Kate Waithman had lost her husband to a tragic death over
ten years ago, but Kate cannot let go of the love, the
beautiful loving memories of her husband. Kate must find a
way to move forward without forgetting the cherished
memories and happy times she shared with her husband. Kate
never expected to find another love in her life, but she
finds herself holding back from walking down the isle with
him.
When Kate lays her head upon her pillow at night, she
dreams of Patrick, her loving husband who had died and the
dreams are so vivid and so real, she cannot understand
what's happening to her. In the dreams she has a daughter,
a daughter she never had in her life. Her daughter in her
dreams cannot hear, nor speak and this sends Kate on a
journey to take sign language classes, she feels Patrick
is
trying to send her a message, but what is this message?
As Kate continues to help children with her one on one
music classes, she finds herself moving closer and
closer to Andrew who is her instructor for sign language.
She also finds herself moving a few steps closer to having
deep caring feelings for some of the children. Kate is a
fast learner of sign language and finds herself using it
and her music to help these children who cannot hear, nor
talk. Andrew is always at her side and the two become
closer and closer, but Kate cannot let go of her dreams of
Patrick and a daughter she never had. Kate is engaged to
Dan the man she is to be married to, but can she marry
him? Is Dan truly the man she loves and wants to spend the
rest of her life with? Or is it Andrew? She finds herself
being pulled in all directions. When the dreams come to
her
with Patrick and the daughter she never had, Kate feels
that Patrick is sending her a message, but she can't
figure
it out. Will she run out of time and lose Dan whom she
feels is the new love of her life, or will it be another
man, very close at hand?
When I first started reading THE LIFE INTENDED, I had
tears coming
down my face, for I lost my husband last year and can
relate to Kate's broken heart . I know that Kate must move
on for our loved ones will always be in our hearts and our
minds. There were moments she questioned herself as do I,
but to move on in life after losing your soul mate is the
hardest thing Kate and I have ever done. THE LIFE INTENDED
by Kristin Harmel drew me in from page one as Ms. Harmel
is
an author one does not want to miss! Ms. Harmel truly drew
on my heart strings with her heart felt read! A
Recommended
read by all means!!!!!!!!!!!
From the author of the international bestseller The
Sweetness of Forgetting, named one of the Best Books of
Summer 2012 by Marie Claire magazine, comes a captivating
novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our
memories refuse to be forgotten.
In this richly told story where Sliding Doors meets P.S. I
Love You, Kristin Harmel weaves a heart-wrenching tale
that
asks: what does it take to move forward in life without
forgetting the past?
After her husband’s sudden death over ten years ago, Kate
Waithman never expected to be lucky enough to find another
love of her life. But now she’s planning her second walk
down the aisle to a perfectly nice man. So why isn’t she
more excited?
At first, Kate blames her lack of sleep on stress. But
when
she starts seeing Patrick, her late husband, in her
dreams,
she begins to wonder if she’s really ready to move on. Is
Patrick trying to tell her something? Attempting to
navigate
between dreams and reality, Kate must uncover her
husband’s
hidden message. Her quest leads her to a sign language
class
and into the New York City foster system, where she finds
rewards greater than she could have imagined.