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The Shooting Stars We Almost Miss: Holding Light in Heavy Seasons
Hardcover
Biographies GeneralDeath & DyingSelf-Help
Publisher Price: $24.95
Publisher: B&g Empowered Press
Published: Aug 13 2026
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What if the most beautiful parts of your life are the ones you're rushing past?
Some moments don't announce themselves with fanfare. They arrive quietly: a late-night conversation along the California coast, a sky full of stars, a phone call from someone you love, or a simple realization that changes how you see your own life.
In The Shooting Stars We Almost Miss, Gina Marie weaves together a series of interconnected true stories that gently build into a larger journey: one about grief, belonging, second chances, emotional resilience, and rediscovering the parts of ourselves that life quietly buries beneath burnout, responsibility, and routine.
In this beautiful book, we will explore:
- Why we so often mistake the stories our minds create for reality.
- How honoring your emotional capacity can change your relationships and your peace of mind.
- What caregiving, loss, and love taught one family about what truly matters.
- How slowing down can help you notice the shooting stars that have been surrounding you all along.
- How to navigate feeling overwhelmed and remembering that life only happens one minute at a time.
- And much more, in the way of true stories and analogies, we can learn to find joy in life again, together
Part story, part reflection, and deeply human, this isn't a traditional essay collection, memoir, or a step-by-step self-help book. It's an invitation to see your own life differently through stories that will make you laugh, pause, remember, and perhaps recognize pieces of yourself along the way.
If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the pace of life, questioned where you belong, cared for someone you love, or simply longed to feel more present in your own days, this book was written with you in mind.
Sometimes the moments that change us forever last only a few seconds. The trick is noticing them before they're gone.
Return to your own rhythm. Scroll up and click Buy Now to start reading tonight.
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