Peanut
A compendium of entries from the birth of a child, the struggles of single parenting and the realization of having a special needs daughter. This book encompasses the alienation, loss, hope and inspiration that the journey entails. The struggles of only being able to help your own child so much and learning to hold space while they find their way in the world. If you are a parent of any age or stage - this book is for you.Rebecca Marie was born and raised in Connecticut. Growing up, she always dabbled in writing, to include poems and the school newspaper. An Army photojournalist and combat veteran, she became a full-time mother with a passion for mentorship and helping others. When she isn't adventuring in nature, you can find her at the spinning wheel, or spending time with her daughter and furbabies.
Ginger in Her Socks
I have lived in China for 13 years, and my daughter was born there. This book is made up of my experiences - not just about becoming a parent for the first time, but then about bringing up a child in China. For instance, I have had to deal with traditional medicine treatments that I could not even pronounce, been embarrassed when my daughter at age two spoke more Chinese than I did, and worked out that stairwells are great places for shadow boxing when you find yourself as the only man staying in a maternity centre. Just do not punch a nurse when they walk past you. This book is about being a Western father adjusting to parenting in Shanghai. It is about negotiating with our carer to actually get to hold my daughter, learning to sing Chinese lullabies using roughly the right Mandarin tones, and wondering if I could rob a bank with an ice cream. I wish to share parenting and living stories from all over China, through the eyes of one proud, curious, worried, adventurous, shocked, confused, and really quite tired English Dad.
Ginger in Her Socks
I have lived in China for 13 years, and my daughter was born there. This book is made up of my experiences - not just about becoming a parent for the first time, but then about bringing up a child in China. For instance, I have had to deal with traditional medicine treatments that I could not even pronounce, been embarrassed when my daughter at age two spoke more Chinese than I did, and worked out that stairwells are great places for shadow boxing when you find yourself as the only man staying in a maternity centre. Just do not punch a nurse when they walk past you. This book is about being a Western father adjusting to parenting in Shanghai. It is about negotiating with our carer to actually get to hold my daughter, learning to sing Chinese lullabies using roughly the right Mandarin tones, and wondering if I could rob a bank with an ice cream. I wish to share parenting and living stories from all over China, through the eyes of one proud, curious, worried, adventurous, shocked, confused, and really quite tired English Dad.
Life Your Garden
This book talks about Health, Relationship, Fitness, and Environment. It's a mixed blend of all the things which we live in daily chores of lives.
I Spoke to You
A message from Papa God..."Before I formed you and placed you in your Mother's womb, I SPOKE TO YOU, My Beloved... I spoke your divine purpose I spoke your callings and gifting's I called you by your heavenly nameAND THEN - You Spoke! Aligning yourself to your purpose, callings, and gifting's - your Kingdom IdentityAND THEN - I Your God!Placed you in your Mother's womb and sent you to Earth, for MY Glory!""I SPOKE TO YOU" takes you on an intimate journey of self-discovery with Papa God."I SPOKE TO YOU" is about learning your true identity and purpose in life."I SPOKE TO YOU" takes you through a process of: Unveiling Papa God's Spoken Word Learning you have Been Called for Such a Time as NOW! A Time of Healing Cultivating your Relationship with Papa God Learning how to Build Legacy
Healing the Traumatized Soul
Living a life of freedom from mental and emotional issues is a challenge yet attainable. It requires tenacity, endurance, and a resolve to be completely and forever free. This book was originally written 17 years ago as a doctoral dissertation project about inner healing and deliverance for hurting women and children from sexual trauma and intimate partner violence, relating the narratives of women who have experienced healing. Although its focus during the initial dissertation process was narrowed to only include African American women, it is about all women, men, and children across all cultures. Considering the trauma experienced by the entire world during the COVID-19 pandemic, its expanded chapters include PTSD and other mental health challenges. It also includes research of other cultures. Though the author writes from a biblical based spiritual perspective, by no means is she implying, it is the only method of receiving healing.
