title: My Prayer Journal:  Remembering God's Answers: Pink Dot Cover Design
author:  Christine Tate 
description: Christine Tate, originally a Midwest native, grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. The only child of a successful floor trader and an Indiana farm girl, she was strongly influenced by conservative, Bible Belt Christian theology. She started college at the age of fifteen and graduated from USC with honors at nineteen earning a degree in Cinema-Television. After various career experiences and many years living on the west coast, she met and married the love of her life. From there, she embarked on the travels and adventures that come with being a military spouse. A former Sunday School teacher, she loves God, gardening, green tea and all things creative in nature. Christine and her husband have one daughter and are currently stationed in Virginia Beach, VA. She spends much of her time home schooling her daughter, writing, and being active in church life. She is a contributing writer for www.successstory.com as well as other online venues. Additionally, she is the producer of the annual Virginia Beach Christian Authors Festival.
zlib_text: **Map**
  
   **Dedication**
  
  For Erica,
  
  THE HEROINE WHO HAS ALWAYS HELD MY HEART
  
   **Epigraph**
  
  > Surely there must be in a world of manifold beautiful things something among
  > them for me. And always, while I am still young, there is that dim light,
  > the Future. But it is indeed a dim, dim light, and ofttimes there’s a
  > treachery in it.
  
  > —MARY MACLANE, _The Story of Mary MacLane_
  
  > To be durable and perfect, to be in fact grown-up, is to be an object, an
  > altar, the figure in a stained-glass window: cherishable stuff. But really,
  > it is so much better to sneeze and feel human.
  
  > —TRUMAN CAPOTE, _Answered Prayers_
  
   **Contents**
  
  [ _Cover_](9780062942876_Cover.xhtml#cov)
  
  [ _Title Page_](9780062942876_Titlepage.xhtml#tit)
  
   _Map_
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _Epigraph_
  
  Part One: I Await the Devil’s Coming
  
  > Excerpt from _The Story of Mary MacLane_ by Mary MacLane
  
  > One Macabre Afternoon to Begin
  
  > Meet Your ~~Plain, Bad~~ Heroines Three
  
  > About That Missing Copy of Mary MacLane’s Book
  