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In this deeply touching tear-jerker, Michelle Cole tells the unforgettable, moving story, of a vibrant, courageous young girl, who is wise beyond her years. At age five, Lilla Belle and her best friend, Ivana, start school. It is during this time, the two friends meet, Shemara, another kindergartner, with whom they become fast friends. Although Shemara appears to be happy at school, she is a young girl with secrets too horrible to tell, with hurts so deep, they may never heal. With rare determination, wisdom, and unselfishness, Lilla Belle helps change this young girl's life, forever. Lilla Belle the First Stages, isn't just great fiction, it is an important piece of life!

In the year 2012, two childhood friends leave the small town of Tunis, Texas, for Los Angeles, with dreams of making it big in Hollywood. Raven Kensington is exquisitely-beautiful, with a trademark, Miss America smile. The African-American beauty is enormously-gifted, but knows that discrimination is still alive and well in Tinseltown. Raven's determined to make her dreams become reality. Once she arrives in Hollywood, no one denies that she's gorgeous, she's just "not the right race, or size, for Hollywood." Raven refuses to give up. After years of blood, sweat, and tears, she reluctantly accepts a stereotypical role, that turns out to be a blessing in disguise. Rebecca Simms is a blonde, blue-eyed beauty, with a bright smile. By Hollywood's standards, "Becky," is the reflection of beauty. However, Becky's size-eight frame isn't thin enough for Tinseltown. After years of struggling in Hollywood, Becky finally receives her big break, and it's an opportunity of a lifetime. Things are finally looking up for Raven and Becky, when tragedy strikes. One of them will conform to the pressures of Hollywood, and dying to be thin, will cost one of the beauties, her life. Michelle Cole is masterful, as she tells this truly inspiring story, as only she can. It's the story of hopes, dreams, love, friendships, and life's triumphs and tragedies. It's the story of an extraordinary woman, who fought for herself, and for all those, who want to be treated as the beautiful, individual human beings that we all are, not treated as colors, or sizes. F.A.T. CHANCE is a story, that speaks, to everyone

In this deeply touching tear-jerker, Michelle Cole tells the unforgettable, moving story, of a vibrant, courageous young girl, who is wise beyond her years. At age five, Lilla Belle and her best friend, Ivana, start school. It is during this time, the two friends meet, Shemara, another kindergartner, with whom they become fast friends. Although Shemara appears to be happy at school, she is a young girl with secrets too horrible to tell, with hurts so deep, they may never heal. With rare determination, wisdom, and unselfishness, Lilla Belle helps change this young girl's life, forever. Lilla Belle the First Stages, isn't just great fiction, it is an important piece of life!

Millions of people are diagnosed with cancer. I was one of those people. In October, of 1997, I was told the three dreaded words that no one ever wants to hear, "You have cancer." At the age of 27, I faced the biggest storm of my life. Instead of allowing fear to paralyze me; I focused on the One who is over life and death - God. The key to faith - is focus. Yes, I had cancer, but it did not have me; God had me. And He also has you. I didn't know if God would heal me, however, I knew that He could. I also knew that ... "A life-threatening disease is no match for a Life-Giving God."

We have never seen anything quite like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the 21st century. God brought His world to a standstill. He interrupted business as usual. He has changed life as we know it. COVID-19 turned the world upside down.Contrary to beliefs, man doesn't rule the world; the One who created it does. When we reject God and become lifted up in pride, God knows how to bring us down to size. He knows how to put us back in our place. Is it a coincidence that many of the things that we love doing were temporarily shut down and off limits to us? The One True God temporarily removed our gods. Christ is in this crisis.Oftentimes, we see the hand of man, when in fact, COVID-19 is the hand of God. Will we take heed to GOD'S GLOBAL WARNING? Yes, we need to get back to work, but most importantly, we need to get back -- to God.