Download or read book Mama Didn t Sign Up for This written by Siobhan Smile and published by J.M. Dabney. This book was released on 2021-09-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He had one rule. Sometimes rules were meant to be broken. Drake My life changed on the first day of school. Could this be a midlife crisis? No, that was too easy an explanation. I never crossed the line of dating a mother of one of the students in my school. That was a complication I didn't need. My brain told me I needed to keep my distance, but every time I ran into Sari Hampton, every part of me screamed she was mine. There was no way I was going to be able to resist the pretty single mom. Sari I may write romance for a living, but I was just faking it. At thirty-nine, I was not having any success in finding my happily ever after. There was one thing in life I could control—I wanted a family. I'd grown up in foster care. And after years of fostering children like me, I’d given them a place to be safe no matter how briefly they came to me. That was until Reggie arrived, and I knew he was my son. Yet, the first day at his new school, I met Principal Drake Pike. He was too perfect. We weren’t going to be friends, but how long could I remain strong and keep a safe distance between him and my heart?

Download or read book Mama Didn t Raise This Woman written by Njeri B. Maldonado and published by Neutral Ground Publishing . This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mama Didn't Raise This Woman is the story of a girl finding her way throughout various stages of her life with an emotionally and physically absent mother. In a time when the absentee father epidemic served as the blame for society's woes, Naja consistently wondered why she felt rejected considering she was not among the popular "statistic." As she aged, Naja learned more about why her mother could not love her as she needed. Yet, she never resolved why she was required to do without the one person she believed could redeem her. After years of questioning her place in a world where her own mother rejected her, Naja learns that her testimony will help other motherless children navigate through life knowing that they do indeed belong.

Download or read book M Is for Mama written by Abbie Halberstadt and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mama of ten Abbie Halberstadt helps women humbly and gracefully rise to the high calling of motherhood without settling for mediocrity or losing their minds in the process. Motherhood is a challenge. Unfortunately, our worldly culture offers moms little in the way of real help. Mamas only connect to celebrate surviving another day and to share in their misery rather than rejoice in what God has done and to build each other up in hard times. There has a be a better way, a biblical way, for mamas to grow and thrive. As a daughter of Christ, you have been called to be more than an average mama. Attaining excellence doesn’t have to be unsettling but it will take committed focus and a desire to parent well according to God’s grace and for His glory. M is for Mama offers advice, encouragement, and scripturally sound strategies seasoned with a little bit of humor to help you embrace the challenge of biblical motherhood and raise your children with love and wisdom. Mama, you are worthy of the awesome responsibility God has given you. Now it’s time to start believing you can live up to it.

Download or read book Teach Me What Mama Didn t Know written by Angela Baker-Ward and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There once lived a little timid girl. She had in her lifetime been abused, neglected, and rejected by many. She was fed and believed the lies that she would never be worth anything to anyone. So she used to consider putting an end to her very existence. That was until one day, she heard about a man named Jesus, a man who loved her more than she could ever imagine. In Teach Me What Mama Didn’t Know, author Angela Baker-Ward shares an intimate chronicle of her life both before and after she accepted the invitation from Jesus into her heart and asked him to be Lord over her life. It was from that very moment she began to see the dawning of new days filled with love, peace, and joy, and she offers this window into her life so that others may find the healing that only Christ can provide. Teach Me What Mama Didn’t Know is a perfect book for both individual and group studies. It’s a great gift to aid in passing on life instructions to friends and family. For anyone tired of the everyday struggles, for anyone trying to start over, and for anyone leaving behind a life of abuse, Teach Me What Mama Didn’t Know can lead to you a life full of hope. Teach Me What Mama Didn’t Know is biblically based, heartfelt advice, some drawn from explicit exploration of painful life experiences spiritually interpreted to transform trauma to triumph. - Dr. Donna, M.D.

Download or read book Mama s Boy written by Dustin Lance Black and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heartfelt, deeply personal memoir explores how a celebrated filmmaker and activist and his conservative Mormon mother built bridges across today’s great divides—and how our stories hold the power to heal. Dustin Lance Black wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk and helped overturn California’s anti–gay marriage Proposition 8, but as an LGBTQ activist he has unlikely origins—a conservative Mormon household outside San Antonio, Texas. His mother, Anne, was raised in rural Louisiana and contracted polio when she was two years old. She endured brutal surgeries, as well as braces and crutches for life, and was told that she would never have children or a family. Willfully defying expectations, she found salvation in an unlikely faith, raised three rough-and-rowdy boys, and escaped the abuse and violence of two questionably devised Mormon marriages before finding love and an improbable career in the U.S. civil service. By the time Lance came out to his mother at age twenty-one, he was a blue-state young man studying the arts instead of going on his Mormon mission. She derided his sexuality as a sinful choice and was terrified for his future. It may seem like theirs was a house destined to be divided, and at times it was. This story shines light on what it took to remain a family despite such division—a journey that stretched from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to the woodsheds of East Texas. In the end, the rifts that have split a nation couldn’t end this relationship that defined and inspired their remarkable lives. Mama’s Boy is their story. It’s a story of the noble quest for a plane higher than politics—a story of family, foundations, turmoil, tragedy, elation, and love. It is a story needed now more than ever.

