Living Beyond Normal
Living Beyond Normal is a memoir of one person's struggle with Autism. Adam A. F. Sherman is 30 years old. His goal in writing this touching, informative, often painful, but always poignant autobiography is to "be a voice for the disabled community in our quest to be heard and accepted by society as equal human beings." What is it like, exactly, to live with Autism? Sherman brings his experience to life in these pages. We walk the proverbial mile in his shoes-and inside his head. As with the colors of the rainbow that make up the puzzle-piece-inspired ribbon that emblemizes Autism, no two Autistic people are the same, so Sherman's Living Beyond Normal is by no means universal in the particulars of his detail. And yet there is a feeling of universality in the telling of his story. Writes Sherman "I am a person with autism. I am not a hero, I am not an activist, and I am not special; I am just a person who is doing what I believe is the right thing to do. I hope that this benefits those who are like me, as well as people with other internal struggles of their own. I also want those considered neurotypical to know that we are here, and that we deserve acceptance, understanding, and love."
From Heavenly Father to Me to You
This book is a compilation of the ideas, poems, sketches that have been created to remind me of the blessings all around me and us all. A reminder that we are not alone on this path called Life.... we are family, if we will take courage and reach outside of ourselves and our comfort zone. Life requires our participation, it is not meant to be lived on the sidelines. Hope is as near as we will allow it to be and will give us the strength to look forward to "what's next". I believe there is a supreme being who knows all and is powerful beyond limit.... that this being is love. I love the scriptures and find them to be the ultimate life guide, if we can come to the truth of we are not all knowing and need each other to succeed in this journey. I know that our attitude determines our altitude/growth. A positive attitude can take us to worlds unknown. There is joy within our reach if we would ignore our self created "reality".
Foster Care in America
America's foster care system has a noble goal - to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families - but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state. This resource provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the American foster care system. Areas of coverage include the scaffolding of foster care systems in the various states (each of which operate their own unique systems through their social service agencies); conditions under which children are taken out of their families of origin and placed in foster care; the experiences of both young children and older teens in foster homes; challenges for foster children who "age out" of the system; and proposals to reform and improve foster care across the nation. Geared for students, this book contains chapters devoted to the background and history of foster care in America; the system's problems, controversies, and solutions; original essay contributions exploring various facets of the system; profiles of leading foster care activists and organizations; governmental data and excerpts of primary documents on the topic; and an annotated list of important books, scholarly journals, and nonprint sources for further research. It closes with a detailed chronology, glossary of terms, and subject index.
Dream, Plan, Live Planner
This Dream, Plan, Live monthly planner and habit tracker is exactly what you need to get a plan and stay on track! Whether you are managing a household or just trying to better yourself, this planner is thought out to work for you! Plenty of space to keep track of all the things you do while adding habit trackers to visually see yourself crushing your goals!
The Promise of Dawn
The Promise of Dawn: Rites of Passage for all Beliefs contains sensitive and beautifully crafted readings and poems for all of life's milestones, from birth to death. Whether you're planning a wedding, the celebration of a birth/naming ceremony, or a funeral, there will be readings in this collection that will resonate with you. With an emphasis on the wonder and sanctity of nature, you'll want to keep this collection close at hand to see you through life's highs and lows.
Unexplored Motherhood
"A journey of awakening into a higher consciousness as individuals and mothers." - Dr. Roshan Jacob, IAS Unexplored Motherhood is for all of us: the moms, the moms-to-be, and the ones around us. It is all about utilizing your extraordinary potential to get transformed, unstoppable, and leave a legacy unbeatable. The 7-ray model composed in the book is based on Biblical perspectives and is powerful enough to evolve you to a better version. Give it a try, for your revamping empowers your little one. _________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nissi Acha Jacob is a rehabilitation professional, research scholar, speaker, and writer. She holds degrees in Speech-Language Pathology & Psychology. Her heart beats for children and runs a center for children with special needs. She enjoys her motherhood and loves to keep evolving, trusting in the grace of God. And, this book is an outcome of all of them & beyond!
Legendary Boxing Trainer George Washington
As people of color, we arrived on a nightmare and never stop praying for the dream. George did not fret because of any evildoers neither envious against the workers of iniquities, asking God to give him grace to accept with serenity of the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other, keeping God first as the head of his life. Showing how the God of his weary years, the God of his silent tears, brought his family thus far. He proudly served his county in World War II and the Korean War, trying to make a difference for his life and his family's lives, always striving for perfection. Kenneth Washington shares his experiences, knowledge, and understanding of being raised by this warrior, trainer, father, mentor, man of God, friend, awesome person, and legend. Legendary Boxing Trainer George Washington is a great read; it will guide you to living life on life's terms and walking by faith not by sight. It takes you from childhood to manhood basic training to basic boxing skills leadership and the dedicated life of Brother George Washington.