THE POCKET LEARNER - Special Needs Education
If your child has a learning disability or is deemed a slow learner and you want to discover how best to help them learn, keep reading.The Pocket Learner is an educational system that the author initially developed to help her child with special educational needs. The system became an international multi-award-winning innovation and has been extended to families across the globe to help their children build vocabulary, learn to read, and count.The author realized that several factors needed to be in place for her child to thrive in contemporary society. First, she had to learn the hard way, battling every step of the way to access resources, therapies, and care support for her child. In addition, she had to find ways to engage her child in the home. This led her to develop the Special Education Advancement Toolkit - an inspirational, educational model and guide for parents of children struggling in their early years or who have been diagnosed with special educational needs. It incorporates the Pocket Learner as the main resource in the Toolkit.The structure is built on six principles represented by the acronyms: HOPE, FAITH, GENTLE(ness), JOY, LOVE, and PEACE. The framework revolves around the child, the star, fruit of the womb endowed with innate abilities and gifts.The toolkit covers the range of roles, responsibilities, and activities that families and other relevant parties must implement. The framework revolves around the child, the star in the center - the fruit of the womb, endowed with innate abilities and bearing gifts for delivery to the world. It advocates early and consistent intervention by the relevant parties and promotes collaboration among a range of services and the child's family. This joined-up strategy is an aspiration that, if achieved, yields optimum results for your special child.The Program Perception - The Journey into H.O.P.E. Technique - This covers assessments and mindsetPreparation - The Accelerated F.A.I.T.H. Roadmap - This covers the required attitudes and initial actions required or successful implementation of the programParticipation - The G.E.N.T.L.E. Approach Solution - This highlights the process of using the tools to support the childProgress - The J.O.Y. Generator Toolkit - This highlights the importance of consistent monitoring and evaluationPatience - The L.O.V.E. Game Strategy - This checks on the attributes required for developing staying power.Potential - The P.E.A.C.E. Promotion Formula - This appreciates the distance traveled and recalibrationThe Pocket Learner has won International Business and Innovation Awards including the British Invention Society World Invention Award, the British Female Inventors and Innovators Award, the European Women Inventors and Innovators Award, Black Enterprise Mogul Award, Powerhouse Mogul Award, British National Business Women Award. It is flexible and adaptable to various cultures and languages. Therefore, the facilitators, i.e., parents, educators, caregivers, and the children, are encouraged to tailor the materials to accommodate individual learning needs.The Special Advancement Toolkit is an impacting solution for parents, caregivers, and those involved in supporting children with special educational needs. The aim is to enhance the lives of disabled children across the globe to be more effective in their community and increase their contribution to the world.
The Motherless Mother's Guided Journal
The Motherless Mother's Guided Journal provides a space to write down memories of Mom, unpack her influence on your parenting journey, and weave an intergenerational connection - no matter how long she's been gone.With space to: Reflect on memories of mom, record facts about her life, and memorialize stories (like those you might one day share with your own children when telling them about their grandmother)Journal to mom on important milestones (your children's birthdays, graduations, days that meant a lot to your family when she was alive, etc.)Understand your mom's impact on your parenting journey (such as writing down the things you "only understand now" about choices she made)Write about parenting struggles, celebrations, and moments you wish you could call her and ask for her adviceImagine what advice your mom might have given about such struggles Journal general messages to mom throughout the yearsBring ritual, attention, and sacredness to a relationship that still lives in your heart - the one you share with your momWith ways to memorialize, reflect, and integrate your mom's journey with your own, the Motherless Mother's Guided Journal is a tender balm for the mother who carries grief alongside the joy of parenting.Common Questions: What if I had a tense relationship with my mom when she was alive? This is more common than not, as the mother/daughter bond is so complex. If it feels safe, journaling can be a means to understand, transform, and heal - even after Mom is gone. We can intentionally conjure her highest self, rather than her imperfect human form.What if I am estranged from my still-living mom?This journal is designed to support those whose mothers have passed away; it's likely not a fit for those who are estranged.***The Motherless Mother Journal origins: After finding an old notebook that she had shared with her late mom, author Melissa Pennel had a thought. What if I keep writing to her in here?Motivated by both grief and longing, she began filling the remaining pages of the journal with memories, requests for help, and the sometimes meaningless stories she would've called to share with Mom. This journaling became a practice that she turned to on holidays, anniversaries, or especially tender moments...such as becoming a mother herself.Longing for a place to integrate the grief, love, and parts of the parenting journey that are so deeply influenced by our own mom, Melissa created the Motherless Mother journals.The truth is that just because someone is gone, our relationship with them doesn't end. Your mother is present on your parenting journey because she lives within every part of you; let these journals conjure that connection and remind you of your own inner strength throughout the parenting journey.
My Clan
This book gives the reader an insight into each member of a large household - sixteen people in all. The grandmother, the parents and their nine children, an aunt, uncle and cousin and a gay boarder. It spans five generations and shows what life was like for people in the early part of the 20th century. The grandmother, born in 1894, saw two world wars and the subsequent depressions and lost family in WWI. It shows how the grandmother was in a difficult marriage and ultimately got divorced in 1920's and life as a sole parent during that time. The father and the uncle were both in the army in WWII and gives a little insight into what they went through. It tells of school days in catholic schools and the abuse suffered there by the author and her siblings. The author tells about her life as being a victim/survivor of domestic violence and speaks of her depression. Each member of the family is unique and their stories are very real. It also shows a lot of love and support for each other and shows how multiple strong personalities can all live together. In this book you will see how my grandmother, born in 1894, came to be disowned by her father in 1915. How my mother became a state ward and the physical and mental abuse she suffered in the 1930's. Although in this book you will see incidences of bullying, abandonment, drug abuse and many other issues, you will also see that, for the most part, how each one has come through it all in this very functional dysfunctional family.
