Download or read book Discovering My Life s Purpose From Tragedy to Triumph written by Bridgid Ruden ARNP and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bridgid's presentation as a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivor is profound, miraculous and engaging. Her voice of expression paints the terrain of every emotion that one goes through when life presents a major shift in who you are, what you do and how you navigate through life...one breath at a time. Bridgid threads the lively and interactive presentation with truth, tears, laughter...authenticity. One walks away from her presentation marveling with awe at how strong and amazing she is to have survived such an intense journey of healing. Perhaps we all are touched by an angel when you hear her story."-Dr. Jane F. Bourgeois "Bridgid, you are a miracle." I remember as your physician telling you these words in our clinic as I reviewed your brain CT scan from your initial head injury. Although you are not alone in suffering a significant traumatic head injury, I believe that you are unique in your positive approach to your recovery, your dedication to sharing your experience, and your commitment to helping and motivating others to overcome their own life obstacles and adversity. As a physician I deeply and sincerely admire your efforts and your positive attitude in dealing with a truly difficult and challenging personal experience. I am always pleased to hear of the many positive life changes that have occurred for you as you continue on your journey towards recovery. I also always get a kick out of your ability to share your experiences with the medical system and in our clinic when you speak publically. I wish you good luck and great success on your book, Discovering a Life's Purpose and I hope that your message of hope, recovery, and optimism reaches as many people as possible so that they can benefit from your experience, wisdom, and wit. Although we sometimes are witness to events that are miraculous, sometimes the real miracles are people like you."-Dr. Andrew Lee

Download or read book The Fight for My Life What I Discovered As I Triumphed Through Tragedy written by Tricia Wynn Payne and published by Victorious You Press. This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the doctors reset her heart, Pastor Tricia Wynn Payne and her husband Shawn had no idea their battle to save her life was only beginning. What was supposed to be a simple outpatient procedure created medical issues that snowballed out of control and placed Tricia in a series of complicated life or death situations. She went from independent, medication-free, and healthy, to bedridden, heavily dosed by a variety of life-supporting medications, with lines and tubes hanging from every direction. When she felt she was too weak to hold on, the presence of her husband Shawn gave her the strength to fight for her life, her marriage, and the beautiful love that God had given her. In this page-turning story, Pastor Tricia summoned her spiritual connection and got closer to God as she triumphed through tragedy. In doing so, she discovered some invaluable lessons that gave her the will to survive, hoping that others will learn to lean on God even in their darkest hours.

Download or read book Love Life Again written by Tracie Miles and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Love Life Again, Tracie reminds readers they each get only one life to live and inspires them not to take it for granted. Through compelling personal stories and powerful insights from Scripture, she helps women identify the stumbling blocks to their joy and offers tools and insights to take back control of their happiness. Every chapter ends with a practical call to action to motivate readers to begin loving their lives again. She also offers reflection questions, prayers, and creative ideas to help readers smile. Love Life Again helps readers learn how to live the abundant lives Jesus died for them to have, despite the circumstances they may face.

Download or read book Compassion Magic Turning Tragic into Triumph written by Virginia Sampson and published by Hugo House Publishers, Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book From Tragedy to Homeless to Triumph written by Damon Gilstrap and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wrote this book for anyone who has fallen from grace that you can rise again. I know everyone has a story no matter how big or small your story is, its your story. No matter what type of hand you have been dealt in life, you have to play your hand. I knew my hand was a bad hand it went something like this I had a 2 of hearts 9 of spade 6 of diamond and a 4 of diamond and king of clubs and I was told to sit at the table of life and play that hand and win. Anyone that knows about poker knows I was dealt an abominable hand, but I knew I still had 47 more cards to play. I did not like my hand, I knew I was dealt an abominable life hand but something deep in my soul told me to throw that hand back in the deck and get another hand and make it work. I knew it was going to be hard but I was going to make it work. I stood up and brushed myself off and tried again even harder. Its not how you start the race; its about how you go through the race and finish the race.

Download or read book Triumph Through Tragedy written by David Wilkerson and published by Chosen Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These inspiring true stories of faith amidst adversity move readers to a deeper trust in God.

Download or read book Triumph Through Tragedy written by Robert P. Lightner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-11-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survivor said, Our plane crashed hitting first on the left wing and then on the nose. Before coming to a stop the small plane cartwheeled about 250 feet. When it finally stopped, it was no longer a plane or hardly even recognizable as one. Somewhere inside that twisted heap of steel, with gasoline soaked all over it and its passengers, were three human beings who had been on a mission of mercy. The story which follows is true. It's a heart-warming account of how God in His infinite wisdom, led one step at a time; how through every new adjustment there was grace commensurate with the need. The reader will want to read Triumph Through Tragedy in one evening. You'll experience, through the printed page, just what can happen to a victim of a plane crash, and how all difficulties are overcome by God's grace.

