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Monica Shaw
Jul 27, 20170 min read
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Our Ladies Altar Society at St. Thomas Aquinas
Come by St. Ann's Hall at St. Thomas Aquinas on January 16, 2018 at 12n for a book signing and discussion of The Rainwater Secret! St....

Monica Shaw
Jul 24, 20171 min read
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Seminar and book signing at Fleece Boutique
Come by Fleece Boutique in Medallion Center on August 25th from 1-3pm. Fleece Boutique 6464 E. Northwest Highway, Ste 330 Dallas, Tx...

Monica Shaw
Jul 24, 20171 min read
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Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal & certificate that Lily (Anna in the book) received from the Pop
This is the certificate and the front and back of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal that Lily (Anna in the book) received from the Pope...

Monica Shaw
Jul 20, 20171 min read
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Slides from Ogoja Leprosy Settlement
Take yourself on The Rainwater Secret's journey through pictures. Please share with your book clubs or organizations. Click on each...

Monica Shaw
Jul 18, 20171 min read
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The end of the story about Akwaji (Oluwa in the book)
Into my life stepped Akwaji - the end of the story as told by Sr. Frances Morris, MMM in the MMM newsletter from 1952. And there we must...

Monica Shaw
Jul 13, 20171 min read
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More on Akwaji (Oluwa in the book)
Akwaji - please come back again tomorrow for the end of the story. There was the story, and I believed it. Maybe the smile helped me to...

Monica Shaw
Jul 12, 20172 min read
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Awesome book club visit in Lakewood - Dallas, Tx
Really enjoyed my visit with a book club group in the Lakewood neighborhood of Dallas, Tx. We had a themed dinner with African "Chop",...

Monica Shaw
Jul 11, 20171 min read
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Into my life stepped Akwaji - Oluwa in the book
3rd installment on Akwaji: Theoretically, a patient in a Leprosy Settlement pays a small sum on admission to cover the cost of his stay,...

Monica Shaw
Jul 7, 20171 min read
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Happy July 4th!
Celebrating the 4th and selling books! Thank you Joyce Donohoe for recommending The Rainwater Secret to so many people!

Monica Shaw
Jul 4, 20171 min read
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More about Akwaji (Oluwa in the book)
Into my life stepped Akwaji (Oluwa in the book) Usually the onlookers assist or hinder the conversation in cases like this - the amazing...

Monica Shaw
Jun 27, 20171 min read
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Book club at Irving library sharing The Rainwater Secret story
Enjoyed sharing The Rainwater Secret with a book club at the Irving, Tx Library. I shared Lily's (Anna in the book) story, and we...

Monica Shaw
Jun 27, 20171 min read
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A story about Akwaji (Oluwa in the book) - the tobacco loving leprosy patient in Ogoja.
Many of you who have read the book have enjoyed the story of Oluwa, the tobacco loving leper patient in the Ogoja leprosy settlement. In...

Monica Shaw
Jun 26, 20172 min read
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My first donation check to the Medical Missionaries of Mary - thank you to all who made it possible
Many thanks to all of you who have purchased books or kindle books. I am thrilled to send my first donation check to the Medical...

Monica Shaw
Jun 19, 20171 min read
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The end of the story of "Doctor" Effiong
There came a morning when he gave no answer to the knock on his door. Gently we opened it, lest he might be asleep, but what a shock...

Monica Shaw
Jun 16, 20171 min read
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"Doctor" Effiong - missing from his post...
Come back tomorrow to see what happens with "Doctor Effiong". One day "Doctor" Effiong was missing from his post, a most unusual...

Monica Shaw
Jun 15, 20171 min read
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3rd installment on "Doctor" Effiong
At 6 a.m., as regularly as clockwork, although he could not read the clock, his slim figure, white coat tails flapping, could be seen...

Monica Shaw
Jun 14, 20171 min read
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More about "Doctor" Effiong from Ogoja Leprosy Settlement.
More about "Doctor" Effiong from Ogoja Leprosy Settlement. Come back each day for another paragraph: His morning's work began in the...

Monica Shaw
Jun 13, 20171 min read
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Another story about life in Ogoja Leprosy Settlement by Lily (Anna in the book)
I'm going to tell you another story about one of the lepers in the village that Lily (Anna) wrote about. Come back each day to read...

Monica Shaw
Jun 12, 20171 min read
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Book signing at Lucky Dog Books new location in Casa Linda June 22, 2017 - 7pm
Come by and support the new location of Lucky Dog Books in Casa Linda on June 22, 2017 and get a signed copy of my book The Rainwater...

Monica Shaw
Jun 8, 20171 min read
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