10 Keys for Women Marriage and Success
I believe this book will help all women to handle married life more intelligently and positively. This is meant to serve as a motivational guide for all married women or those about to enter wedlock and wish to take their married life to heights. " This book is designed to make your life peaceful, lovely, and rich." Most issues we face in married life are simple and common. But the fact is that most of the couples don't have the experience in handling it positively.
Threshold
""When we reached the bride, I handed over the gift I'd got her. Mrs. Bose, who was right behind me, blessed the bride and gave her the Ashirwad SADA SUHAGAN RAHO ( May you always stay happily married). And it was this blessing that intrigued me. I have heard far too many old women in my family say this exact same thing to multiple brides on multiple occassions, And honestly, I don't think this is a blessing in the first place. by saying this, aren't we implying that the newlywed bride would diebefore her husband?Is it really a blessing then?
Letters to My Child
Create a heartfelt keepsake journal for your childAs a parent, you have many cherished memories you'll want to share with your child someday. Letters to my Child offers inspiring guidance for preserving these memories in unique letters. You will write letters to your child, guided by everything from family firsts to words of wisdom, and this baby journal will become a meaningful memento for your child to treasure.Plenty of room to write--Each prompt has a dedicated page of writing lines where you can share exciting firsts, hopes, favorite stories, and other remembrances.Undated prompts--This baby journal is a keepsake to treasure. Navigate chronologically through the journal or respond to any question that inspires reflection in the moment.Space for photos--Bring your letters to life by including photos of special events like preparing for your baby's arrival or family vacations.Express all the love you feel for your child as you make your way through this letters-to-my-baby journal.
Just Like My Dad
Just Like My Dad is a children's story for both children and parents. This is the story of little Bobby Bear spending time with his poppa bear, Billy Bear, and deciding he wants to be just like him when he grows up. Billy Bear, looking back at the time they spent together, realizes that he wants to be a better example for Bobby and asks for help.
Parenting a Child with Autism
Why you should steer clear of Doctor Google and have faith in your own parenting skills and intuition - here's how.When a baby is born, you count the fingers and toes, you wait for the cry, and finally, there is a sense of relief that everything is ok. Over the next few months, you learn so much about this tiny human and, of course, plenty of reading about what to expect.But what happens when the expectations aren't met? When there is no sign of the first smile? Or there is no babbling back to you?Your first thought is that you are paranoid. Every baby is different and yours is just taking a little longer to develop.And then the suspicions start to add up. Fear, panic, stress are just some of what arises. As the issues become more apparent, your own health starts to suffer as you give everything to make sure your child is taken care of.Autism is a highly complex disorder - one that not even scientists completely understand. You shouldn't set such parenting standards where you know exactly what to do.Just like your child, you are going to need a little bit of extra education to support your ASD child.In Parenting a Child With Autism, here is just a fraction of what you will discover: The spectrum of ASD signs and symptoms, plus the most common ASD misconceptionsWhat life is really like through the eyes of your autistic childHow an ASD diagnosis is made, the specialists you may meet, and the support that is availableThe fascinating advancements in understanding autism and the brain - the longest nerve in your body may become your new best friend!How just 5 minutes a day can make all the differenceEssential items that can help ASD children avoid meltdowns - fidgets and poppers really can help!6 types of ASD treatments and therapies to help reduce symptoms and allow children to go about their daily livesHow ADHD affects children with ASD, and how anxiety affects a child with ASD20 games and activities you can do at home to start helping your child's social skills without spending a dollarHow to make an emotional thermometer and why this is going to help the entire familyA FREE social interactions checklist to understand where your child needs a little extra help and supportAnd much more.You don't need to be a psychologist or have special training. What you need to do is act fast, because one of the most consistent pieces of advice you will hear from any ASD expert is that early intervention is always best.Every parent goes through life doubting their skills. When you are parenting an ASD child, these doubts can have a significant impact on their development. But all of that can change - starting today!If you want to make a difference in your child's life and help them cope with daily life in a healthy way, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now.
Humility
Humility: The Key to Greatness explores the concept of legacy between two lifelong friends - Manuel Barrera, Jr. and Bill Grimbol. They knew each other in their youth in Racine, Wisconsin and began discussing how they wanted to be remembered when they reached their seventies. Through poignant discussions and deep questions, they pushed each other to really examine what they had accomplished and how they had truly spent their precious days. While working on the project, Manuel passed away from multiple sclerosis leaving Bill to decide if he should continue or not. Thankfully, he chose to see the project through. This book is a source of great insight about what living a meaningful life entails, ways to seek and share goodness, as well as a tribute to a truly great man, his good friend, Manuel.
Pierotti - Pierrottie - Pierotti Family & Photos
This book includes both family and photos. The predominant family details and photos are of the two brothers, Giuseppe and Constantino Pierotti. Giueseppi's family settled in the mid-west and the far west while Constantino settled in Southwest Louisiana where he married and raised his family. Giueseppi did not migrate in the United States and is buried in Italy.
