Download or read book A Smile within the Pain the Story of My Life written by Kormassah Jallah Webs and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my life story that I want to share with other women. My life was not as it seems because it had some unpleasant moments, and those unexpected experiences are individualized. Nobody prepares you for the incredible adventures of life, but you learn along the way. Pain is that internal suffering that only you can experience. Only you can rate its severity, which can put you in that position of smiling with a pleased, kind, or amused facial expression to cover the pain. We all have life experiences, whether from loved ones or acquaintances, that have left us messy and broken. A smile within the pain is a life that has been filled with pain and sorrow that kept me hostage, crippled for years. It is a life that forces me to grow and develop. I am this girl who was beaten on every side, broken beyond repair, and raped of her innocence; and all I would do was to smile in my pain as a cover-up. She had dreams growing up, but this world of uncertainty came and redirected her path. She's that teenager who gave birth twice with a future that was clouded with fear, hopelessness, insecurity, and doubts. She is that girl wandering in the wilderness for years because it was so dark, but then God came and rescued her. When she thought all hope was gone, the God of resurrection came knocking at the door of her heart, and she opened it with no hesitation. I can hear a knock from Jesus on the door of your heart. Please open it so he can repair it. Just say this with me, "Even though I have been raped on every side, I will not allow fear, insecurity, and doubts to rape my future or my divine destiny away." He turned her disgrace into grace, her pain into joy, and her sorrow into dancing. I want you to know that if God can clothe my nakedness and bring me back on track, he can also do it for you. There is no brokenness or mess that God cannot fix. Regardless of how messy or broken you are, give God a chance, and everything will be right again. Be courageous, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord in your life.
Download or read book Pain Behind the Smile written by Leah Hulan and published by Eggman Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Miss Tennessee Leah Hulan, currently a Lieutenant in the United States Army, chronicles her battles with a tumultuous past, including sexual abuse, rape & sexual harassment in the military & the oft-times terminal disease, bulimia. Lieutenant Hulan has held the titles of Miss Tennessee, Miss Tennessee USA & was a top five finalist in the Miss USA pageant in 1995. Hulan presents a behind- the-scenes look at beauty pageants, the sacrifices made by the contestants & the psychological & emotional toll taken on the women who participate. Hulan also addresses her eating disorder & its psychological & physiological ramifications. Her poignant, first person narrative transcends the clinical explanations of the disease & provides first-hand accounts of the torturous pain caused by bulimia. A veteran of Operation Desert Storm. Hulan's recollections paint a horrifying picture of life in the service in the isolated desert. PAIN BEHIND THE SMILE is a heart-wrenching narrative account that exposes the deep, emotional turmoil that lurks beneath the beauty queen's smile. Eggman Publishing, $12.95, ISBN 1-886371-01-6, Call (615) 327-9390 for information. 2909 Poston Avenue, Suite 203, Nashville, TN 37203.
Download or read book The Pain Hidden behind My Smile written by KJ Harden and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karla was a misguided youth who witnessed everything that she was supposed to be protected from. Growing up without a father in her life and a mother who didn't know how to show her love forced her to go out into the world unprepared for the realities of it. She became a mother at the age of eighteen by a man who was six years older with children. Although she never felt love at home, she still opened herself up to the possibilities of being loved and loving someone in return. That search led her to a young man whom she eventually spent eight years of her life with and shared two more children together. During their time together she suffered from mental, physical, and emotional abuse, causing her to finally get up enough courage to leave him. Single again, Karla started doing things that she never had the opportunity to do while with such a controlling man. She started to drink and go out more, which eventually caused her to make decisions that affected and disrupted her household. She met a few men and settled down with one that caught her eye. While trying to pick up the pieces of her life, she started doing a little better and was looking forward to her future without the hurt and pain that she suffered through for years. Trying to better her relationship with her siblings, she invited them to her apartment so that they could spend time together, but nothing would prepare herself for what lay ahead. One night with her family had turned her whole world upside down and left her fighting for her freedom. With everything that she had already gone through, nobody would have ever expected for her to end up in jail, not even her. Leaving behind her children, Karla had to adjust to her new life behind bars. There was no turning back now, she had to fight harder than she had ever fought before. During that fight, she was sexually assaulted by a male deputy that worked at the courthouse. Leaving her with distrust for the same people put in place to protect her, she started to give up and accept things as they were, but God didn't want that for her, so He gave her the vision and sign that she had been waiting for. After being away for almost two years, Karla was released back out into the same cold, cruel world that she was abruptly taken from and had to start rebuilding what was torn down. She also needed to repair the broken relationship with her children, but none of that would come easy for her. Battling depression, being homeless, and running into people that had taken advantage of her instead of helping only made her stronger, and after two years of parole Karla packed the few things she had along with her children and headed for a new life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, leaving behind everything that was meant to break her and starting a new life for herself and children.
