LINDA SAMMARITAN
When God says no to my shortsighted demands, He shows me the beauty beyond.
Worthy of our Praise
Do you ever feel God doesn’t hear your prayers, that He doesn’t care? Have you been praying a specific prayer for forever, and nothing has happened?
I’m not promising easy answers to those questions. I’m still seeking answers myself. Once a month, I post an article related to thoughts on God and people and the universe–spiritual metaphors. No cookie cutter solutions, which I’m sure you’ve already given up on, but I hope this blog site and author website can provide hope while we both wait for the God of the universe to finish His work behind the scenes.
My books are peopled with characters much like you and me. In my World Without Sound series, Debbie and her family are waiting on God to help them through their struggles of adapting to a new baby with disabilities.
I trust He has a perfect plan for me–and for you. Plans to make us better than we ever dreamed. The God who set the galaxies in motion and who put together all the parts of an atom is more than worthy of our praise!
My Blog
I Want to Be a Dandelion
The dandelion gets a bad rap. I know. It’s a weed. But it’s a nice weed. Beautiful—for a while—and...
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo’s consistently wins the highest awards in the nation for her stories. Because of...
The Ultimate Sacrifice For All Time
Every Christian knows the story of Christ's Resurrection. We celebrate His victory over death and...
Though Darkness Descend by Janet Joanou Weiner
Both Sarah Soon and Janet Joanou Weiner are writer friends of mine. Janet's first book came out...
Cycles of Song
I love the rich history of sacred music in the Church. From early Gregorian chants to Bach to Jan...
Loving Like Jesus in the Middle of 21st Century Leprosy
In Biblical times, if a person had been diagnosed with a skin disease such as leprosy, he or she...
Books
World Without Sound
Series
World Without Sound is a fictionalized version of our family’s struggle to communicate with my deaf sister. Tricia was a “German Measles” baby, born at the end of 1964 in the middle of the rubella epidemic. Hundreds of thousands of children were born with severe disabilities.
Tricia is profoundly deaf. She is also blind in one eye and has a mild case of cerebral palsy. At three months old, she underwent pioneer open-heart surgery to close a hole in the aorta.
What was it like to grow up with a sibling who couldn’t hear or speak? How did she learn our language? World Without Sound shares those answers with all who are interested.
Short Stories in Anthologies
While I enjoy reading all genres of fiction, my writing portrays real life, and each of my published short stories is grounded in a true event.
However. You’ll see that, “Always Beauty” made it into the winners’ print anthology for Havok, a fiction/fantasy ezine.
“Right 232” in Light Bearers is nonfiction. My father never told us what happened until years after his miracle.
The idea for “Save the Last Dance” in Dancing Up a Storm came from my high school years. However, the main character is a vague (and better) version of me at that age!
In the anthology, Faith Like a Mustard Seed, “Do Not Pass Me By” originated with a family member who was a refugee from Vietnam.
ASL
Fifty years ago, most schools for the deaf believed teaching deaf children to speak was the most helpful form of education if they were to get along in the hearing world. So I never learned sign language when I lived at home with my sister. Times and attitudes have changed.
Do Not Delete Notes
The “Do Not Delete” page is my little way of preserving history. Too often, the authors of “news” articles in America, whether left-slanted or from the right, only present “facts” that suit them. They leave out (delete) valid information that doesn’t fit their own agendas.
The result: a loss of knowledge.
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