Cuddled In God's Hands
A Mississippi Childhood Unveiled
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The next morning, Pat came rushing into my office, nearly out of breath. “What’s wrong?” I asked. She told me she had gone to a Catholic mass the night before, and after the service, she talked to her priest about Julie’s death. Pat took out the pictures I had given her of Julie’s students, and the priest gasped. The priest was astounded, because the pictures showed the supernatural presence of the Virgin Mary. He told her Mary sometimes shows herself in pillars of clouds. Sometimes the clouds were red, white, black, or blue. He told her Mary had come to the students to console them, as she does on many occasions. The priest let Pat borrow the book," A Scientist Researches Mary, The Ark of the Covenant." This book was old and tattered, as if it had been used a lot. I took the book home, read it, and looked at all the pictures the scientist had taken. He had visited places all over the world where the Virgin Mary had appeared. When he took pictures of Mary’s statues and where her image had been seen, miraculous images of a white, red, blue, or black cloud appeared. This scientist, who was skeptical at first, became a believer. As I studied the pictures of Julie’s students and compared them to pictures in the book, I was astounded. Some looked exactly like the ones in the book. My God, I thought, we have been visited by Mary, the Mother of Jesus!”
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Cuddled in God’s Hands is a magnificent inspirational autobiographical journey of a woman whose life is filled with a mixture of joy, pain, tragedy, euphoria, and supernatural visions. This memoir portrays the author’s upbringing in Greenwood, Mississippi, during the pinnacle of the Civil Rights movement. During this turbulent segregated period in history, the author gives an in-depth look at her life and how, as a teenager, she and her family coped. The book chronicles the author’s spiritual growth and shares stories of her extraordinary supernatural visions and encounters with angels. Her most amazing story of all is revealed when she is on the edge of despair after a horrible breakup with her husband, and God came to her and lifted her out of her darkness and brought her into the light. This transformed her life forever and gave her enormous faith as she juggled the many commitments of teaching, the uplifting yet critical demands of motherhood, and the resolve to triumph no matter what obstacles lay waiting.
About the Author
Frances Purnell – Dampier was born in Winona, Mississippi and grew up in the small town of Greenwood, Mississippi. She is presently a retired educator after thirty-nine years of service. Frances taught English at Sunnyvale Middle School for over twenty years and was honored as Teacher of the Year. She later became Assistant Principal and Principal in the Sunnyvale School District and in 2009 became Management Team Member of the Year. As the Principal of Sunnyvale Middle School, Frances was appointed as ACSA’s Middle School Representative for the State of California. Frances also served as the Principal of Bishop Elementary School in Sunnyvale, California for seven years. While at Bishop, the school received top achievement awards from Gray Davis, the Governor of California and notable achievements from the United States Education Secretary, Richard Riley. Frances acquired her Bachelor of Science Degree at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi and her Master’s Degree in Administrative Services at La Verne University in California. Frances is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, LinkedIn, NAACP, National Professional Women Association and the Tracy Community Church. Her biography is included in both Who’s Who of American Women (1989-90) and International Who’s Who (2000) editions. Frances has successfully been published in three works of poetry. Her poems include, “Barack Obama” in Collected Whispers and “America’s Unraveling” in Stars in Our Hearts and "The Soul" in Great Poets Across America. Frances has three sons, two daughters-in-law , seven grandchildren, two grandchildren by marriage and two sisters. She resides in Tracy, California.