Blended Families - Special Children
This bundle consists of two bestsellers in the Blended Families niche.Blending families can be complicated and challenging to navigate. The toolkit presented in "Blended and Special" explores the dynamics of stepfamilies caring for children with special needs and disabilities and presents the information in digestible nuggets ready for consumption by quintessential blended families who are juggling the demands of parenting.You'll discover how to bond with your special stepchild, how you can recognize and embrace the differences, strengthen your family, and maintain a happy relationship with your spouse or partner so that all the children in the family unit will feel safe and content.The 9-L model illustrated in "Blended and Special" explores the dynamics of stepfamilies caring for children with special needs and disabilities and presents the information in digestible nuggets ready for consumption by quintessential blended families juggling the demands of parenthood with caring for children with special needs.Whether you have an established stepfamily or are in the early stages of a blended family, you can find value in the information presented. Here's a synopsis of what you'll discover: Launch - considerations for the early stages of your blended familyLove - how to keep the love alive with your partner and in the family unitListen - strategies for listening even when your child is non-verbalLaugh - techniques for building fun into your stepfamilyIn addition to the 9 L's, you'll discover: State benefits you may be able to accessThe effect of challenging behavior on your stepfamilyHow cognitive disability can affect a child's conductAlso included is a chapter of real-life case studies from stepparents caring for disabled children. The experiences they share hold valuable lessons on issues that may arise and how they handled them in their endeavor to maintain a happy stepfamily.The second book - Blended Family: a guide for stepparents outlines seven key factors that are often overlooked but have an adverse effect on stepfamilies. They are neatly arranged in the acronym BLUNDER - which is precisely what stepparents do when they fail to address or ignore the cited factors. Contemporary society is overrun with demands on parents who have to juggle various roles. But, if you pay attention to the elements outlined, the difference will be noticeable as you navigate this challenging but potentially enriching role.And even if you think you've tried everything, consider these factors. You'll be surprised to find that these simple changes can make an impactful difference.
How Real Is God
Just how real is God? People are searching everywhere for truth and realism in their lives. In a world surrounded by confusion and darkness, there is a God that you can actually have a relationship with, a God who talks to you and you talk to Him. If you reach your hand out right now, you just touched Him. He is here in Spirit. Many people have encountered His presence and have had their lives changed forever. Are you ready for God to reveal just How real He is to you? Well then, read on and be awe inspired! I was not satisfied I was caught up in the hussle and bussle of everyday life, making a paycheck work and home, work and home, on and on.....but I felt as though I had no substance. I was stuck in a rut. to me a rut is like a coffin with the two ends kicked out. I was miserable all of the time, no hopes of a future after this life. I wondered what this life was all about anyway. I found an amazing truth and hope and I want to share it with everyone I can. Love and joy for an eternity.
The Pretty Ugly Truth
The pages in the book take you on a reflective journey of your life while absorbing the words written. A controversial view on Live Identity Finance and the Emotions created during the processes of life. We are all unique and yet somehow insist on conforming to the beliefs of others. Life is about preventing yourself from waking up in someone else's dream. A guide to touch on the topics less spoken of and the introduction to a series of books to follow. Dealing with Growing up issues to marriage, parenting, separation, and grief. They will include a detailed expos矇 on the everyday unimaginable situation not spoken about in fear of taking away someone else's financial gains. You can begin to advocate for your own LIFE, with the right resources and confidence.
Fostering Love
Families are the foundation of society. When we care for and protect children, we ensure that future generations thrive as well. The devastation that abuse and neglect cause have taught us the immense impact-good and bad-that parents have on children. This book will enlighten readers beyond those directly involved with foster children to see the resiliency and potential that can be hidden in these vulnerable girls and boys. Each of our foster children has blessed our lives with their own unique story.Many people are drawn to the foster-care world including those impacted by blended families, broken homes, childhood trauma, and mental illness. Many children also have delays and disabilities which can include autism, ADHD, and oppositional defiant disorder. This book's message will help you learn about the life of a foster child and how their needs can be met. If you are thinking about becoming a foster parent, need sound parenting advice, or are intrigued by the foster-care system, this book is for you!
Who Will You Be, Sweet Baby?
This book is a precursor to fatherhood and how fathers can develop a deep love for their newborn children. It exemplifies a father's vision for his children's lives and how those children can become whatever they pursue to be in life with their father's help.
Caring Across Continents
This book is following the journey of the author through her life in the 20th Century in a changing world. It is written in a freestyle recording significant events that impacted the author's life. It gives family and personal history unique to the author with perceptions of life starting in Cape Town South Africa and travelling to the UK to train in a profession that influenced the author's life for many years, picking up experiences that made an impression on a young life influencing decisions as she experiences maturing in working and social environments. It is written in chronological order mostly but as memories become relevant to the narrative there is a jump in time. Some of the events are recalled in the past tense but there was an event that had to be recorded in the present tense because it gives the flavour of my parent and family scene which is very different from what would have been had the event been in the present day. It was that of my husband -to -be proposing marriage by letter and getting permission from my parents. Some would say those were Victorian values. I hope that what comes across in the book is someone who faced challenges and found ways to overcome them whilst maintaining a sense of humour and lightness that demonstrates a woman that is resilient and who lives by principles of trust, respect, dignity and recognition that people have their own history that shapes their personality and helps to cope with life.
