Download or read book Joyful Chaos and Little Miracles written by Rachel Real and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, Rachel began recording the significant events in her life with the hope that someday her experiences may encourage someone to know they were not alone in their struggles. All too often the battle we are fighting is done so in secret. She has survived loss, suffered emotional turmoil, and fought with type 1 diabetes, as well as all the challenges that come with parenting, fostering, and starting a new life in Hawaii. She has found strength in coming to love God, but searching for that understanding did not come easily. Rachel’s story tells us how the challenges, trials, and frustrations that she has experienced have made her stronger, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. In sharing these stories, she prays others may find the courage and hope in emerging from the darkness we sometimes find ourselves in. Her dream is that someone may read about her journey and come closer to knowing God so that they too may enjoy the peace and joy that comes with that relationship. If this story helps one person come to God or encourages one person to make the effort to climb up out of that deep hole of depression, there is no cost too grand. Join Rachel on her journey navigating through this crazy, beautiful life thus far, as we celebrate our imperfections and rejoice in all the blessings God has bestowed upon us.

Download or read book He Who Has Begun A Good Work written by Steven Real and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He Who Has Begun A Good Work is the true testimonial about just one missionary's life in one tribal location of the world. The real story here is about how God is faithfully and miraculously building His church: the family of believers who He calls "servants", but also "friends"; "followers", but also "ambassadors". It is a story that should inspire every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ to participate in whatever role God has designed that person for in this one and only life He has given us on earth. In this story of honesty about one man and his family's human struggles, spiritual battles, and victories, the theme of the title shines through to the end. During four and a half years of training, nine years of service in one of the most rugged areas in North America, and in the follow-up summary of that ministry, He (God) Who began that good work is shown to be still continuing it! This account should be an inspiration to anyone considering going into full-time Christian work or who is struggling through it, wondering if it is worth all the effort.

Download or read book Happy Chaos written by Soleil Moon Frye and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Punky to parenting, Soleil Moon Frye shares insightful, realistic, in-the-trenches parenting advice, inspiration, and fun. Enthusiastic, spunky, and positive, Punky Brewster was the quintessential eighties kid. Nearly thirty years later, Soleil Moon Frye-the adorable girl who played her on TV-is all grown up. Now she's a married mom of two, an entrepreneur who parlayed her successful kids' clothing line into a partnership with Target, and a social media whiz with millions of followers. Many of the same girls who watched Soleil on television are now grown up with children of their own, too, and they look to her as a go-to source for realistic, in-the-trenches parenting advice, inspiration, and fun. Happy Chaos invites those women into Soleil's world, and makes them revel in the chaos of their own lives, too. Soleil believes that "happy chaos" is the sign of a family operating at its best-when parents accept that they'll make mistakes, that there will be messes, tears and skinned knees. She learned to love a jumbled life during her own childhood, when her own mom created an atmosphere that was thoroughly unconventional. Their house in Los Angeles was a haven for many young stars of Soleil's generation, often far from home and looking for a safe place to hang out. In this book, she shows how her happy but chaotic childhood informed her parenting: Each chapter begins with a telling reminiscence before moving into insightful advice and fun stories about life with her husband and two adorable daughters.

Download or read book The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint A Novel written by Brady Udall and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An ingenious tale [that] takes its heart from Dickens and its soul from America’s great outlaw West." —Elle Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar Presley Mint’s trials begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman’s jeep accidentally runs over his head. As he is shunted from the hospital to a school for delinquents to a Mormon foster family, comedy, pain, and trouble accompany Edgar through a string of larger-than-life experiences. Through it all, readers will root for this irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.

Download or read book Someday Turkey Someday Feathers written by MAUREEN O’HARA VENTIMIGLIA and published by Maureen Ventimiglia. This book was released on 2024-11-04 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Someday Turkey, Someday Feathers," Maureen Ventimiglia takes readers on a heartfelt journey through her life. From her challenging upbringing in the Bronx to summers spent in the Catskills, Maureen’s story is one of resilience, love, and family bonds. She shares how faith and education shaped her, the joy and sorrow of motherhood, and the adventures of living in Puerto Rico. Maureen’s story is also about facing life's toughest battles, including the loss of her sons, Paul and John, to cancer. Through it all, her family's strength and strong support shine brightly. She reflects on her health challenges, finding new love, and the importance of staying positive. Join Maureen as she celebrates the laughter, friendship, and unbreakable bonds that define her life. "Someday Turkey, Someday Feathers" is a touching account that highlights the beauty of resilience, the power of family, and the endless journey of love and self-discovery.

