Mysterious Ways
By Adam Hunter

February 2012

How an Adopted Cat Saved Her New Owner's Life
February 24, 2012
Amy Jung of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, didn’t plan on adopting a cat. She only went to the Door County Humane Society on February 8 with her son, Ethan, to play with the animals.
But one feline caught her eye. A hefty orange-and-white furball, lying on a counter. Amy asked an employee about the cat. Pudding was 8 1/2 years old and had two previous owners, a family who gave him up because their son was allergic and an older woman who had passed away.
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Jeremy Lin Believes in Mysterious Ways
February 16, 2012
I just had to share this great quote I heard today.
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Is True Love a Reason to Break a Vow?
February 14, 2012
Today is Valentine’s Day, and all sorts of love stories are rising to the surface.
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New Driver Performs a Miracle ... and Saves Lives
February 10, 2012
I remember when I passed my driver’s test, way back in the day. First thing I did was to pick up my friend and drive the 25 minutes to our other friend’s house. Then we all went out to T.G.I. Friday's for chicken fingers.
Graceann Rumer, a 17-year-old from Philadelphia, had a quite different experience during one of her first trips on the open road.
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Separated at Birth, Reunited by Mysterious Ways
February 2, 2012
It was a strange story Lin Backman had heard from her parents when she was younger. On the day she was officially adopted, from the town of Semarang, on the northern coast of Java, Indonesia, her new parents hailed a taxi cab in front of the orphanage. As they got in, the taxi driver turned to them and asked, “What about the other one, the sister?”
“What sister?” Lin’s new parents responded.
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Adam Hunter is a senior editor for Guideposts magazine. He’s edited the Mysterious Ways section since October 2006, and is continually amazed by the astounding stories shared by readers. Follow him on Twitter: @MMysteriousWays