Coronavirus Reflections: Bitter or Better?
by Larada Horner-MillerPublish: Aug 20, 2021Religion & Spirituality Book Overview
Read, reflect and respond.
2023 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award Winner in Self Help/Guides category
2022 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award Winner in Body, Mind & Spirit category
Coronavirus Reflections: Bitter or Better? is an invitation to read, reflect and respond to the global pandemic of 2020 and successive months after by author Larada Horner-Miller. Readers are encouraged to think about how the pandemic affected them and how they adapted. The book is intended to be used as a journal, a safe keeping place to revisit 2020.
Larada Horner-Miller viewed the forced shelter in place as an opportunity for spiritual discoveries and renewed spiritual growth. The book incorporates what she learned during her year of solitude, a transformative process leading her to find a reconnection with her “God.” She struggled spiritually and emotionally. Her emotions ran deep from fear, struggle, and despair, going deeper into her faith, ultimately making Horner-Miller a better, not a bitter person.
Themed chapters with poetry and prose add depth to the book. The book is divided into chapters with content developed from the author's blog over the years. Each chapter begins with a carefully chosen thought provoking quote complementing the theme. Horner-Miller's prose and poetry are creative and soul-stirring. Both are extensions of the chapter's theme. Many of the poems deal with the anxiety and depict the universal struggles of uncertainty during this time.
Readers will find them inspirational and comforting. Reflective questions at the end of each chapter encourage reader participation to share their personal thoughts and stories as well as process hidden fears and concerns during time spent in quarantine.