Humble Me
Whether you win or lose in life, staying humble is the way to be! Humble Me is a rhyming story which teaches children to remain humble during all activities, while still celebrating small victories. Emphasizing the idea that people come in all shapes, colors, sizes and abilities, the story teaches children that sometimes each person may win and sometimes they will fail. But it's important to be humble and persevere! With cute illustrations by Anuradha Godagama, young readers and adults alike will remain engaged while reading!
To Whom it Concerns
It's been a long hot season filled with many ups and downs. Everyone has worked so hard to get to this point-the final game. But ugh. It's 90 degrees, no shade and no breeze. It's going to be a miserable day...or is it?
Mommy Said
Mommy Said is an interactive book that will help you create the most important gift a parent can ever give their child. With this book, you can document your child's story from birth to adolescence, and create a keepsake that will last a lifetime and be passed down from generation to generation. About the AuthorStevy Smith was born and raised in Baltimore. She has spent the majority of her career in Corp training and development, and she enjoys volunteering at her local nursing home. After her sister's passing, Smith was inspired to write her first book. She resides in South Florida.
To Whom it Concerns
It's been a long hot season filled with many ups and downs. Everyone has worked so hard to get to this point-the final game. But ugh. It's 90 degrees, no shade and no breeze. It's going to be a miserable day...or is it?
Mommy Said
Mommy SaidBy: Stevy SmithMommy Said is an interactive book that will help you create the most important gift a parent can ever give their child. With this book, you can document your child's story from birth to adolescence, and create a keepsake that will last a lifetime and be passed down from generation to generation.About the AuthorStevy Smith was born and raised in Baltimore. She has spent the majority of her career in Corp training and development, and she enjoys volunteering at her local nursing home. After her sister's passing, Smith was inspired to write her first book. She resides in South Florida.
Positive Parenting
Are you sick and tired of not being able to get through to your child?You are not the first. Lucky for you there's a solution...Making the decision to be a positive parent will benefit your whole family. You will find that your children want to behave and follow your rules. You will be less stressed out by the end of the day. Your house will not feel like a battle zone. Instead, you can create a home full of peace and love for the whole family.Positive parenting doesn't have to be complicated.Take a second to imagine how you'll feel once you can truly see eye to eye with your child. How much easier getting through the day will be.So even if you're a single mom of triplets with no end to the day insight, you can create a healthy family relationship with positive parenting.This is NOT a homeschooling curriculum. This book teaches a Positive Parenting lifestyle - every moment thereafter will be a natural "homeschooling" process in your child's daily life. So join me in this adventure and enroll in my book today!
Kids Activity Book Aged 3.5-6
This kids activity book is the best investment you can make in your child.This book includes a variety of tasks such as Focus on Shapes, Learn Cutting Skills, Dot-To-Dot sketching, Coloring By Numbers, Shadows Matching, Body Parts, 4 seasons, Tic Tac Toe and more to improve child cognitive abilities.
Executive Functioning Activities
Build executive functioning skills while having a blast--for kids 4 to 12 Strong executive functioning skills are critical to thriving at school, at home, and beyond. Of course, some children need a little assistance when it comes to things like time management or self-control--and that's perfectly okay! This workbook is full of engaging activities, crafts, and games to help kids and parents build those skills together.Executive functioning basics--Learn how children typically develop executive functioning skills, all while exploring the different facets like task initiation, impulse control, working memory, and organization.Evidence-based strategies--Discover a variety of positive techniques as you work toward helping your child improve behavior, limit frustrations, and build intrinsic motivation.Engaging activities--Foster skills like flexibility and planning through play, with 100+ games and exercises created to target specific areas of executive functioning, including Freeze Dance and Feelings Forecast.Set your child up for success with this effective executive functioning workbook for kids.
