Mother's Voice . . . Garnet Hunt White
The Wig . . . Brenda Warneka
A Life-Altering Twist of Fate . . . Katia Gusarov
Her Brother's Keeper . . . Darryl C. Didier
Swimmer's Delight . . . Virginia K. Sparks
Pop's Angel Lounge . . . Garnet Hunt White
The Fate of Aspirin . . . Rusty Fischer
The Hand of Destiny . . . Julia Macdonell
What Is Fate? . . . Amy Casey
Taxi Driver's Passenger . . . From Reuters
The Emissary . . . Sigfried Brian Barger
Finding Daniel Joseph . . . T.J. Banks
The Seat in the Window . . . Arlene Uslander
Blessed . . . Moushumi Chakrabarty
The Wave . . . by Mark S. Daniels
The Sisters . . . Brenda Warneka
Wrong Trains, Wrong Stations . . . Mishel Hawas
Nothing Beats a Failure but a Try . . . Wanda Hall-Johnson
A Whisper in July . . . Katherine Marsh
Some Kind of Miracle . . . Arlene Uslander
The Curve . . . Ann Lucas Peters
Was it Luck or Something Else? . . . Norm Clarke
Dispatched . . . Susan Lynn Kingsbury
"My New Family" . . . Florence J. Paul
On the Wings of Love . . . Nicole Allen
Norman . . . Ruby Bayan
Fawn's Choice . . . Colleen Kay Behrendt
The Man on the Flying Trapeze . . . Sylvia E. Hand
Epilogue: Earthshakes . . . Jerry Bower

11/04/04