Happy Brain next-generation thinking
Children are constantly showing and telling us how they are developing thinking patterns and managing their feelings. Some of these patterns, if they are allowed to become habits, may not serve their future or adult selves well. Yet addressing wayward habits head-on often causes more problems than solutions. And with mental health in our society at an all-time low, we know we must do something differently to change this trend now. This book is the result of decades of work by parent, coach, teacher and therapist Kay Cooke who has gathered thousands of words, pictures and anecdotes from children of all ages that reveal how their young thoughts are either expanding or limiting their choices, very early in life. Using play and creativity, Kay and her Happy Brain Coaches work with the non-conscious creative minds of young people to imprint beliefs and behaviours for thriving futures. Throughout the book you will find case studies and examples of how Kay has successfully worked with young children, teenagers and families to build emotional resilience and strengthen mental health.Happy Brain is a model based on 3 teaching principles: SIMPLICITY of the neuro-physiology that drives non-conscious behaviour. RESILIENCE of chemical signals we call emotions that drive sub-conscious behaviour. CLARITY of conscious thoughts that drive good decisions.Happy Brain is a tried-and-tested play-based teaching model that takes complex theories from science, education and psychology and transforms them into simple and accessible packets of knowledge and know-how to help children and teenagers thrive mentally, emotionally and physically. This book is for everyone, especially if you are a: o Parent, care provider, teachero Social services professionalo Mental or physical health professionalo Interested in NLP, an NLP student, or a practitioner and/or trainer of NLP**Happy Brain is a specialist application of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) of which Kay is a Master Trainer.
Canaries Among Us
An urgent expos矇 revealing the most widespread yet little acknowledged threat to child well-being: lack of acceptance. This daring memoir not only uncovers the truth about how our schools and communities treat unique children but also provides meaningful insights for a more dignified future, through the lens of Taylor's own experiences raising a neurodiverse child.
Your Life on Earth
Capture every memory and moment from pregnancy through your baby's early years in this quintessential keepsake album for new parents, featuring art from Oliver Jeffers's Here We Are: A Guide to Living on Planet Earth. Illustrated throughout with colorful, humorous, and poignant art from Here We Are, Your Life on Earth is a joyful baby album that preserves the little and monumental milestones of early childhood. The thoughtful and engaging guided prompts capture Jeffers's whimsical and quirky tone such as the caption for the first baby picture: "Here you are--we are glad you found us" and for baby's first outing: "Here you are exploring Planet Earth." There's a spot for planting hand and foot prints ("Make your mark") and envelopes for saving cards, a lock of hair, and other mementos. The pages titled "Our Memories" provide space for parents to reflect on their experiences and record their dreams for their newborn. Your Life on Earth is the perfect way to document and cherish your child during the early years of parenthood, preserving memories to revisit again and again.
Growing Apart
Like a kite, parents need to let out more string to allow the young adult to find their own path to responsible independence. Eventually, we must let go and allow them to define their future no longer tethered to the string we hold in our hand. It's a bittersweet time of liberation and celebration and sadness and loss knowing the family we created will never be the same. It's a critical juncture in the life of parents who now need to find a path to growth and fulfillment apart from their young adult. This book will help you let go and grow. -- Jack Stoltzfus PhD, parentslettinggo.com Jack is the master at understanding the challenges for today's parents. He provides practical understanding, realistic steps, and validation of the difficulties of making the parental decisions needed for the emotional health of both the parent and the adult child. -- Dr. Cheryl Leitschuh, parent and author, Straight Talk for Smart Business Women: Critical Tools to Build and Grow Your Business. Dr. Stoltzfus has captured the core of parenting in this practical and profound guide of later stage parenting's dual role; letting go of power over adult children, while holding tight to love them well. Simple truths, driven by research and many years of parental and career experience, permeate this book. "How to" worksheets will move you toward open, satisfying, and meaningful relationships with your adult children. Parents of adult children can greatly benefit from this easy to read book that offers hope and healing. -- Dr. Penny Giesbrecht, parent and author of Where is God When a Child Suffers? As a parent of three young adults, I found this book helpful first in that it helped me understand the challenges and complications that make this process so difficult. Second, the author provides insights as well as practical ideas of how to manage this letting go while maintaining a healthy relationship between you as a parent and your young adult. -- A parent who attended a parents letting go workshop.
Mama, What's Cookin?
