Leona’s Homecoming: The Love Letter Diaries, The First Year of Seasonal Festivals, 4 Novels Vol. I by Amor Milagre
In the pocket of a trusty travel bag fits a delicious novel and a sweet children’s book to savour on a train or plane, in a lamplit inn with the summer breeze kissing your robed cheeks, or swaying on a hammock in your back garden. ‘Il dolce far niente’ means the sweetness of doing nothing in Italian. Letting yourself find what you love nourishes and rejuvenates the soul. My books are for all ages and encourage authentic, kind, peaceful practices and ideas to try. I love rereading them with our family as I hope you do, too.
In this often chaotic world, I write ways to live beautifully and naturally. My characters help instead of harm. They are funny, sweet, thoughtful, and very real. I send love to anyone who must travel due to emergencies in their homeland. As I know too well, this kind of travel is not at all relaxing as a vacation would be. People leave to save their lives. They are trying to escape danger. All they had built is left behind, and they have to start over, usually with nothing. This is heartbreaking and incredibly dangerous. Precautions and safe help are urgently needed during times of war, natural disasters, and abuse. Every country must protect the rights of women and children. Re-abolish slavery for good. Replace the history of negativity with positive growth that benefits everyone. New beginnings are a chance to redesign for a better life. Although we all may miss precious things that were lost due to trauma, we can heal and rebuild a healthy future to keep all of the babies of the world safe. Peace is possible if we all choose it.
I include tragic misfortunes and terrible struggles in my books, but I paint up characters who help those in need of a positive solution to solve troubles that seem out of their control. There are too many large and small scale problems on every street and hill in the world. I write peaceful ideas in the hope that positivity will spread down those streets and over those hills to reach anyone who needs help the most. Any little bit of help can make the most important difference for one or many. I wish you a peaceful summer, and I urge everyone to do something that helps someone in the coming months. *Ask how you may help, and then listen. Work with people to solve and prevent problems. Ask if you did help, and listen again. Repeat forever.
I am working on a way for a percentage of each sale to be donated to an organization that directly aids those in need of help while searching for a safe, new home. Being forced to live a nomadic, uncertain life is cruel, dangerous, and terrifying. We all need a steady, safe home. We all can work together to help everyone have this basic need. Our world must get out of this constant survival mode and change into a deep, lasting time of healing. Equality and safety is needed worldwide.
In my gift shop, I also feature artwork and photography inspired by my travels. Nature adores us always…trailing all the way from a rose wall in Tuscany back home to a sweet rose blooming in our New England cottage garden. Help, don’t harm. Preserve nature. Enjoy your unique senses of nature.
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Books Sizes/Types: Digital Audio, Hardback Pocket, Digest, Square, (Paperbacks are Coming Soon)
My books are cosy to read, or listen to, when at home, on a work break or weekend, and while travelling. Many of my stories are set in New England, such as my Sage Rose Sorrel children’s books, but here are some others that you might love to tag along with as my characters explore new favourite places.
Amaranthe tells of living in NYC and France. Leona has lived in two homes in Italy: one by the mountains and one by the sea. Ellary Eden grows a helpful, enchanting garden in the Witching World! I have just finished three fresh novels for you to explore soon. There is one especially delicious new book that is set in Belgium! Every time you explore a new place, you learn so much for your life ahead.
I write loving, real, feminist characters of all genders and ages to illustrate that peace is possible. Inclusion allows everyone to feel represented, even though we are all unique beings.
During our family reading time and homeschool lessons, I have to spend energy commenting on story details that leave out reality. Too many books are not rooted in positivity, so we have to be careful what we ingest into our memories. Children are forming outlooks. Their memories are amazing. I explain why the characters have these accepted/unacceptable bad habits. Then, we talk about the contrast so that this violence is not brought into our peaceful way of living. We have to research feminist books as women have been edited out of history. Every book, even compiled works on a specific topic or over an extensive time period, only features one or two women. We have found some newly published books about women in history. Why do they have to be separate books?
How much of women’s work has been lost, ignored, stolen, or masked under a different name? It’s bad enough to have to include the violent reality of this world in our inspired, life-loving school, but for every invention or talent to be only represented by males is unacceptable. All day, we say “he, he, he, he…” Where are the women? I want to say, “She, they, he, she, she, he, they, they, she, he, he, she, he, she, they…”
I encourage authors to make up for this lack and deprivation of female inspiration. Write truly feminist books that inspire peace. My books celebrate the beautiful reality of the people in our world. Everyone is a precious soul. All genders are represented and loved. My male characters are kind, respectful, and support the women, children, males, and everyone. My LGBTIQA+ characters are amazing, inspiring, and adored. My women characters are wonderful, respected, and they support everyone. The children in my books teach us the most. They are the light of the world. All of my characters live and grow as their natural selves. There are no dividing groups, just a community of friends. Even the people who don’t have identifiers feel included, safe, and self-loving. Illness and violence are preventable. Nature and gardening are at the center of my stories. If you can take care of everything, then everyone will have what they need. Choose to live peacefully.
Female characters in many books are usually written in a way that shows nothing of our life, our struggle, our joy, our bodies, our hearts, and our thoughts. I write books to include our real lives to show how easily our world can be feminist. There is so much work that needs to be done to help women. Equality is the basic first step. Respect is a choice. Choose to respect women and everyone. Love, Amor Milagre
I write book characters that you will simply adore forever…and a day…
To help you fall in love with all of these wonderful people, and to write your own love story, I’m having a Spring Sale!
Save 15% on all collections with code: NATURELOVER (Sale Ends March 20, 2023)
We love gardening and planting seeds. My books, art, and stationery sparkle in the light of my muse, Nature. Children and parents love these sweet, imaginative stories of nature. Order your special gifts now so they may be ready for your spring baskets. Let’s plant seeds of wonderful energy.
Love to all, ~ Amor Milagre
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Music of the Moment: Our Love is Here to Stay, Gene Kelly
