Writing for Healing

The Passing Light
Transformation Through Becoming and Serving the Poor
A Novel by Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo and Patricia J Pasda

The Passing Light

During the early months of 2009, contemplation and prayer on the land where I live promoted me to write a diary, a paradigm for The Passing Light. I visited special places that inspired me to retain hope as I experienced life changes such as job shifts, illness, and the death of my parents. The land between rivers emerged as a template and voice to tell a story that carries hope. I came to know poverty during the twentieth century. My father experienced her during the Black March in Eastern Europe and my mother found her in the confines of a childhood in the coal regions of Pennsylvania with her.

To end world hunger, we banish selfishness and engender hope through sharing. Share your plenty with others so you engage in peaceful acts to bridge poverty through contentedness. Be happy with less. Care for ourselves with enough to live, eat, breathe, and give away as much to those in need. Care for brothers and sister of the world community. To banish poverty we banish fear.
Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo