Make Your Own Sunshine
Inspiring Stories of People Who Find Light in Dark Times
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
The New York Times bestselling author and Fox News
senior meteorologist Janice Dean returns with more inspiring stories of people
who know how to find light in dark times.
While
the news is filled with villains and villainy, we do see a few famous heroes
now and again. But what about the everyday heroes? The people going out of their
way bring a little love into someone else's life? They deserve a time in the
spotlight to inspire us all.
Life
can be tough—but it helps to know other people have come through hard times
with a smile on their face. In Make Your Own Sunshine, Janice Dean
shares inspiring stories that will lift your spirit and touch your heart. Good
people are all around us doing selfless deeds, from a firefighter who bravely
battled for his colleague’s health after 9/11 to a good Samaritan who secretly
pays for the coffees of everyone in line behind him. You can’t help but
smile reading about the teacher who cut her hair to make her student feel
better. And you may shed a tear when you
hear the story of the dad who never missed writing a napkin note for his
daughter, including stashing extra notes in case he lost his batter with
cancer. From a young man who makes bow
ties for dogs waiting to be adopted to an Uber driver who brightened a new
mom’s day by helping her buy baby clothes, the heroes in this story will warm
your heart and stick in your mind.
Janice
has made it her mission to uncover and document these good stories to inspire
us and gives us a much-needed boost of optimism. All we have to do is open our
minds and our hearts, to look for the light on a cloudy day. Because as she
reminds us, if we don’t make our own sunshine—who will?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
These joyful portraits from Fox News meteorologist Dean (Mostly Sunny) offer uplifting accounts of everyday heroes from across America. There's Uber driver Belinda, who helps the mother of a seriously ill infant find joy in choosing clothing for her son; five-year-old Katelynn Pardee, who, upon hearing that some of her classmates didn't have enough to eat, sold cocoa and cookies to pay off the unpaid lunch debts of 123 students; and the stranger who gave up his airplane seat so a 16-year-old who'd missed her connecting flight could get home to see her dying mother. "You never know what kinds of burdens other people are carrying," Dean writes. "However, you never know how easy it might be for you to lift a little bit of that weight off them for a while." Dean is no stranger to adversity she was diagnosed 15 years ago with multiple sclerosis but she's managed to find benefits even in that. "I think MS has helped me be a better person, a better parent, a better sister, wife, and mom," she notes. These heartwarming stories will bring a smile to any reader's face.
