Unity in Diversity

This is a HAPPY POST! For two reasons –

-today’s excerpt from my book is heart-warming

-my book is published and you can buy it!

First here is the excerpt from my book:

“Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!”

I joined in the singing with the Vietnamese family around the table. A glamorous cake sparkling with lit candles graced the spot in front of the ten-year-old birthday girl. Their dress and bearing revealed that they were rich city folks. Also, the fact that they sang in English. I did not know a single one of them.

Five minutes previously, they had drawn me into their orbit with smiling ‘come hither’ gestures, pulling out a chair and patting the seat. I ate my piece of cake and then nodded and smiled as they chatted. Soon the party was over, and the birthday family rose from the table and swooped out of the restaurant, chattering like a flock of jays. I returned to my solitary vigil at my own table.

A warm glow suffused my inner being. The kindness of the birthday family had ignited it. I remembered the term ‘unity in diversity.’ Words from an old Christian hymn seeped into my thoughts – “Blest by the tie that binds…” (Fawcet 1989)

What unifies us? What binds us together? It manifests in many different forms, but I believe the essence is LOVE.

Now, on to the HAPPY news about my book. At present, here is where you can purchase it-

.Friesen Press Bookstore (available in Canada, USA, United Kingdom, and Australia)

.Indigo.ca