Download or read book Triumphs Tragedies and Tears written by James Van Norwood Ellis and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Negro boy, what will you do when time makes you a man? Will you miss the mark or fight to hold your stance? Those words, stated by an eighth-grade history teacher, became the mantra for author James V. Ellis. In Triumphs, Tragedies, and Tears, part one of his memoirs, Ellis provides a full account of his life and career and highlights about his workfrom growing up as a little boy on welfare without a father, to working as a respected physician and becoming a dedicated husband and father, to his suicide attempt, and short prison term. The story of a boy who dreamed big, Triumphs, Tragedies, and Tears shows how one black man overcame many obstacles to become a successful doctor in the Mid-South and then had to begin a new life with life tools that promote spiritual connectedness, mental and physical fitness, and emotional maturity. His recovery is and continues to be a miracle, inspiring many to hope and dream rather than give up.

Download or read book Tragedy to Triumph written by Carol L. McKinney and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carol L. McKinney was diagnosed with Type I Insulin-dependent Diabetes at age thirteen. She became visually disabled, orphaned and a mother at twenty-five. Multiple watershed events; a myriad of diseases, deaths and a personal relationship with Christ Jesus have had a profound impact on her life. Through her watercolor illustrations, designing and sewing apparel and quilts she encourages others to live a life of purpose with perseverance and triumphs over tragedies by trusting in The LORDs Biblical Promises and Saving Grace. Carol lives in Southern California with her husband, Peter.

Download or read book Tragedy to Triumph written by Anita M. Warfield and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tragedy to Triumph is a dialogical epic exuding with the wisdom, tenacity, faith, and profound love depicted between two biblical women---- Ruth and Naomi. It is a love story--- descriptive in nature of the love that existed between Ruth and Mahlon, her first husband; between Ruth and Naomi, her mother-in-law; between Ruth and Boaz, her new husband; between Ruth and her new God--- the God of favor and restoration. Tragedy to Triumph is a faith-builder for anyone who has ever suffered sudden loss and vast emptiness and dared to abscond the pity-party in hope of a refreshing. Moreover, it is the true story of what results when one abandons his agenda, leaning not to his own understanding, and embraces the one of God.

Download or read book Vietnam Triumphs and Tragedies written by Ralph and Gladys Burcham and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir, the Burchams describe their mission work in war-torn Vietnam. Their congregation became a refugee center and helped scores of Vietnamese resettle in the U.S. (Social Issues)

Download or read book Triumphs and Tragedies written by Peter Wright and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Wright writes from the heart in a simple straightforward manner. Early in his life, the Great War (WW 1) affected him deeply. He could not and still will not understand mans' complete disregard for the lives of his fellow man.

Download or read book From Tragedy to Triumph written by Alex Davis and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Tragedy to Triumph describes a man's struggle with the untimely deaths of three of his four children, all due to unusual circumstances. This is the story of a man learning how to deal with such a tragedy. You will follow Alex and see what happens when he lays down the grief and runs to God. The heartfelt pain was so intense that the man walked away from his business and settled in for a long season of prayer, going to God for the answers, any answers. It was during this time that God began the show Alex a better understanding of how life and death and God and His kingdom work. Fortunately for us, Alex was permitted to take notes and write down what he heard and saw. Though written in simple, down-to-earth English, you will find many profound truths direct from the throne of God.

Download or read book Tragic to Triumphant written by Desiree Sims and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tragic to Triumphant helps you tap into the real you, create the life you truly desire, and experience more health, happiness and inner peace.This book/workbook was created with the busy person in mind. It is straight to the point so you have more time to work on yourself and your life.

Download or read book Destined to Survive A Memoir of Tragedies and Triumphs written by Leslie Pobee and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Liberian civil war may have fizzled out of the minds of those who were old enough to read about it or watch it on television. It was one of the many recorded atrocities of the twenty-first century when humans turned on themselves for no reason other than the vain pursuit of power. To the author, it was a period of loss, pain, anguish, disease, starvation, and a life of uncertainty. This memoir gives an account of how the author and his sister lost their parents in the civil war and survived under inexplicable circumstances when adults fully capable of fending for themselves did not. It simply shows that the strong hand of God keeps those who are helpless and shows up for them in ways and places that are beyond human explanations. You need to read this book to know how helpless humans are without the help of God. When left to our own devices, we will go to whatever extent to unleash pain and suffering on our fellow humans to get and keep power.

Download or read book Illness Triumphs Tragedies written by Gary Cooper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book When Breath Becomes Air written by Paul Kalanithi and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • People • NPR • The Washington Post • Slate • Harper’s Bazaar • Time Out New York • Publishers Weekly • BookPage Finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Books for a Better Life Award in Inspirational Memoir At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,” as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir. Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. “I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything,” he wrote. “Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: ‘I can’t go on. I’ll go on.’” When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.