Mama What's Cookin retells the stories of a young girl experiencing the superwoman that her mother with MS is, while the rest of the world sees disability. The short stories highlight the specific depictions of motherhood that was successfully carried from a fully disabled mother to her daughter. Each story unpacks the intersection of societal norms, media perception on ability status, cultural norms, and vulnerability to confront the ongoing challenging experiences of having a disabled parent. It is fun, heartwarming, nurturing, and confrontational on the authentic and poetic experiences in reminding the entire world (and herself) of the -ability in her mama's disability.
Inspirations
I was born, Denson Wayne Jones to Denson Joseph Jones and Barbara Ann Jones of Joliet, Illinois in February 21, 1952. Joliet is a suburb of Chicago and is about 35 miles West of the city we call Chi-Town. I went to Joliet Township Schools and played football and basketball. I even played basketball at Joliet Jr. College for one year before getting drafted in the Viet Nam War in 1972. My dream was to go to the National Basketball Association (NBA) and play ball as a professional, but that dream died real quick, so I joined the Navy to get back at the Army. After a failed marriage and two children I ended up married again and wound up in an interracial relationship down in Oklahoma City. I gained two Grand kids from my second wife's side of the family and that just added on to the three from my side of the family. I went to medical school down in Oklahoma and became a Medical Assistant/Xray Tech. I studied at Oklahoma State for Nursing and Rose State for Computer Networking and worked Per-Diem for about five years doing Medical Assisting and Nurse Assisting at different Hospitals around Oklahoma. Now I am just a retired author of novels and children's fairytales and Inspirational Truthful Quotes.
Tinker's Tales
John "Tinker" Williamson was born shortly after the beginning of the Great Depression in 1932. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he took a job in the Nation's Capital. He enjoyed the rising economic tide of the 1950s when affluence was widespread and the American dream included a family with kids, a great job and a safe life, often in the suburbs. Or so it seemed. When the new Century came, and his responsibilities to family, company and community were no longer consuming, he wrote these reflections of what it was like to grow up in Rockwellian America during the lean years and the war years. Contained in these pages is a story in prose, poetry and photographs of how values are passed from one generation to the next and how love changes us over the course of our lifetime. It's a story that begins in the nearly homogenous Anglo-Germanic culture of upstate New York but moves by degrees to distant states and foreign places with characters from very different backgrounds. This book doesn't provide an answer to "what is the meaning of life", but it does make the search enjoyable. Tinker Williamson has previously published three short stories for children, The Big Woods Mystery, Bearly on Time, and Surprises From Under the Bridge.
Tinker's Tales
John "Tinker" Williamson was born shortly after the beginning of the Great Depression in 1932. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he took a job in the Nation's Capital. He enjoyed the rising economic tide of the 1950s when affluence was widespread and the American dream included a family with kids, a great job and a safe life, often in the suburbs. Or so it seemed. When the new Century came, and his responsibilities to family, company and community were no longer consuming, he wrote these reflections of what it was like to grow up in Rockwellian America during the lean years and the war years. Contained in these pages is a story in prose, poetry and photographs of how values are passed from one generation to the next and how love changes us over the course of our lifetime. It's a story that begins in the nearly homogenous Anglo-Germanic culture of upstate New York but moves by degrees to distant states and foreign places with characters from very different backgrounds. This book doesn't provide an answer to "what is the meaning of life", but it does make the search enjoyable. Tinker Williamson has previously published three short stories for children, The Big Woods Mystery, Bearly on Time, and Surprises From Under the Bridge.
Speaking Out
Speaking Out: Families of LGBTQ+ Advance the Dialogue is an interview project inspired by the author's daughter in the spirit of pushing back against current hateful anti-LGBTQ+ politics and trends. Including 19 interviews with LGBTQ+ people and parents of LGBTQ+ people who describe their journeys and their growth over time, the book is intended to provide connection and to suggest pathways-ones to take and to avoid--for people who may be struggling with their children or families. Coming from a wide range of backgrounds and experience, the participants share their stories as a form of activism, in the hopes that giving readers the opportunity to know them will start to dissolve stereotypes and promote acceptance. They address a range of topics, but all answer the question, "What do you want to say to the parents of LGBTQ+ people?"These families had different starting points: some had to deal with the dissonance of beliefs and perspectives that too often cause people to reject their children; others, though lacking such baggage, still had to deal with minority stress and with how that has affected their children (and them). Full-length interviews resist hyper-abbreviated ways of sharing and knowing. Proposing connection and visibility as a response to bullying and hatred, they invite readers to dwell for a moment with the courage of LGBTQ+ people and their families, and to admire and celebrate their resilience."Research has shown the life-saving impact of family acceptance and how the sharing of stories has the power to change hearts and minds. The difference here is that this book collects the journeys of both LGBTQ+ people and parents of LGBTQ+ people who share the challenges they faced and offer candid insight into their growth over time. These stories emphasize how LGBTQ+ youth deserve our very best, which includes listening and responding in ways that are genuinely thoughtful, sincere, and loving."-Cathy Renna, Director of Communications, National LGBTQ Task Force"These paired accounts represent a sea change in acceptance of sexual diversities, an encouraging multi-generational cheer. Wishing my parents had been able to read this book when I was growing up and glad to have this compelling resource for all of us now."-Loraine Hutchins, co-editor, Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out
The Transgender Child: Revised & Updated Edition
Ever since its initial publication in 2008, The Transgender Child has been lauded as the most trusted source of information for families wanting to understand and affirm their transgender, gender-expansive, or nonbinary child. Utilized around the world and translated into multiple languages, The Transgender Child has won accolades from medical and mental health professionals, teachers, and, most especially, from parents. Authors Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper have now thoroughly revised and updated their ground-breaking classic with expanded coverage of gender development, affirming parenting practices, mental health and wellness, medical decision making, legal advocacy, and how best to ensure school success, from preschool through the high school years. Drawing upon their extensive joint expertise as pioneers in the field of gender affirming care, and enriched with the wisdom of parents who've already walked this path, as well as the voices of multiple professional experts, Brill and Pepper once again provide a compassionate and educational guide for anyone who cares about, or works with, a child who falls outside expected gender norms.