How I Lost My Hair Raising Teenage Girls and the lessons I learned
Winner of a 2022-2023 Reader Views Literary Award for humor!Andrew McKinney seems to have it made: an important job, a great wife and three wonderful children. But when his two daughters become teenagers, life turns upside down. It's as if aliens have taken over the bodies of his loving daughters, leaving him confused and uncertain about what to do. Follow Andrew's hilarious adventures as he deals with cell phones (from commando raids to decoy phones), wild parties, theft of his beer and a strange neighbour who prances around his pool naked and complains about their dog. Family holidays provide some relief and family bonding, but comical mishaps ensue, such as racing down a mountain to reach the gate before it closes.As they teeter on the brink of chaos, Andrew and his wife must determine what to do with their youngest and most rebellious child - send her to university or kick her out of the house? Part memoir and part self-help book, these warm-hearted stories sparkle with wit and wisdom while providing the laughs and support that a best friend would.How I Lost My Hair Raising Teenage Girls is a parenting comedy for everyone. If you've raised teenagers or been one, then this is the book for you. If you never had children but wondered what it would be like, this is the book for you. And if you ever thought that pets would add to your domestic bliss, then ... this ... is the book for you!
My Hero Is a Duke...of Hazzard John Clark Packer Edition
LIVING WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS Cystic fibrosis is a rare lung disease that affects everything from your lungs to your digestive systems which can lead to infections and serious breathing complications as you get older. For a person born in the 1980's most with cystic fibrosis patients did not survive beyond their teen years. For John Clark Packer, everyday of his life has been both a gift as well as a miracle, as celebrates over 40 years of living with cystic fibrosis, he continues to over come the day to day challenges. From a very young age, watching the Dukes of Hazzard tv show, was a very important event in his life every Friday night and finally getting the opportunity to meet his hero John Schneider was another life changing experience. John Clark Packer is an Advocate for Cystic Fibrosis. John's Hero is a Duke....of Hazzard. This is the JOHN CLARK PACKER EDITION.
Positive Parenting
Are you sick and tired of not being able to get through to your child?You are not the first. Lucky for you there's a solution...Making the decision to be a positive parent will benefit your whole family. You will find that your children want to behave and follow your rules. You will be less stressed out by the end of the day. Your house will not feel like a battle zone. Instead, you can create a home full of peace and love for the whole family.Positive parenting doesn't have to be complicated.Take a second to imagine how you'll feel once you can truly see eye to eye with your child. How much easier getting through the day will be.So even if you're a single mom of triplets with no end to the day insight, you can create a healthy family relationship with positive parenting.This is NOT a homeschooling curriculum. This book teaches a Positive Parenting lifestyle - every moment thereafter will be a natural "homeschooling" process in your child's daily life. So join me in this adventure and enroll in my book today!
The Sandcastle Girls
"My Calming Backpack" is a story of easy understanding, that presents efficient strategies that can be used by parents, teachers and therapists to teach our children the value of respect, acceptance of individual differences, problem solving skills and self-determination. It also provides them the opportunity to identify their own strengths and weaknesses, and to recognize the power they have to choose what they really need and face specific situations. WHAT SPECIALISTS ARE SAYING: "My Calming Backpack" is a fantastic tool that can be used by parents, teachers and therapists, giving us the opportunity to encourage love, acceptance and empathy in our children from a very early age. It also allows us to stimulate early literacy, language development, identification of emotions and problem- solving skills. The materials that Melvin puts inside her sister's backpack to help her feel calm and happy, can be used in our daily practice as basic instruments to inspire a comfortable mood that will facilitate our interaction with the children we serve. Leticia P矇rez-Ortuno, Infant and Toddler Development Expert
The Porcelain Doll
The Porcelain Doll describes the captivating journey of Gabriella, an infant born in the late 1960s in Eastern Germany. A saleslady in Germany presented Gabriella's mother with a surprise good-luck gift for her baby -- a delicate figurine with deep, dark eyes - an unforgettable porcelain doll.For a typical young woman like Gabby, who grew up in the Communist-ruled country of Bulgaria, the thought of ever moving away from her homeland was beyond imagining.Unexpectedly, in high school, Gabby met and fell in love with Aaron, a young Bulgarian Jewish medical student. Although they parted ways after a brief romance, the two lovers always carried an undying love for each other. When Gabby emigrated to the USA years later to expand her career opportunities in journalism, and to experience life in a free country, she suddenly and unexpectedly met up with her old flame again.