Download or read book Christmas Miracle at the Castle written by Alison Roberts and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christmas angel… …to transform his world! For GP Euan McKendry, Christmas is not the most wonderful time of the year—it conjures up too many painful memories. But his home, Ravenswood Castle, is hosting its annual Christmas camp for sick children…and when perky pediatrician Abby Hawkins arrives to help, Euan knows he’s in trouble. Not only does Abby adore the festive season, but she sees beyond Euan’s impenetrable facade: to a man in need of a miracle! “I loved everything about Falling for the Secret Prince. Alison has written great characters and managed to put in fun moments that leave you laughing. She’s managed to pull at my heartstrings and make me sigh. I’m definitely looking forward to reading more books from her.” -Goodreads “A beautiful romance. There were many interesting medical emergencies…. This was a very lovely and emotionally uplifting story.” -Goodreads on Awakening the Shy Nurse

Download or read book I ll See You Again written by Jackie Hance and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “wonderful and courageous” (Jeannette Walls) memoir, Jackie Hance shares her story of unbearable loss, darkest despair, and—slowly, painfully, and miraculously—her cautious return to hope and love. Until the horrific car accident on New York’s Taconic State Parkway that took the lives of her three beloved young daughters, Jackie Hance was an ordinary Long Island mom, fulfilled by the joyful chaos of a household bustling with life and chatter and love. After the tragedy, she was “The Taconic Mom,” whose unimaginable loss embodied every parent’s worst nightmare. Suddenly, her lifelong Catholic faith no longer explained the world. Her marriage to her husband, Warren, was ravaged by wrenching grief and recrimination. Unable to cope with the unfathomable, she reinvented reality each night so that she awoke each morning having forgotten the heartbreaking facts: that Emma, age 8; Alyson, age 7; and Katie, age 5, were gone forever. They were killed in a minivan driven by their aunt, Jackie’s sister-in-law, Diane Schuler, while returning from a camping weekend on a sunny July morning. I’ll See You Again chronicles the day Jackie received the traumatizing phone call that defied all understanding, and the numbed and torturous events that followed—including the devastating medical findings that shattered Jackie to the core and shocked America. But this profoundly honest account is also the story of how a tight-knit community rallied around the Hances, providing the courage and strength for them to move forward. It’s a story of forgiveness, hope, and rebirth, as Jackie and Warren struggle to rediscover the possibility of joy by welcoming their fourth daughter, Kasey Rose Hance. The story that Jackie Hance shares for the first time will touch your heart and warm you to the power of love and hope.

Download or read book McNaught s Monthly written by Virgil V. McNitt and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book God Is in the Manger written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplemented by an informative introduction, short excerpts from Bonhoeffer's letters, and passages from his Christmas sermons, these daily devotions are timeless and moving reminders of the true gift of Christmas.

Download or read book Have a Little Faith written by Lesley Gomez and published by Monarch Books. This book was released on 2014-01-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary testimony of lives changed through kindness, courage, prayer, and grace. Lesley's heart was broken at just twenty-two, by the hopelessness she saw in the faces of little children struggling to survive extreme poverty in the Philippines. She had volunteered from England as a nurse for six months, but stayed on to care for the street people. Now, with her husband Peter (a Filipino pastor), she has devoted her life to serving the poor, venturing into dire situations to rescue child prostitutes, criminals, addicts, and the homeless. This book tells their stories, and through them the story of God's amazing ways as Lesley established Life And More Abundant Ministries, a charity for the relief of poverty, and LAMA House, a residential home for abandoned, neglected, or abused boys. The book is filled with graphic accounts: a violent gangster made tender; a suicidal addict snatched from the brink; a teenage daughter sold into prostitution; tragedy on a colossal scale in the great earthquake that hit Luzon. There are many horror stories, but again and again they are turned around for good.

Download or read book Practical Magic for Kids written by Nikki Van De Car and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Junior Witch's Handbook comes an introduction to the charmed world of magic—featuring enchanted information on crystals, horoscopes, dreams, and more! From sparkly crystals and healing plants to the constellations that move across the night sky, the world is full of magic! In Practical Magic for Kids, author Nikki Van De Car teaches readers ages eight to twelve about the magic all around them. Kids will learn how to interpret their horoscopes, read their friends' palms, decode their dreams, and so much more in this approachable, age-appropriate guide. Full-color illustrations throughout will help young mystics explore the magic in plants, tarot cards, and even themselves, in chapters on: Chakras Auras Crystals Plant-based Magic Magical Holidays Magic Spells Tarot Astrology Palmistry Dream Interpretation An enchanted glossary and resources for further reading will help build upon the spark of magic.