Download or read book The Sense of an Ending written by Julian Barnes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
Download or read book Hiding Behind a Smile written by Suzanne Baughan and published by Page Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I think Suzanne has a great story and I am glad she's doing a book. —Liz Brody, contributing editor at O, The Oprah Magazine Hiding behind her smile, Suzanne portrayed a perfect marriage of love and honor rather than the distorted vows of deception, deceit, lies, cheating, and felonies. Suzanne, a broken-down housewife, shares a recollection of darkness behind the white picket fence, living a life of bondage to a controlling, abusive husband. Feeling she was a failure who could never escape the marriage of darkness. Through unbelievable, insurmountable challenges, an opportunity to reach for freedom presented itself. A riveting story of a quiet, battered housewife who found the strength and courage to face her greatest enemy—her husband. (Liz Brody featured a portion of Suzanne's story in Oprah's magazine, O, in October 2006.) Pulling no punches, Hiding behind a Smile paints a compelling portrait of abuse, betrayal, fear, and, ultimately, redemption. An exciting and timely look at survival and faith. —Peter Heyrman, author of The North Baltimore Stories
Download or read book Behind the Smile written by Marie Osmond and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than one out of 10 new mothers experience post-partum depression (PPD), yet few women seek help. After Marie Osmond, beloved singer and TV talk show host, gave birth to her seventh child (four of her children are adopted), she became increasingly depressed. One night, she handed over her bank card to her babysitter, got in her car, and drove north-with no intention of returning until she had emerged from her crisis. After she went public with her own experiences with PPD on Oprah and Larry King Live, the response was overwhelming. Now collaborating with a doctor who helped her through her ordeal, Marie Osmond will share the fear and depression she overcame, and reveal how she put it all behind her and is moving on with her life.
Download or read book An Angel for You My Life in Poems Letters Short Stories written by Chris The Abducted Alien and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book emerged from years of feeling that something was missing in my life. My inability to feel love as others did towards me or when I was the one who felt love; the other did not.I have been trying to go back in my life to thank all the people who have touched my life in some manner. There are many people that have enriched my life and I have always held them close to my heart. But there is always that one person that you hold even closer, I called her Sandy...I lost touch with her back in 1979 and wanted to find her. I was searching through the websites for her name when an article popped-up about Sondra Lee Y...I read it and started crying, this was my Sandy. She is gone from earth forever, but not from my heart and mind. She died June 4, 2000.I was too late to say the things I never said, "I never forgot you, and thank you for enriching my life with your presence in mine."
Download or read book Shantaram written by Gregory David Roberts and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on his own extraordinary life, Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram is a mesmerizing novel about a man on the run who becomes entangled within the underworld of contemporary Bombay—the basis for the Apple + TV series starring Charlie Hunnam. “It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.” An escaped convict with a false passport, Lin flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of Bombay, where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter the city’s hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere. As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city’s poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power. Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas—this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart.
Download or read book From the Gutters to a Mansion My Journey to My Heavenly Father written by Ryane B. Nickens and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lupus My Life My Phenomenal Journey 20 Years Later written by Wilda L. Riggs and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Smile Prescription written by Rich Castellano and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-21 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that science has proven a simple and free way to live longer, be happier, make more money and have more sex? That’s right, recent studies have correlated all of this with simply smiling more. Now you can actually train your smile to bring you the life you want with "The Smile Prescription." If you want to have more sex and make more money (not necessarily at the same time), now you can unlock the scientifically proven, secret power of your smile, allowing you to live longer, be happier, and get what you have always been missing in your personal and professional relationships.
Download or read book Blue Like Jazz written by Donald Miller and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This contemporary classic gets a limited edition makeover with movie art and a new preface from Donald Miller. In print for nearly a decade, Blue Like Jazz has earned a coveted spot on readers' shelves and in their hearts. Many have said that Donald Miller expressed exactly what they were feeling but couldn't find the words to say themselves. In this landmark book that changed what people expected from Christian writers, that changed what people needed for their spiritual journeys, Donald Miller takes readers through a real life striving to understand relationship with God. Heartwarming and hilarious, poignant and unexpected, Blue Like Jazz has become a contemporary classic. For anyone wondering if the Christian faith is still relevant in a postmodern culture, thirsting for a genuine encounter with a God who is real, or yearning for a renewed sense of passion in life . . . Blue Like Jazz is a fresh and original perspective on life, love, and redemption.
Download or read book Smile at Strangers written by Susan Schorn and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking memoir about the rewards of risk and the surprising facts of safety and self-defense, from a woman who has earned two black belts in her pursuit of living fearlessly.
Download or read book The Pretty One written by Keah Brown and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America. Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate society strengthened inside her. But after years of introspection and reaching out to others in her community, she has reclaimed herself and changed her perspective. In The Pretty One, Brown gives a contemporary and relatable voice to the disabled—so often portrayed as mute, weak, or isolated. With clear, fresh, and light-hearted prose, these essays explore everything from her relationship with her able-bodied identical twin (called “the pretty one” by friends) to navigating romance; her deep affinity for all things pop culture—and her disappointment with the media’s distorted view of disability; and her declaration of self-love with the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute. By “smashing stigmas, empowering her community, and celebrating herself” (Teen Vogue), Brown and The Pretty One aims to expand the conversation about disability and inspire self-love for people of all backgrounds.
Download or read book The Comforter written by Fredrika Bremer and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emerging with Wings written by Danielle Bernock and published by 4f Media. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging With Wings is a love story. Danielle Bernock takes you with her on her raw yet graceful journey from an invisible cage full of agony and shame, to the incomprehensible joy of validation, love and the empowerment of personal freedom. She unveils how this cage was built as well as how she obtained her freedom. Many things she did not know kept her in the dark, one being the harmful effects of multiple childhood traumas that went unaddressed which fed that darkness and a pervasive fear. The love story reveals a LOVE that secretly carried and protected her despite the lies that grew in that darkness, organized for destruction. This LOVE came and never gave up. The LOVE of one she calls The Pursuer. You are invited into her story. Enter it, share its elegance and in it see The Pursuer for yourself, in your story, for your freedom.
Download or read book Elite Novella written by Disha Singh and published by Unvoiced Heart. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elite Novella is a house full of 28 writers who were filled with different emotions. It's not merely an anthology, it's Collaboration of short stories tied together on different themes. The emotions filled by the writers in their stories will force you to keep turning the pages to explore that whats going to happen next. A story is the telling of an event, either true or fictional in such way that it could express their feelings with the mixture of words and sentences.