Baby Shower Guest Book
"A royal prince is on the way! Celebrate this joyous occasion with our 'Baby Shower Guest Book', designed specifically for a Prince-themed baby shower."Welcome your little prince with a shower of love and well wishes! Our guest book is a perfect blend of practicality and charm, enabling you to capture the heartwarming moments and valuable advice from your baby shower. Adorned with a gold crown and royal black boy theme, it's a must-have for your royal celebration!Features of the Book: Memory Preserver: With 120 pages total, our book helps you capture every precious moment of your baby shower.Personalized Messages: 100 pages dedicated to guest entries, allowing guests to leave their advice and best wishes.Gift Log: 10 pages to record gifts, making it easy to send thank-you notes after the baby shower.Extra Space for Notes & Photos: 8 pages for additional notes or to paste memorable photos from the day.Royal Theme: The glossy color hardcover features a cute little prince with a gold crown and purple pillow, perfect for a prince-themed baby shower.Why Choose Our Baby Shower Guest Book?Our guest book is more than just a sign-in book, it's a keepsake for a lifetime. The royal prince theme makes it an excellent addition to your baby shower and will match your prince-themed decorations. Besides, the glossy hardcover ensures durability, so you can reminisce about this special day even years later.Let's celebrate the arrival of your little prince in style! Cherish the love, advice, and well wishes from your guests forever.Ready to make your baby shower an unforgettable event? Click "Add to Cart" now and start creating precious memories!
Baby Shower Guest Book
"Celebrate your little princess with our 'Baby Shower Guest Book', the perfect keepsake for your royal baby shower!"Welcome your precious baby girl in style with our 'Baby Shower Guest Book'. Designed with a cute little princess, a royal black girl with a gold crown and a purple pillow theme, this book is just as special as your upcoming celebration!Features of the Baby Shower Guest Book: Preserve Precious Moments: With 120 pages in total, there's ample space to record advice, well-wishes, and memorable moments from the special day.Guest Entries: 100 pages for guests to leave their contact details, parenting advice, and best wishes for the baby.Gift Log: A dedicated section of 10 pages to record gifts received, making sending thank-you cards easy and convenient.Space for Photos & Notes: 8 pages specially designed for additional notes and memorable photos from the baby shower.Perfect Size: Measures 8.5" x 8.5" (21.6 x 21.6 cm), making it the perfect keepsake size.Elegant Design: A glossy, colorful hardcover featuring a cute little princess, a royal black girl with a gold crown, and a purple pillow theme.Why Choose Our Baby Shower Guest Book?Our 'Baby Shower Guest Book' is more than just a sign-in book. It's a cherished keepsake that captures the love, joy, and anticipation of welcoming a new life into the world. With a unique princess theme and ample space for guest entries, gift logs, and photos, it ensures that the special memories of this day will be preserved for years to come.Make your baby shower an event to remember. Click "Add to Cart" now and let's celebrate your little princess!"
What Parents Want
Optimising financial and lifestyle goals is a challenge for busy parents. This book cracks the code to give you everything you want.What Parent$ Want is the essential guide to achieving financial and lifestyle success with calm efficiency. Packed with best-practice tips and real-life experience, it is written by a parent for parents who want to live a happier and more fulfilling life while being financially secure.Read this book to: Identify the key to achieving balance of your emotions, work structure, lifestyle and finances Understand how to work smart with money and feel fulfilled Learn how to direct your time, energy and money to what gives you the greatest financial and lifestyle rewards Gain the knowledge and tools to grow your wealth Make you financially rich and your family life enriched
The Family Firm
The instant New York Times bestseller - A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2021 "Emily Oster dives into the data on parenting issues, cuts through the clutter, and gives families the bottom line to help them make better decisions." -Good Morning America From the bestselling author of Expecting Better and Cribsheet, the next step in data driven parenting from economist Emily Oster. In The Family Firm, Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more. Unlike the hourly challenges of infant parenting, the big questions in this age come up less frequently. But we live with the consequences of our decisions for much longer. What's the right kind of school and at what age should a particular kid start? How do you encourage a healthy diet? Should kids play a sport and how seriously? How do you think smartly about encouraging children's independence? Along with these bigger questions, Oster investigates how to navigate the complexity of day-to-day family logistics. Making these decisions is less about finding the specific answer and more about taking the right approach. Parents of this age are often still working in baby mode, which is to say, under stress and on the fly. That is a classic management problem, and Oster takes a page from her time as a business school professor at the University of Chicago to show us that thoughtful business process can help smooth out tough family decisions. The Family Firm is a smart and winning guide to how to think clearly--and with less ambient stress--about the key decisions of the elementary school years. Parenting is a full-time job. It's time we start treating it like one.
Country Fried-101
First-time country life experience can take on a whole new meaning when you've been raised in the city with only books and television to prepare you for wide open spaces and greenery all around you. There is nothing darker than a moonless night in the country.....no street lights, no rows of lighted windows and porch lights to push back the shadows that creep ever closer. Sounds coming from dark undergrowth that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.....are those eyes glowing from deep within that tree covered border Oh, stop shivering and whimpering. We can do this. Just take my hand and stay close..........