Download or read book Of Flesh and Blood written by Daniel Kalla and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred years ago, Dr. Evan McGrath realized his dream of establishing a hospital in the Pacific Northwest, a hospital that would never turn away a patient in need. But the personal cost was steep: Evan lost the love of his life while making a powerful enemy of the hospital's financier, Marshall Alfredson. Today, the Alfredson Medical Center is internationally renowned for its care. The two founding families remain faithful to Evan's vision, but their history is clouded by forbidden love, conflict, and betrayal. Crisis is besieging the Alfredson. A decision by Dr. Tyler McGrath, a child cancer specialist, leaves a young patient's family shattered. Dr. Jill Laidlaw, Tyler's wife, is a researcher poised to offer fresh hope to multiple sclerosis victims—including a former presidential frontrunner—until rumors of research fraud endanger her career. And in the face of temptation and career demands, Tyler and Jill are drifting apart. Devastating family secrets, doomed relationships, and present-day medical disasters threaten not only the Alfredsons and McGraths but the legendary hospital itself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book What We Didn t Expect written by Melody Schreiber and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, 400,000 families in the United States welcome premature babies ... Ten percent of babies born in the U.S. are preemies. But that one word, "preemie," encompasses a range of medical and cultural experiences. There are textbooks, medical-ish guidebooks, and the occasional memoir to turn to ... but no book that collects personal experiences from the many people who have parented, cared for, or been preemies themselves. Until now. In What We Didn't Expect, journalist Melody Schreiber brings together a chorus of acclaimed writers and thinkers to share their diverse stories of having or being premature babies. The stories here cover everything from life-changing tests of faith to navigating the red tape of healthcare bureuacracy; from overcoming unimaginable grief to surviving and thriving against all odds. The result is a moving, heartfelt book, and a crucial and informative resource for anyone who has, or is about to have, the experience of dealing with a premature birth.

Download or read book Finding Her Home Real Men Romance Paranormal Fae Romance written by Celia Kyle and published by Celia Kyle. This book was released on 2021-12-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College sucks—even for the one who would be queen… Maeve Brady may have cool magical powers and a name to put to them now—she’s fae! Da fuq? She thought she was human!—that doesn’t make college any easier for this ex-foster kid turned ward of the fae council. Want to know the best way to pick-pocket a person on the street? She’s your gal. But school? Nah, she’s fine without it. Except her new guardian disagrees so off to Othercross University she goes. A college full of shifters, witches, vampires, and more… Including four seriously smoking hot fae who are assigned as her tutors. She just wonders how far the “tutoring” will go. Of course, it’s college, and college wouldn’t be the same without some drama-llama in the mix. Someone has it out for the fae’s newest addition and they’re not afraid to turn deadly to get rid of her. Little do they know Maeve is ready to prove she’s not that easy to kill. Not by a long shot.

Download or read book The Blackberry Tea Club written by Barbara Herrick and published by Conari Press. This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mid-life crisis is not a crisis-it is a passage into joy. This was the essential truth discovered by the four women of a certain age, founding members of the Blackberry Tea Club, which began as late-night conversations while sipping blackberry tea with a little kick added. Those conversations about children, men, jobs, weight, clothes, food, travel, gossip, politics, medicine, healing, spirituality, adventure, and books grew slowly, beautifully into the Blackberry Tea Club and the discovery of the Glory Years. The Blackberry Tea Club weaves together essays, stories, and poetry, celebrating mid-life in all its silliness, sorrow, and glory. Bottom line: middle age is much more than menopause. These are the Glory Years for women, years that bring about the expansion and reorganizing of the mind, heart, and spirit, and the birthing of a larger self of immense compassion, intellect, will, spirit, love, and capability. Divided into five parts, each one explores different themes: 1. Seeing mid-life crisis as an adamant search for joy; 2. Discovering opportunities for women to appreciate their bodies; 3. Exploring multiple facets of love; 4. Letting go of the bad stuff to relish "what light there is". The Blackberry Tea Club offers stories of adventure, food, spirit, and the community of women in their Glory Years.

Download or read book The Chaos Kid written by Peter David and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Olivetti has the attitude of an ordinary teenager, but he is far from ordinary. An incredibly powerful psionic, he possesses the ability to summon the elements and bend them to his will. On December 25, his 18th birthday, Matthew intends to pay back all who have offended him--and that includes Chuck Simon.

Download or read book A Map of Days written by Ransom Riggs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant bestseller! • New York Times bestseller • USA Today bestseller • Wall Street Journal bestseller “A Map of Days reveals Ransom Riggs at the peak of his powers, leaving loyal fans ravenous for more.” –NY Journal of Books Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery—a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob’s grandfather, Abe. Clues to Abe’s double-life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, secrets long hidden in plain sight. And Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous legacy he has inherited—truths that were part of him long before he walked into Miss Peregrine’s time loop. Now, the stakes are higher than ever as Jacob and his friends are thrust into the untamed landscape of American peculiardom—a world with few ymbrynes, or rules—that none of them understand. New wonders, and dangers, await in this brilliant next chapter for Miss Peregrine’s peculiar children. Their story is again illustrated by haunting vintage photographs, now with the striking addition of full-color images interspersed throughout for this all-new, multi-era American adventure.