Download or read book Swimming on My Wedding Day written by Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager and published by . This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an intimate, heartwarming, uplifting, and spiritual glimpse into the life of a young woman struck with breast cancer. Laura's riveting account gives the reader insights into the ramifications of having this diagnosis, coping with it, and living beyond it." -Kimberly J. Van Zee, MS, MD, FACS, attending surgeon, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; professor of surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University It's not often that newlyweds swap chemotherapy tips, but Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager and her husband, Paul, do. With both of them cancer survivors-Laura from recurrent breast cancer and Paul from lymphoma-the couple has had more than their share of trials. Yet that doesn't stop them from celebrating life in all its changes. Laura tells her inspiring true story in Swimming on My Wedding Day. Showcasing her upbeat attitude and courageous spirit, this hope-filled memoir focuses on four different "seasons" of Laura's life. Seasons one and two include Laura and Paul's initial cancer diagnoses, and seasons three and four relate Laura's growing clarity and evolving perspective on her life and the direction it has taken. Cancer survivors and current cancer patients alike will draw strength from Laura's positive approach and find hope in everyday acts of living and loving with this empowering memoir.
Download or read book Saturday Is Swimming Day written by Hyewon Yum and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New things can be scary — but as one endearing little girl discovers, it’s perfectly fine to take your time. Swimming lessons are on Saturdays, and every Saturday one little girl has a stomachache. When she gets to the pool it’s loud, the floor is wet and slippery, and her swim cap is too tight. Her swimming instructor, Mary, says it’s OK to sit by the edge if she doesn’t want to get in the water this week. The next Saturday the girl has a stomachache again, but with Mary’s gentle encouragement, she eventually manages to make it into the pool to practice her kicks. Little by little, the girl’s confidence grows — until one Saturday comes around when she has no stomachache at all! In a charming and relatable story about trying something new, author-illustrator Hyewon Yum shows that sometimes a little bravery and a lot of patience are all you need to face your fear.
Download or read book Leap In written by Alexandra Heminsley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At once inspiring, hilarious, and honest, the new book from Alexandra Heminsley chronicles her endeavor to tackle a whole new element, and the ensuing challenges and joys of open water swimming. “It's a meditative act,” they said. But it was far from meditative for Alexandra Heminsley when yet another wave slammed into her face. It was survival. When she laced up her shoes in Running Like a Girl, all she had to do to become a runner was to get out there and run. But swimming was something else entirely. The water was all-consuming, confusing her every move, sabotaging every breath. Determined, Alexandra would learn to adapt, find new strengths, and learn to work with the water. She does not want to stand on the beach looking at the sea any longer. She wants to leap in. In doing so she will learn not just how to accept herself, but how to accept what lay beyond. Soon, she will be able to see water, anywhere in the world and sense not fear but adventure. She will dive into water as she hopes to dive into life. And it has nothing to do with being “sporty” or being the correct shape for a swimsuit. Open water swimming is currently one of the fastest growing sports in the world, and marathon swimming is the only sport where men and women do not race in separate categories. The water welcomes all who are willing and prepared to take part, and as Alexandra shows in her wondrous and funny book, not knowing how to do something is not necessarily a weakness—strength lies within the desire to learn. The time is now to leap in, and revel in what you thought was beyond you, discovering that it was only ever you holding you back.
Download or read book My Heart Will Go On written by Gloria D. Larry and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment of their first dance, Charles and Gloria knew their relationship was special. Their friendship grew into a ten-year courtship and culminated in a fifteen-year love affair that was only interrupted by a devastating diagnosis for Charles. In a powerful and unflinching detail, Gloria Larry takes you into the most sacred parts of her life. You will remember what it feels like to go on your first date and smile. Your heart will leap when she finally says, “I do.” And your heart will break as she and Charles take on the biggest fight of their lives. Gloria shares the entire spectrum of her emotions—the onset of new love, the challenges of being a newlywed, meeting her husband’s children, and receiving the diagnosis that took her and Charles from fear and faith to deeper love and pain to the moment when Charles took his last breath. You will be deeply touched by the tenderness of two people who shared a soul tie, and you will learn to hold on and trust in God even when he doesn’t provide the outcome that you have so earnestly prayed for. Go gently with Gloria as she takes you on the ride of her life and then learn how you, too, can begin to rebuild your life after losing a loved one.