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Activities
Inspire calm and cooperation with engaging ODD activities for kids ages 6 to 12Raising children with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) takes consistent practice and an extra dose of patience. Find the guidance you need with this supportive parenting book, written especially for parents of children with ODD. Inside, you'll find 100 activities designed to help kids reach their full potential as they learn to connect with people in positive ways.Understand ODD--Gain greater insight into oppositional defiant disorder and the emotional, social, and academic effects it can have on your child. Reinforce essential skills--Kids will learn how to regulate their emotions with activities that help them identify their feelings, practice self-control, build self-esteem, and more. Jump right in--Straightforward instructions, simple materials, and advice for maximizing each exercise make it easy for you and your child to get started right away.Break through challenging ODD behavior and reclaim your relationship with your child.
Growing Up Montana
Growing Up Montana is a combined story of both endearing and staggering revelation. It is the true story of two very different people in one common place.In these unfolding accounts which took place in the Montana of the 1970's and 80's, the two young kids about which this memoir is written, found their way in a "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" era where both stereotypes and childhood adventures ran wild. Before the internet and social media ruled the hearts and minds of youth, and during the continuing and fearful saga of Montana's only serial killer, both Shelly and Russ grew in the face of challenge, witnessing change in their unique rural landscape and the hearts of those around them.Growing Up Montana will guide the reader through generational differences in the handling of traumatic events, and how our mindsets can mold and shape us as individuals. Blank vividly displays how much our sense of "place," and tradition can transform us, and ultimately how significant our big questions of faith and relationship serve as navigational grounding. The book offers an intentional set of study questions at the conclusion to guide readers in thought, as well as relational and personal growth.
Tri-C Parenting
Parents are the number one agent of outcome in a child's life, more than any teacher, coach, or friend. The fundamental Tri-C model is about showing you how to realistically navigate whatever parent-child concerns you might have, and how to effectively raise your youngster to become a rock-solid human being. The latest findings reviewed in 2019 from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that nearly one in three children suffer from some kind of mental/behavioral disorder. Whether humans are five or fifteen-years-old, kids haven't been on the planet long enough for tons of personal dysfunction to build; however, with many youngsters, dysfunction appears to be present, and a major contributor is ineffective parenting.So regardless of what any adult or child happens to be like, or what the world is forcing upon our kids, if there was one legitimate approach conveyed in such a way that nearly every parent could grasp and implement correctly, that would be awesome. A valid guidebook, so to speak. While absolute perfection is non-existent, this fundamentals-heavy blueprint continues to clinically prove it can make things so much better for all types of families, despite all the variables and challenges.Why This Book is ImportantWe finally have a universal and timeless guide of how to effectively parent. Dr. Brian Rees, a private practice clinician, speaker, and former undergraduate & graduate school instructor, has committed over 15 years and more than 40,000 hours of family counseling to develop a fundamental system, known as Tri-C Parenting. Because humans can be so vastly different, this model prioritizes the basics, which is exactly what parents need to realistically become the best parental version of themselves and to appropriately shape the best possible version of their child.Tri-C Parenting is a straightforward approach, designed by a professional, who knows exactly what great parenting consists of. After years of conducting parenting workshops, giving speeches and counseling school aged kids & their parents, Dr. Rees is finally sharing his approach with the general public- the keys to a remarkably successful parenting philosophy. Despite all the variables and challenges parents face, this fundamental guide can work in nearly any type of home environment, and for nearly all parent-child relationships.
