On the Wing of a Prayer

About the Book

MY PRECIOUS DAUGHTER DEBORAH ROSE HERSKOVITZ, DIED IN MY ARMS AT THE AGE OF THIRTY-ONE . CYSTIC FIBROSIS TOOK HER LIFE ,NOT HER SPIRIT.

THE THIRTY-ONE YEARS THAT I SHARED WITH HER WERE A PRIVLEDGE.I AM TRULY BLESSED TO BE HER MOTHER,THEN AND NOW.OUR LOVE CANNOT BE SEPERATED BY DISTANCE.THIS BOOK IS AN ON GOING STORY OF HER FIGHT FOR HER LIFE,IN SPITE OF HER ILLNESS.IT IS AN OUT POURING OF MY EMOTIONS AND MY DETERMINATION AS A MOTHER TO NEVER GIVE UP.TO ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT UNDERSTOOD,THAT IT IS NOT WHAT LIFE GIVES YOU -GOOD OR BAD-EVERYTHING IS A PRESENT TO UNFOLD- IT IS HOW YOU HANDLE IT.

MY BOOK REVEALS TO ALL THAT READ IT,OUR JOURNEY - THROUGH MY EYES. IT ALLOWS THE READER TO COME INTO MY WORLD AND EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY THE PAIN BUT THE PRIVLEDGE OF BEING THERE.

I WAS BLESSED WITH THE THIRTY-ONE YEARS,GOD ALLOWED ME TO HAVE WITH HER.

I HOPE WHO EVER READS THIS, GAINS SOME INSIGHT ABOUT -LOVING-GRIEVING-AND KNOWING THAT DEATH DOES NOT STOP YOUR SPIRIT-FROM CONNECTING- TO THE ONE YOU HAVE LOST PHYSICALLY.

I WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY DAUGHTER IN MY LIFE- SHE IS EVERY WHERE I AM.

FRANCINE

About the Author

FRANCINE MADALINE -LESSER -HERSKOVITZ BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN- CONEY ISLAND-29TH STREET BETWEEN MERMAID AVENUE AND SURF AVENUE- ATTENDED MARK TWAIN J.H.S. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED MY B.A. FROM BROOKLYN COLLEGE- RECEIVED MY MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION FROM BROOKLYN COLLEGE- JUST A GOOD KID FROM THE STREETS OF BROOKLYN- YOU COULD ALWAYS FIND ME HANGING OUT- ON THE BEACH-CLOSEST PLACE TO G-D S DOMAIN THAT I COULD THINK OF-AND-STILL IS- OUT GOING-ON GOING-AND-FULL OF LIFE- MY TEACHERS ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT I WOULD DO WITH MY LIFE- WELL I BECAME A TEACHER OF BOTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL AS WELL AS J.H.S - I TEACH EVERY SUBJECT IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL-I TEACH ENGLISH LETERATURE-ENGLISH- IN J.H.S.- I HAVE TAUGHT DANCING TO SENIOR CITIZENS- I LOVE THE ARTS-ANYTHING THAT INCLUDES CREATIVITY-INCLUDES ME- I AM A LIBRA-ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE BALANCE OF LIFE-MY GREATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT BLESSING OF MY LIFE-IS MY DAUGHTER-I SAY IS-BECAUSE -SHE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE WITH ME-HER SMILE ALONE WAS A MIRACLE TO ME- FRANCINE M LESSER- HERSKOVITZ