Sky Lantern, Matt Mikalatos
Sky Lantern, Matt Mikalatos
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Sky Lantern

Author: Matt Mikalatos

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/17/2015


Synopsis

A compassionate memoir about a father’s relationship with his children, the healing power of a small act of kindness, and the proof that love is everlasting.

Love you, Dad. Miss you so much. Steph.

A brokenhearted daughter scribbled those words on a sky lantern before sending it off to her father in heaven who had passed away. Halfway across the country, Steph’s lantern landed in Matt Mikalatos’s yard.

As a father of three daughters, Matt could not let that heart-wrenching note unanswered, so he posted an open letter to her on his blog, which went viral overnight. Little did he know how that small act of kindness would lead him to the real Steph and change his family’s life in remarkable ways.

A poignant and lyrical account of the beauty and wonder found in domestic life, Sky Lantern shows how the miraculous events that followed Matt finding the sky lantern in his yard—and the widespread and lasting impact his letter had—prove that the bond between a parent and their child can last forever.

About Matt Mikalatos

Matt Mikalatos works for a non-profit dedicated to helping people live better, fuller lives. He has done non-profit work all over the world, and he and his family lived in Asia for several years. He currently lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and three daughters.


Reviews

I'm pretty sure that the majority of us have heard the phrase "One man's trash, another man's treasure." Well, Sky Lantern is more of a story of one man's trash becomes the same man's treasure. One morning, Mikalatos picked up a piece of trash from the end of his drive, he discovered that it was a sk......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

An absolute gem of a book ! Sky Lantern is one of the most life affirming pieces of art I've ever come across. In this day in age, when we turn on the news and are instantly, and constantly, barraged with news of terrorism, and all too harsh realities of life, we need to take the time to focus on th......more

Goodreads review by Debra

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"We never know if this time we say "I love you" will be our last, or the last time we will say it in quite that way. In the next few days I would hear from people all over the world, telling me their stories of their own fathers, of fathers who loved them but couldn't quite say it, or who loved them......more

Goodreads review by Victor

Matt Mikalatos in his new book, “Sky Lantern” published by Howard Books gives us The Story of a Father’s Love for His Children and the Healing Power of the Smallest Act of Kindness. From the Inside Jacket Cover: Love you, Daddy. Miss you so much. Steph. Steph scribbled those words on a sky lantern bef......more