The Price You Pay for College
Named one of the best books of 2021 by NPRNew York Times Bestseller and a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice pick"Masterly . . .represents an extraordinary achievement: It is comprehensive and detailed without being tedious, practical without being banal, impeccably well judged and unusually rigorous."--Daniel Markovits, New York Times Book Review"Ron Lieber is a gift."--Scott Galloway The hugely popular New York Times Your Money columnist and author of the bestselling The Opposite of Spoiled offers a deeply reported and emotionally honest approach to the biggest financial decision families will ever make: what to pay for college--a decision made even more confusing because of the Covid-19 pandemic.Sending a teenager to a flagship state university for four years of on-campus living costs more than $100,000 in many parts of the United States. Meanwhile, many families of freshmen attending selective private colleges will spend triple--over $300,000. With the same passion, smarts, and humor that infuse his personal finance column, Ron Lieber offers a much-needed roadmap to help families navigate this difficult and often confusing journey. Lieber begins by explaining who pays what and why and how the financial aid system got so complicated. He also pulls the curtain back on merit aid, a new form of discounting that most colleges now use to compete with peers for their ideal students.While price is essential, value is paramount. So what is worth paying extra for, and how do you know when it exists in abundance at any particular school? Is a small college better than a big one? Who actually does the teaching? Given that every college claims to have reinvented its career center, who should we actually believe? This comprehensive guide asks the tough questions of college presidents and financial aid gatekeepers that parents don't know (or are afraid) to ask and summarizes the research about what matters and what doesn't.Finally, Lieber calmly walks families through the process of setting financial goals, explaining the system to their children and figuring out the right ways to save, handle student loans, and bargain for a better deal. The Price You Pay for College gives parents the clarity they need to make informed choices and helps restore the joy and wonder the college experience is supposed to represent.How do you turn an overwhelming process into an empowering one?Financial Aid Explained: A clear breakdown of who pays what and why, decoding the FAFSA and the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) so you know exactly where you stand.Merit Aid Demystified: Go behind the curtain on the discounting system most colleges use to compete for students, and learn when a "scholarship" is really just a coupon.Evaluating College Value: Discover the tough questions to ask college presidents and financial aid officers about what's truly worth paying extra for--from teaching quality to career centers.A Family Financial Strategy: Learn the right ways to set goals, talk to your children about money, and confidently save, borrow, and bargain for a better deal on one of life's biggest expenses.
The Prep Group
When all you've ever dreamed of takes everything you've gotAlice and George walk into the room marked 'Adoption Training' hoping to change the life of a child who needs them, never knowing just how much one small courageous girl will change their lives forever.For anyone who has ever taken the long way round to parenthood, The Prep Group follows three hopeful couples as they forge friendships, share confidences and ultimately realise that the path to family may not always run smooth, but will definitely be worth it.Praise for The Prep GroupRelatable and relevant, honest and heartfelt. A must-read for all those on an adoption journey of their own.' (Rosemary Lucas, Author of 'The Family Fairies').'An all-round wonderfully written story. The Prep Group addresses an important issue through fiction; an excellent novel as well as important reading for hopeful adopters'.'A beautifully honest story that embraces the highs and lows of becoming a parent via adoption.' (Suzy Stanton, Author of 'An Adopter's Guide to Adoption'.)
Cookies and Love
A heartfelt and precious gift for our grandmas and grandpas on Grandparents Day and any other day of the year by USA TODAY BESTSELLING author Eevi Jones. Cookies & Love is filled with beautiful words and sentiments that celebrate the bond between grandkids and their grandparents. Whether Nana, Opa, Mima, Gramps, Abuela Granny, Pops; these words - they stand for love.A love that never stops. Holding wisdom of a lifetime, from which I get to draw each day, you nourish and preserve my roots, so my roots don't fade away.Whether the gift giver is still a child or already a grown adult, Cookies & Love is a beautiful way to share our love and appreciation for our grandparents' never-ending, unconditional love and support they have provided throughout our lives. OTHER BOOKS IN THIS Life's Biggest Moments SERIES: Forever My Always - For the Soon-to-Be World ExplorerLetting Go - For the Soon-to-Be Empty NesterSisterly - To My Best FriendNew Beginnings - My New Chapter in LifePrecious - For New Moms and Moms-To-BeForever After - For Newlyweds and Engaged CouplesCookies & Love - For the Best Grandparents in the World
The Prep Group
When all you've ever dreamed of takes everything you've gotAlice and George walk into the room marked 'Adoption Training' hoping to change the life of a child who needs them, never knowing just how much one small courageous girl will change their lives forever.For anyone who has ever taken the long way round to parenthood, The Prep Group follows three hopeful couples as they forge friendships, share confidences and ultimately realise that the path to family may not always run smooth, but will definitely be worth it.Praise for The Prep Group'Relatable and relevant, honest and heartfelt. A must-read for all those on an adoption journey of their own.' (Rosemary Lucas, Author of 'The Family Fairies').'An all-round wonderfully written story. The Prep Group addresses an important issue through fiction; an excellent novel as well as important reading for hopeful adopters'.'A beautifully honest story that embraces the highs and lows of becoming a parent via adoption.' (Suzy Stanton, Author of 'An Adopter's Guide to Adoption'.)