Download or read book No Mama I Didn t Die written by Devereaux R. Bruch and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devy Bruch, adopted in the late 1930s from the infamous Tennessee Children's Home Society, has lived a life of both privilege and despair. She searched for her biological family for the first seven decades of her life. In 1937, as an infant, she was stolen from her mother by the infamous Georgia Tann, bundled up, and sold to a wealthy couple from Pennsylvania. In her youth, Devy attended exclusive private schools, spent weekends at the Naval Academy, and experienced a debutante season befitting a fine upbringing. Then, as a young woman, she was plunged into deep despair when her husband left her with four young children and no income. She survived through her inner strength, determination, and spirituality. At the age of seventy-one, Devy made the decision to investigate her adoption and found that she had a sister that destiny had denied her for decades. She learned of the heinous truth of her origins-that of a small, sickly baby stolen from her birth mother and sold for profit during the depression. Now life has brought her full circle to enjoy both her own family and the birth family she finally discovered late in life.

Download or read book Mama Said Don t Take No Tea for the Fever written by Sheila Kendall-Welch and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mama s Bank Account written by Kathryn Forbes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1968-03 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The charming adventures of the Mama of an immigrant Norwegian family living in San Francisco. This bestselling book inspired the play, motion picture, and television series I Remember Mama.

Download or read book Leaving Before It s Over with Bonus Excerpt written by Jean Reynolds Page and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a limited time at a special price of $1.99, enjoy celebrated author Jean Reynolds Page's novel Leaving Before It's Over—a compelling novel that explores the true meaning of family. As a bonus, you get an excerpt from Page's new upcoming novel, Safe Within, on sale June 12, 2012. When Roy Vines married his wife, Rosalind, he traded his family and his inheritance for love—a painful choice that has blessed them with years of joy nestled in rural North Carolina with their beautiful daughters, sixteen-year-old Lola and little Janie Ray. But their happiness is threatened when Rosalind suddenly falls ill. Desperate to get her the help she needs, Roy does the one thing he swore he'd never do—turn to his heartless and bitter identical twin brother, Mont, for help. The price is steep—and includes opening their home to a teenage boy who believes Roy is the father who abandoned him. As bad blood threatens to destroy her family, Rosalind must make a difficult choice. Should she walk away—like Roy once did—for love, or try to mend wounds that may never be healed? And will the pain of choosing be more than her heart can bear?

Download or read book The Christian Mama s Guide to Having a Baby written by Erin MacPherson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about pregnancy, from weight gain to stretch marks to figuring out how to rely on Christ through the ups and downs of the next nine months. In this funny, candid, and detailed guide to pregnancy 101, fellow mother Erin MacPherson takes you through each trimester with helpful tips, humorous true stories, and supportive spiritual advice—all with a friend-to-friend approach that will help you feel comfortable as you navigate this life-changing time. This comprehensive guide is packed with information that every newly pregnant Christian mama needs, including: Help for pregnancy insomnia, morning sickness, weight gain and more Advice on how to maintain a godly attitude and outlook during pregnancy, even when you're feeling anything but godly What to expect from doctor check-ups, your encounters with the scale and labor and delivery Tips on how to survive food cravings, aversions, and even dreaded pregnancy exercise Healthy eating advice for pregnancy that doesn't outright ban ice cream sundaes Ideas on how to keep your marriage a priority when you're pregnant, including a guide for Christian dads-to-be and even pregnancy sex tips The perfect book for any expecting mama, this conversational guide to pregnancy makes a wonderful baby shower gift for the pregnant or new mother in your life!

Download or read book Mama Always Told Me to Be Different written by Van Deese and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mama Always Told Me to Be Different is a compilation of short, humorous stories that are from my experiences as a son of Southern Baptist parents, cattle rancher, farmer, carpenter, general contractor but most of all a daddy. Some sound outrageous, but you have my word that they are all true and happened just the way Ive told them. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I cant wait to let you into my world.

