# PART TWO-FINDING HOPE: A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

- Link: https://write-stuff-4u2c.com/part-two-finding-hope-a-message-in-a-bottle/
- Published: 2026-03-01T15:41:24-05:00
- Author: Heidi Dare Turner Jenkins

Today is a good day to think,

to listen and not speak.

There is probably someone out there that needs your understanding and not your feelings-
Heidi💜

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS SIX SENTENCE STORY WORD PROMPT, Denise at [GirlieOnTheEdge](https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/sundays-six-sentence-story-prompt-word-20/)

_“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into
another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.”_ **– Joyce Carol Oates**

*The blog hop is not until Thursday. I just know a lot can happen between now and
then. So, I wrote and wanted to post my blog post today.

*****Today, the ocean water was calm while a flock of seagulls **_fly_** overhead.

However, my story begins with my parents being captured as missionaries by an uninhabited
tribe.

This happened in the country where I now live, thirty miles away, thirty plus years
ago.

My father wrote a message in a bottle.

It started with these seven words of hope: Only things created by God can heal.

How was he to know that I would find the bottle years later?

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