Chronicles of a Mother Anointed by God: After the Death of Her Children

By Yolanda Sanjurjo Nazario

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Two representative figures, both young people on separate paths; tragic deaths in different times and circumstances. Following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ on a path of faith and hope. The eye of a mother who cries for that great loss, asking for comfort from heaven after watching them part and the Holy Spirit incarnate as a dove, who anoints that mother and who will follow the ways of the Lord. Who will one day see her children again. Maria Cruz Delgado

If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart. - Oswald Chambers (Cover)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Palibrio
• Release date: Aug 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781506548333

Yolanda Sanjurjo Nazario

Yolanda Sanjurjo Nazario, was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the Interamerican University Ponce Campus in Puerto Rico. She was married for 25 years, procreating three children of that marriage. The author was widowed in 2000, then between the years of 2006 and 2010, goes through the mourning process again after the death of her two sons. In the book “Chronicles of a Mother Anointed by God After the Death of Her Children,” the author begins to write when her youngest son died in 2006, but failed to finish it due to the events in her life. She is a licensed Chaplain and a Member of International Association of Christian Counselors, and she is currently studying online to obtain a Master’s Degree in the of Art of Christian Counseling at the MICAR Christian University in Florida. She actively works in the New Paths Adonai, House of Restauration, Massachusetts where she is currently congregating, she works as an administrative secretary, and teaching at the MICAR University Massachusetts Campus, also preaching, and doing international missionary work in conjunction with the Church wand its Pastor’s Llajaira Maldonado y Carlos Resto. She has a community support page for people who have lost their children or relatives on the Facebook social network and can be found by the name: Metamorfosis de la mano de Cristo tras la muerte de mis Hijos.

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Rev. date: 12/08/2022

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ÍNDICE

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Special Mentions

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1 A Childhood influenced by living in my parents’ house

Chapter 2 The birth of my children, my role as a mother and a wife.

Chapter 3 My light vanished, I stayed in the darkness

Chapter 4 My life after the death of my youngest son

Chapter 5 Death gives me no respite

Chapter 6 Living with the losses in Holiday Grief

Chapter 7 The pain of other mothers linked to mine

Chapter 8 Terrifying Insomnia

Chapter 9 Facing my reality to beat the pain

Chapter 10 My encounter with Christ

Chapter 11 The path to a spiritual transformation

Chapter 12 The presence of God in my life

Chapter 13 The dead in the my Closet

Chapter 14 Thirteen and Nine years after the death of my sons

Chapter 15 Death Shook Me

Chapter 16 The loneliness created by you

Final Reflection

Bibliography

Life does not usually play the best melody, but it’s life, and we have to live it according to God’s will.

Yolanda Sanjurjo Nazario

DEDICATION

To you Mothers and Fathers who have experienced the traumatic experience of passing through the valley of the shadow of death having to see their children cross the path of death first; God gave me the comfort and inspiration of this book for you. Hoping that, through my experiences and Biblical verses passed on in this book feel the same peace and comfort as I feel today despite the pain experienced.

"Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!

For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of

Your wings I will make my refuge,

Until these calamities have passed by."

(Psalm 57: 1)

In memory of my children: Felix (Bertito) and Christian

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Too much to thanks to give to the Eternal Father, because without Him nothing and with Him all things. Thank you, Father, for your mercy and your limitless love, giving your only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Thank you, Jesus Christ, for reaching me when my life was most broken. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for you comfort me every day, guide me and give me the strength to continue.

In acknowledgement to the memory of my children Christian and Felix, who were a part of the engine of my life until the moment of their death, and in the same way they were the engine that made me take refuge in the arms of Jesus Christ through the pain of losing them. I’m grateful for that.

SPECIAL MENTIONS

To my daughter Leslie, who has always been there for me unconditionally, fighting together. Hard experiences we have had to live, and I thank God that the seed that was sown in you continues to bear fruit. I love you with my life.

Vangely, my youngest sister, SUPER TITI (SUPER AUNTIE) THANK YOU for having loved my children as if they were your own and for always being present.

Pastors of the church Iglesia Restauración Camino al Cielo in the Sector El Tuque, Ponce PR, Madeline Mejias and Jose Valentin. Thank you for the years of neighboring and friendship. For the support and prayers, you’ve always had for me and mine. For having been the hands which led me to my baptism in the waters.

Melvin and Wilma Arroyo, my spiritual parents, the pastors of my church at Iglesia Nación de Fe (Nation of Faith Church) with whom I began my walk in the true gospel and learned how to really have a relationship with God. Thank you for your patience, consistency, and for your love. Thank you for leading me on my path to God, for leading me to His purpose in one heart.

Associate Pastors Iglesia Nación de Fe (Nation of Faith Church), Llajaira and Carlos Crespo Maldonado Thank you for being light and for your constant support in this walk.

Hector L. Torres Santiago difficult and different characters, but in those precise moments you were present. Thank you for loving my children and mine the way you do.

Prophet Paul Ayala Thank you for letting yourself be used as a vessel for God to free my ministry and healing.

Prophetess Alba Correa in the same way Thank you also for being that vessel that the Eternal Father used to make me understand that this book was not my mind but His purpose.

Dr. Gerardo Cartagena Thank you for the chaplaincy training at the Vida Abundante University (Abundant Life University), for your time and advice when I was deciding to take the steps to finalize this book.

Iris Colon, Maria C. Rivera, and Norma De Jesus too much to thank you for in all these years. There has been no distance that has separated us. I pray to the Father the He may reach your hearts just as he did with me.

To my great friend Dr. Karim Saleh, thank you for always giving me good advice and your helping hand when I need it most.

Dr. Gustavo Rivera and Dr. Carmen Sanjurjo, thank you for your support in challenging times.

Thank you, Lina Collazo, and Eduardo Orta, for your solidarity in beginning of my journey as a believer of the Gospel.

Special thanks to my cousin María Cruz who, with her art and what I kept in my feelings, managed to make the landscape on the cover of this book.

Dr. Gabriel Diaz Olmeda, I met you at the time that I most needed a person to guide me and give me encouragement. You believed in my potential. Thank you very much for your words, which always strengthened me.

In Thanks to the memory of my brother Héctor Sangie Sanjurjo and Roland Charland.

FOREWORD

Relevant facts in the life of Yolanda Sanjurjo, and her rebirth as a Christian

By: Pastors José Valentín and Madeline Mejías

We met Yolanda in 2002 in the Baramaya Urbanization, Calle Areyto, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Yolanda was our neighbor and had her residence behind of ours. When we met her, she was a widowed woman with two sons and a daughter. Although we lived close, we didn’t socialize much then, since she was a nurse and her shifts changed constantly. She resided with Christian her youngest son, who was a student at the Ponce High School. At that time her other children resided in the United States.

After knowing Yolanda for some years, we received the tragic news that she lost her youngest son. Christian’s life was taken away in the Barrio Mayor Cantera in Ponce. It was during this situation that we began to have a greater relationship with Yolanda, because we were there for her during her grieving process. Despite the great loss of her youngest son, Yolanda remained a strong person and kept working as a nurse. Her resilience and character was of profound impact to the entire community. And she was seen by all as a woman who was a fighter, tireless and hardworking.

After several years her eldest son arrived from the United States, although we never knew him well, he did seem like a humble young man who was a homebody. He always showed good behavior, and nobody spoke negatively about him. We knew that Ms. Yolanda had lost her husband in an accident and that her youngest son’s life was taken. But after this, Yolanda returned home