Download or read book Right Before My Eyes Ii written by Michelle Robinson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journee and Jordyn are back! It's a new year and things have shaken up alot between The Bell twins after the untimely death of Kalena's husband Todd.Coming back alone from her honeymoon, discover if Kalena will find peace with Todd's death and happiness within her own life again. Jordyn's shocking secret only get worst as it takes a turn down a path that leaves everyone more confused than before. Will Jordyn and Chris survive? Now that Jordyn's mayhem has put Journee in middle of her and her two sisterhoods, Journee has to decide what's more important now, the friendship that the girls have shared for over twenty years or the relationship with her twin sister. Chelsea and Najah's lives have changed as well as Journee's when Drew comes home from prison. This is the moment that Journee has been waiting for but is she ready to leave her broken past behindand marry him? Has she really moved on from Jason? On vacation in Cabo San Lucas, things about him are uncovered and the truth is finally revealed to her. As you witness more drama and celebrations, follow Jordyn, Journee, Kalena,Najah and Chelsea as the year 2009 just might be their year after all.

Download or read book For the Love of Mama written by Ontra Rodgers Reddick and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Love of Mama is a candid and explicit look into the life of a young, confused woman through the eyes of her daughter who is trying to make sense of her life while trying to find her own way. Mama made many choices and suffered the consequences of these choices she made based on her immediate needs for a specific season in her life. The book shows how her decisions not only affected her, but how these decisions also affected her children who basically went through life, trying to find out who they were and where they belonged. The book shows how on one hand, her children grew up with a desire for the “proud look” they had witnessed from their youth and, on the other hand, the humbleness she always seemed to possess. They each tried to blend the two and ended up with an insatiable need to prove something to the world and to themselves that could not be satisfied. None of them knew who they really were. They just imitated people they saw and wanted to be like without stopping to count the cost. You will witness in For the Love of Mama how the seeds of God’s grace and mercy prevailed throughout Mama’s life. For the Love of Mama will touch your heart, and it is guaranteed to stir your emotions. You will agree that Mama was really something special and God truly had His hands on her all her life.

Download or read book Mama s Pearl written by Bette Ford and published by NYLA. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mama’s Pearl is a novella that was originally published in the anthology, A MOTHER’S LOVE From the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award-winning author for Multicultural Romance, Bette Ford, a novella about a second-chance romance for two high school sweethearts... “A poignant, sensual story showcasing the best qualities of romance: grace, forgiveness and healing.” –Romantic Times Once, Sarah Dean and Kurt Rogers were high school sweethearts with their whole future together planned out. But circumstances beyond their control forced them to go their separate ways. Now, many years later, the secret that Sarah has harbored for so long is about to be revealed as Kurt returns to rekindle their long-ago passion – and a love that still burns in both their hearts.

Download or read book Todd The Cedar Cove Chronicles Book One written by Cynthia Ulmer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-07 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1943, ten year old Todd Jansan and his family live on a tobacco farm in the small community of Cedar Cove, North Carolina . The closest neighbor is a cruel man who punishes his children by holding them over a well, [threatening] to drop them to their deaths. When their neighbor becomes more involved in their lives, the Jansans face things they never imagined."--Back cover

Download or read book Insults Anywher Presents The Thinking Mans Guide To Yo Mama Jokes written by Franklin Yantz and published by Insults Anywhere. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The jokes in this book are for connoisseurs of other people's mothers. If you feel the jokes in this book describe your mom more then anyone else's mom then she may have already been one of our research subjects! Congratulations! Insults Anywhere has spent exhaustive hours in the R&D labs with some of the most "interesting" mom's on the planet. Consequently, we also developed one of the most powerful mind erasing drugs around. We couldn't let our staff be too scared from their research! "We pull no punches and neither should you!"

Download or read book My Mother Your Mama written by Dr. Ralph E. Plumb and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of real-life, faith-based stories comes from two diverse gender and cultural perspectives that show the hilarious yet painful emotional roller coaster of caring for an aging parent. These talented coauthors bring to life the ups and downs and the joys and sorrows of caring for, in this case, their mom. Though managing vastly different psychological and cognitive dynamics in their parents and varied support systems, their struggle is the same: how do we make life work for our aging parent?Journeying through their stories, readers will gain a glimpse into an intimate reality that the majority of us will face. It is not all pretty or warm or sentimental. It is often thankless, inconvenient, awkward, and abjectly uncomfortable. However, this book provides valuable yet hilarious lessons that can guide readers through their own journey with aging parents. Embracing humor and compassion, Ralph and Feager invite readers into this essential work that we cannot abdicate to social service agencies or the health care system.