In the Beginning
A heartening and supportive guide to raising authentically confident kidsIn the Beginning provides Christian parents with faith-based encouragement and guidance for raising healthy, confident children from birth through age seven. In it, pastor and father John Kaites details how repetitive brain patterns formed between the ages of zero and seven can significantly influence how we approach things as adults, contributing to how we think through situations and solve problems. These patterns affect our ability to be resilient, resourceful, and effective in life and can inform who we become, how happy we are, and how confident we feel.If we, as parents, better understand these foundational years, we can parent in a way that sets our children up for success. In the Beginning devotes a chapter to each year, walking parents through brain-development milestones at each age and what we can do to build our children's confidence. With John's patient guidance, we can help our children feel bolstered and happy, have a healthy sense of who they are, and become all God has created them to be.
Those Voices
Where would we be without scientific breakthroughs in medicine? I've often wondered about my life and if therewould have ever been any peace in it if the doctors had not found the right medicine for my mom. I thank God forhis grace and mercy because I would never have made it. Only a person who hears voices know what they say!
Blooming Hope
Undercover Heroes is a non-profit organization geared towards helping and guiding single parents as best as they can. This volume is a collection of true stories from the point of view of 12 single mothers belonging to this organization, sharing their experiences and how they managed to overcome adversity. The stories are real, sincere and will leave you in awe of what people who are put to the test can overcome.
Jessie's World
This is a light but true story of Jessie's transition from the baby of the family to his new role as big brother. Jessie is having a hard time adjusting to his new place in the family. When his mom sees he misses her attention, she finds ways he can help with the new baby.
Gifts of Sisterhood
We give and receive gifts, but the gifts that keep on giving - Faith, Courage, Love, Friendship, Happiness and Acceptance - are the gifts her youngest sister gave so freely. Too often it takes a life changing experience to recognize what we already have, affirm what we already know, welcome what is given to us and share it with others.Patricia is a "sibling survivor" of the #2 killer of women today. While rejoicing in her sister's memory she preserves her story and important legacy. Through emotional healing Patricia takes you on a journey of love and friendship, grief and acceptance as she gives her sister's spirit back to their "roots" in County Tipperary, Ireland.You will learn to awaken the compassion within you, forgive yourself when facing life's challenges, find the hidden gift of hope in your life and have faith that nothing happens in God's world by mistake Patricia reveals her upbeat and insightful personal story of the relationship she had with her youngest sister - her friend, her confidante, her soul mate. Their lives constantly intertwined, both growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and living 2,500 miles apart as adults. Now God takes you on the Journey from Grief to Gratitude to a place of inspiration and acceptance. The faith Patricia has her sister's life was not in vain calls her to share her gifts with you. By embracing her sister's wit, charm and beauty she weaves together a meaningful story of love and courage you can reflect upon as you travel your own life's path.A portion of the proceeds of this book goes to the Vital Care Hospice of the Straits of Mackinac County Michigan in memory of my sister. Thank you.
The Mother's Book of Well-Being
The Mother's Book of WellBeing carries a mother through the first year of motherhood and beyond. Divided into fiftytwo short chapters (read between changings ) one for each week of the year Lisa Groen Braner provides wise advice for new mothers and experienced mothers alike. Learn to take time for yourself and claim a few moments of peace, survive sleep deprivation, make room for romance with your partner, and tune into your "maternal wisdom."
Seven Times Smarter
What Is Smart? There's evidence of so much more than "reading, writing, and 'rithmetic" in every child -- at least seven distinct intelligences, according to the theory of multiple intelligences, developed by Harvard's Dr. Howard Gardner. In Seven Times Smarter, veteran educator Laurel Schmidt offers a parent-friendly explanation of this theory and of the ways that kids are -- simply put -- word smart, picture smart, music smart, body smart, logic smart, people smart, and self-smart. These intelligences aren't fixed at birth. They can be nurtured and strengthened, meaning that in the right environment, kids get smarter. Seven Times Smarter, an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, and caregivers, provides the perfect way to create this environment. Unlike other craft or activity books that just fill time and keep kids busy, Seven Times Smarter prompts kids aged six to fourteen to work their brains and cultivate new skills using recycled or low-cost materials found in every home -- and enjoy it! It offers an exploration of what it means to be smart, checklists to recognize the seven intelligences in your child, book lists to develop and celebrate all the ways your child is smart, and fifty creative, constructive activities that are good for kids playing alone or in a group, supervised or independently, including: * Memory Tours -- If a memory book is too straightforward for your artistic child, try an un-book, a memory box, or a calendar. * Hanging Gardens -- Indoors or out, even the smallest garden plot can yield a bumper crop of mathematical, linguistic, scientific, and kinesthetic skills.* The Boredom Brigade -- Boredom is a springboard for imagination; imaginary structures, identities, occupations, and friends are just some of the ways kids develop their inter- and intra-personal intelligences.* Junk Yard Genius -- There's an education in junk; in fact, it's easy to turn your broken radio, alarm clock, fan, blow-dryer, or scale into a project that could fascinate kids for days.