Download or read book The Morning of Your Wedding written by Gretchen Maurer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why an entire book dedicated to the morning of the wedding? Because every bride has one and no one has written about it! Why? Because, no other vendor is present that early in the morning to tell you! This is not a hair and make-up book, it is about what I, as the hair and make-up artist, have witnessed at hundreds of wedding mornings at various locations over 25 years! Wedding mornings are as varied as the bride. Some brides are getting married at home, some wedding mornings occur at a hotels, resorts or quaint Inns. But keep this in mind; each location and every wedding morning of has its own set of challenges. Sure, I could control hair and make-up services, but many other situations were simply out of my control in creating a great morning of experience. Time management, food issues, guest mishaps, bridesmaid meltdowns, dressing dilemmas, pet interruptions, relational dismay, fostered this very needed and exclusive book, The Morning Of Your Wedding. I thought, why are so many mornings, so chaotic? As I researched to see what has been written about the morning of, most books only dedicated a small insignificant paragraph if they mentioned that time period at all! Depending on the time the wedding begins and how many are involved, that morning of is anywhere from two to seven hours long! Allow me to share. Allow me to educate, so you can make some important decisions for your wedding morning of! Have a beautiful and joyful wedding day!
Download or read book The Writings of Mark Twain written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Mark Twain pseud Tom Sawyer abroad Tom Sawyer detective and other stories etc etc written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Mark Twain Tom Sawyer abroad Tom Sawyer detective and other stories etc etc written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Writings of Mark Twain Tom Sawyer abroad Tom Sawyer detective etc written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tom Sawyer Abroad Tom Sawyer Detective and Other Stories Etc Etc written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Catching Homelessness written by Josephine Ensign and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the homelessness epidemic in the 1980s, Josephine Ensign was a young, white, Southern, Christian wife, mother, and nurse running a new medical clinic for the homeless in the heart of the South. Through her work and intense relationships with patients and co-workers, her worldview was shattered, and after losing her job, family, and house, she became homeless herself. She reconstructed her life with altered views on homelessness—and on the health care system. In Catching Homelessness, Ensign reflects on how this work has changed her and how her work has changed through the experience of being homeless—providing a piercing look at the homelessness industry, nursing, and our country’s health care safety net.
Download or read book Choice bits from Mark Twain d i Samuel Langhorne Clemens and Bret Harte written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book America Has Been Good to Me written by Siegfried Paul Bette and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intriguing story of a German immigrant's and his flight to America, the land of opportunity. As a youth growing up during Nazi Germany and the bitter aftermath, the author takes the reader through time as he endures the hardships of a devasted country and sets his course for the shores of America where opportunity abounded.
Download or read book Eva and Henry written by Irene M. Paine and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its 1886, and the Cape Cod South Wellfleet is stirring back to life after a long, cold winter. Strong-willed Eva Paine has always admired her dashing neighbor, Captain Henry Smith, and as fruit trees blossom, she abandons thoughts of a university education and arranges her own marriage. Evas wedding day is bittersweetshe bids her dear parents and brother good-bye and moves down the lane to Henrys family homestead. There she eagerly enters the realm of marital relations by night, and by day she practices the art of housekeeping under the watchful eyes of her new mother-in-law Eva accepts the joys and disappointments of her marriage with a unique combination of faith, good humor and forgiveness. She is soon in charge of all household affairs while Henry is out to sea, but is then expected to slip back into submission upon his every return. Motherhood seems elusive, even though Eva strongly desires to bear a child. Motivated by the alternating forces of passion and loneliness, Eva pushes towards the modern machine age as Henry insists upon continuing in a dangerous traditional profession. Their fiery relationship swings like a wind-blown weathervane between bliss and crushing pain Eva and Henry, A Cape Cod Marriage, transports the reader back in time to the Cape Cod of the late nineteenth centurya period of great social and economic upheaval. The novel will draw you firmly into the challenging lives of real people, and their story will remain with you long after youve finished reading. Be sure to visit www.EvaandHenry.com for photographs and more information about the time period, location, and the characters.
Download or read book Rome Eternal written by Guy Lanoue and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does 'Roman' mean? How does the mythical city touch people's identities, values and attitudes? In the long-established and official imaginary of the West, Rome is the citta dell'arte, the city of faith, an heirloom city inspired by the traces of ancient Empire, by the brooding aura of the Church, by Hollywood fairy-tale romance, and by the spicy tang of veiled decadence. But what of its contemporary residents? Are they now merely guides and waiters servicing throngs of tourists indifferent to the city's contemporary charms? Guy Lanoue, a former resident of Rome, explores how Romans live the modern myth of Rome Eternal. Since the 19th century, it has defined an important community, the fatherland, a home-spun society where the rules of everyday life become 'tradition': ways of eating, dressing, making and keeping friends and acquaintances, 'proper' ways of speaking and a hard to define but nonetheless tangible air of composure. Guy Lanoue is a Professor of Anthropology at the Universite de Montreal.
Download or read book The Complete Works of Henry Fielding written by Henry Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