Warrior Mom
Warrior Mom is an inspirational story of a mother's journey to heal her son from Autism and an indispensable guidebook for any parent desperate to hear the truth that autism is not an incurable disease; autism is treatable.
Kason and Kamden Yes We're Twins, but I'm Still Me
This is a book about twins. It explains that we like different things such as subjects in school, sports, colors, and activities. As twins, we have things in common that we both like too. Just because we are brothers and twins, does not mean we are the same. We are both different in our own ways and that is OK. Do you feel comfortable being who you are? Join us as we share our journey from the NICU as micro-preemies to extraordinary boys with similarities and differences. (written by Kason and Kamden)
The Expeditious Twirl of Faith
Dancer.... ...Teacher.... ...Behavior Specialist... ...Encourager... ...Motivator... ...Great Listener... ...Counselor... ...Peacemaker... ...Wife... ...Mother... ...District Missionary... ...Supervisor... ...Breast Cancer Survivor. Cyndy G. Wiggins is a passionate woman of God who desires that her testimony of her triumphant victory over breast cancer will give hope to the hopeless and help to the helpless. Through the twists and twirls of life, Cyndy has learned to live daily with purpose and to trust God during unprecedented times. Through her story, as well as the testimonies of many other survivors who have overcome challenges and opened their hearts to share with the world, she encourages readers to fight the good fight of faith and hold on to God's miracle-working hand. Cyndy Wiggins, a breast cancer survivor of twenty-one years, has thirty-two years of teaching experience in the Glassboro School District and lives with her husband, Pastor Dennis Wiggins, and her miracle son, Denzel, in New Jersey. She currently serves as District Missionary in the South Jersey Jurisdiction. In 2022, she was appointed Supervisor Designate India Sixth Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. As a former professional classical dancer trained at the Hudson Repertory Dance Theater, she views life through the eyes of a dancer with the twists and twirls that God is guiding her through each and every day with a leap of faith!
Compass
Compass by Dr. Ursula Bell is one of the best Parenting Books with 10 Parenting Principles for Guiding Girls into Becoming Adults and Parental Guidance on How to Raise Girls into Empowered Adults.Parenthood and female youth are two diverse stages in life. While parents and their children sit from unique vantage points, their experiences are similar in one way - with each day comes a new challenge that calls for a fresh roadmap, a seasoned navigator and a new Compass.In this heart-warming and well-informed parental guide, Dr. Bell uses ten key principles to open up transformational and necessary conversations that will navigate parents and their daughters through a plethora of every day, modern challenges together as a family, including: Zero Tolerance policies to encourage academic performance -- and enjoymentNavigation of friendships as the RESPECTFUL Best FriendConversations around the effects of Underage DrinkingFour ways to combat and Speak Up Against BullyingDiscipline using Positive Reinforcement as a bridgeThis book is a bank of wisdom gleaned from research, evidence-based literature, and experiential factors. Each story shared in this book by a daughter, family friend or colleague is meant to add a touch of reality and humanity to these principles, lifting them off the pages and into your daily life. Most importantly, each conversation is led to promote intentionality. Adolescence is a formative period for parents to guide their daughters through life's choices with purpose. With seven sections dedicated to developing young girls into wise, well-equipped and empowered adults, Compass serves as every parent's go-to for navigating this transitional period.Dr. Bell is an American healthcare scholar who has been working in the field for over two decades, serving various hospitals across North America in leadership and executive roles. A recipient of academic and professional awards, she has studied and conducted research on psychology while consulting, mentoring, and speaking nationally.Dr. Bell currently works for a healthcare organization and enjoys spending time with her husband and their two daughters.