My Year Without Him
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Parenting Strategies for Raising ADHD Children
Your child's hyperactive mind is actually a blessing, not a curse. Here's what you need to know... One minute everything is good, your child is calm and focused. But then, in the blink of an eye something changes - now they're hysterical, screaming, and getting them to sit still for even half a second is suddenly impossible.Sound familiar?Do you often sit there and worry about your child's temper, wishing there was something you could do to help them calm down a bit, but not knowing where to start?Maybe the ups and downs that come with raising your little buttercup are sometimes just too much to bear?Is their frustration leaving you frustrated, causing you both to spiral out of control?You're not alone.According to a study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 6.4 million children aged 4-17 in America suffer from ADHD.This means that there are over 6.4 million parents feeling exactly what you are feeling right now.The good news is that an ADHD diagnosis or having a child that's easily frustrated doesn't have to be some kind of unbearable ordeal for you and your family.You don't need an endless list of complex rules to help your child navigate their daily lives.And you definitely don't have to continue sacrificing so much of your own precious time and energy trying to "figure them out".The truth is, your child is just looking for a way to express themselves in a world that doesn't fully support their current methods of doing so.With some deeper insight into what ADHD actually is and how it affects your child's brain, paired with a practical guide for how to effectively navigate this situation, you'll soon find that your child's "problem" isn't actually a problem at all.In Parenting Strategies for Raising ADHD Children you'll discover: How ADHD is affecting your child's brain chemistry, and why understanding this is the key to making the right decisions for themThe #1 thing your child needs from you and how you can give it to them bestWhy your child's hyperactive mind is actually a good thing and what you can do to help them realize thisEffective strategies for teaching your child how to express their emotions in a way that you can actually understandWhy you shouldn't force your child to do things a certain way and how this will help them be more relaxedA play-by-play action guide for helping your child navigate the difficult world of peer pressureHow to help your child overcome their limiting beliefs and begin to truly connect with the truth of who they areAnd much more!Stop crossing your fingers and hoping for the best.Your child needs you to step in and help them understand who they truly are, and why their way of being isn't actually a problem.Importantly, you also need to give yourself some much needed breathing room and time for relaxation.What are you waiting for?If you're ready to help your child transform their frustrations into productivity and joy, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now.
Jessie's World
This is a light but true story of Jessie's transition from the baby of the family to his new role as big brother. Jessie is having a hard time adjusting to his new place in the family. When his mom sees he misses her attention, she finds ways he can help with the new baby.
A King's Queen
A Kings Queen: Terrence & Deidra! Continuing the storyline from The Ocean Series, Ocean King's cousin, Terrence King, an Uber Driver, meets Deidra, a Jamaican American woman who belongs to a strong, hardworking, Jamaican family that owns a popular Jamaican Restaurant in Houston. The couple falls in love, thus beginning the road for Terrence to prove that Deidra is truly a King's Queen
My Year Without Him
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Memory Colors
This theme-directed personal writing and drawing journal for the young reader introduces the English alphabet letter's function in creating words, drawing pages with prompts to direct personal five senses observations to be drawn from the viewer's perception in order to create a visual writing map, and using their illustrations to string together words to vividly express their time spent meditating on God's Beauty that God designed out of Love for the viewer.
Not The Way You Expect
Nineteen writers share poems, prose, and short stories capturing the wonderful, the painful, and everything between. It's nearly impossible to feel nothing about motherhood. Each of us comes from a mother, in fact. We adore them, we resent them, we miss them, we are them. This book of poems, prose, and short stories is a collection of words on all shades of motherhood. The wonderful, the painful, and everything between. Motherhood isn't a monolith, after all. And it's almost never what you expect. Contributors: Beth AblesEmily BarnettMandy BlankenshipNancy BoppNicole BougieKatie Ellen BowersAdrienne BurrisNicole FernandesAlex GeorgeShannon GreeneLindsey DeLoach JonesLorna MillsBrandon Seabrook NelsonCourtney ParahamStephen PhillipsMoe RiceBethany StedmanKatie StewartAngie Toole Thompson