Healing Your RAD Child
Recognizing and healing children with Reactive Attachment Disorder, a diagnosis born of insecure or broken attachments
Compass
Compass by Dr. Ursula Bell is one of the best Parenting Books with 10 Parenting Principles for Guiding Girls into Becoming Adults and Parental Guidance on How to Raise Girls into Empowered Adults.Parenthood and female youth are two diverse stages in life. While parents and their children sit from unique vantage points, their experiences are similar in one way - with each day comes a new challenge that calls for a fresh roadmap, a seasoned navigator and a new Compass.In this heart-warming and well-informed parental guide, Dr. Bell uses ten key principles to open up transformational and necessary conversations that will navigate parents and their daughters through a plethora of every day, modern challenges together as a family, including: Zero Tolerance policies to encourage academic performance -- and enjoymentNavigation of friendships as the RESPECTFUL Best FriendConversations around the effects of Underage DrinkingFour ways to combat and Speak Up Against BullyingDiscipline using Positive Reinforcement as a bridgeThis book is a bank of wisdom gleaned from research, evidence-based literature, and experiential factors. Each story shared in this book by a daughter, family friend or colleague is meant to add a touch of reality and humanity to these principles, lifting them off the pages and into your daily life. Most importantly, each conversation is led to promote intentionality. Adolescence is a formative period for parents to guide their daughters through life's choices with purpose. With seven sections dedicated to developing young girls into wise, well-equipped and empowered adults, Compass serves as every parent's go-to for navigating this transitional period.Dr. Bell is an American healthcare scholar who has been working in the field for over two decades, serving various hospitals across North America in leadership and executive roles. A recipient of academic and professional awards, she has studied and conducted research on psychology while consulting, mentoring, and speaking nationally.Dr. Bell currently works for a healthcare organization and enjoys spending time with her husband and their two daughters.
Some Days I Make Mistakes
We all make mistakes; it's just what we dowhen we're learning and growing at home or in school.Mistakes can be big, or they can be small, but no matter the size, we can learn from them all.Join Kela as she explores the big feelings--and the wonderful possibilities--that can come from making mistakes. In this compassionate and charming story, children will learn effective, simple techniques for staying calm and cool, and discover new ways to learn and grow from their mistakes.
Five Ways Men Want Women to Bloom
Nothing feels better than a great marriage. Nothing hurts worse than an unhappy one. A successful marriage doesn't come easily. In Five Ways Men Want Women to Bloom, the author Loretta Morman provides a Christian-based guide to making marriage work.
Five Ways Men Want Women to Bloom
Nothing feels better than a great marriage. Nothing hurts worse than an unhappy one. A successful marriage doesn't come easily. In Five Ways Men Want Women to Bloom, the author Loretta Morman provides a Christian-based guide to making marriage work.
Learning As I Go
Simple snippets of time when we are engaged mindlessly with our children seem insignificant. But are they, really? Washing clothes, playing on the playground, and driving youngsters to school are all mundane parts of being a parent, but these unassuming moments are often the places God shows up the most-and with the biggest, longest-lasting impressions.Teaching your child how to ride a bike suddenly becomes a class about fear and letting go. A broken train track and a sobbing child create the perfect equation for a lesson on trusting God with all of our broken places. Questions about the abandoned slide on the playground turn into a quest to reawaken lost dreams and passions from years ago. And a simple trip to the grocery store might teach all about perspectives and heart changes.It's in these everyday moments that we experience the little winks and nudges from our Heavenly Father. These timeless lessons and deep spiritual truths burn an impression on our hearts that can only be divine. God not only blesses us with our children, but He uses them in our lives to teach us how to become more like Him.
Who Was Killed?
Douglas gave up his life, and gave all he had to Arwyn. Then Arwyn became involved with Raymond. Raymond was a policeman. He and Arwyn made a plan to 'execute' Douglas and steal his house and all his funds. Douglas found no justice in the English legal system, and he came face to face with real corruption. So who was killed?There is a lot in this book about relationships. Misunderstandings and how women can, and do, take advantage of men and treat them badly.
How the World Is Making Our Children Mad and What to Do about It
A critical parenting book for helping children relieve their anxiety, stress, and fear through these turbulent times, whether your child is struggling with mental health issues already or you want to help them build their capacity to handle change and uncertainty.How can we raise children in a world that appears to have gone so wrong? We all want our children to grow up in a world where they feel safe, and where people are kind to each other and the planet. But when we hear about climate change, a mental health crisis, and war, it's hard not to worry about the future and how they will cope.Drawing on over 20 years of helping children and families, psychotherapist Louis Weinstock is here to help. Combining case studies, playful meditations, and simple exercises with life-changing insights from history, science, psychology, and anthropology, this is a parenting book like no other. Whether your child is struggling with mental health issues already, or you want to build their capacity to handle change and uncertainty, this book is a safe place to catch your breath and develop the skills to help your child through life's challenges. You will discover ways to find peace in the middle of chaos, bring deeper levels of love and healing to the troubled parts of your child (and yourself), and find hope when things feel hopeless.Most importantly, you will see that inside of you there is strength, wisdom, and beauty, and no matter what is going on in this mad world, you can guide your child toward a more beautiful tomorrow.
