Download or read book Your Hearts Your Scars written by Adina Talve-Goodman and published by Bellevue Literary Press. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging, funny, and unflinching essays about coming of age as a transplant patient and living each day as a gift Adina Talve-Goodman was born with a congenital heart condition and survived multiple operations over the course of her childhood, including a heart transplant at age nineteen. In these seven essays, she tells the story of her chronic illness and her youthful search for love and meaning, never forgetting that her adult life is tied to the loss of another person—the donor of her transplanted heart. Whether writing about the experience of taking her old heart home from the hospital (and passing it around the Thanksgiving table), a summer camp for young transplant patients, or a memorable night on the town, Talve-Goodman’s writing is filled with curiosity, humor, and compassion. Published posthumously, Your Hearts, Your Scars is the work of a writer wise beyond her years, a moving reflection on chance and gratitude, and a testament to hope and kindness.
Download or read book The Strength in Our Scars written by Bianca Sparacino and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You are not broken, you're becoming."--Back cover.
Download or read book Heart Scars written by Jeanette Lukowski and published by . This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April of 2009, Jeanette's fifteen-year-old ran away from home--to meet a man she met online. Jeanette recounts the events of that terrifying weekend, the subsequent police investigation, and the periodic anxieties of single-parenting.
Download or read book The Song of Our Scars written by Haider Warraich and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A doctor’s personal and unsparing account of how modern medicine’s failure to understand pain has made care less effective In The Song of Our Scars, physician Haider Warraich offers a bold reexamination of the nature of pain, not as a simple physical sensation, but as a cultural experience. Warraich, himself a sufferer of chronic pain, considers the ways our notions of pain have been shaped not just by science but by politics and power, by whose suffering mattered and whose didn’t. He weaves a provocative history from the Renaissance, when pain transformed into a medical issue, through the racial legacy of pain tolerance, to the opiate epidemics of both the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, to the cutting edge of present-day pain science. The conclusion is clear: only by reckoning with both pain’s complicated history and its biology can today’s doctors adequately treat their patients’ suffering. Trenchant and deeply felt, The Song of Our Scars is an indictment of a broken system and a plea for a more holistic understanding of the human body.
Download or read book The Scar written by Charlotte Moundlic and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his mother dies, a little boy is angry at his loss but does everything he can to hold onto the memory of her scent, her voice, and the special things she did for him, even as he tries to help his father and grandmother cope.
Download or read book My Scar is Beautiful written by Caryn Shender and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Scar is Beautiful is a book perfect for anyone, of any age, with a scar, no matter how it came to be. Filled with positive affirmations and colorful illustrations, readers will be encouraged to wear their scar with pride and confidence.My Scar is Beautiful reminds readers of all the reasons to love their scar.
Download or read book Your Heart Is The Sea written by Nikita Gill and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let poetry help you examine the depths of your wounds. Let it remind you that no matter how deep it goes, you will be able to heal it because you have been able to heal every single wound inflicted on your heart and soul before. Let these words show you that you will be able to find the light at the end of the wound because you have always found your way before.
Download or read book The Book of Broken Hearts written by Sarah Ockler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A “touching father-daughter story” (Kirkus Reviews) from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer. Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She’s seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with candles and a contract and everything—to never have anything to do with one. Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and she’s spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his vintage motorcycle—which means hiring a mechanic to help out. Is it Jude’s fault he happens to be cute? And surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas? Jude tells herself it’s strictly bike business with Emilio. Her sisters will never find out, and Jude can spot those flirty little Vargas tricks a mile away—no way would she fall for them. But Jude’s defenses are crumbling, and if history is destined to repeat itself, she’s speeding toward some serious heartbreak…unless her sisters were wrong? Jude may have taken an oath, but she’s beginning to think that when it comes to love, some promises might be worth breaking.
Download or read book Turning Your Scars into Stars written by Edith Dolores Roman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning Your Scars into Stars is about emotional scars on the heart, spirit, and soul. These types of scars are the most difficult and painful to heal. They consist of abandonment, chronic hurt, pain, rejection, and death. Two verses that comfort me tremendously are Deuteronomy 31:8, which says, The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged (NIV), and also 1 Corinthians 10:13, which says, God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it (NIV). My name is Edith Dolores Roman, and I must be honest and tell you that sometimes when life hit me full force, I felt that the challenges I faced were beyond my ability to overcome! Starting with my childhood, I was orphaned at age eleven, became a foster child, and eventually struggled to raise my two children as a single mother. However, with prayer, persistence, and the strength of God, I was able to overcome, and you are able to also! One more verse that helps me to continue to persevere through my problems is found in 2 Corinthians 12:9, when God reminds his servants, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness (NIV). This book is intended to help people in struggles go from the pit to the peak! My prayer is that this book will help you heal and that it will nurture your soul, just like Proverbs 16:24 says, Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones (NIV).
Download or read book Your Scars Are Beautiful to God written by Sharon Jaynes and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical scars represent a story, a moment in one's life, and they show others that there is a history of healing. Noted author Sharon Jaynes shares with women how their internal scars—marks from past hurts and mistakes—also represent a story of restoration. With empathy, personal insight, and a best friend's gentle spirit, Sharon helps readers: recognize Jesus through their scars receive grace and forgiveness remove the mask and be real restore the broken heart release the power of healed wounds Encouraging chapters, inspirational stories, godly wisdom, and a Bible study guide lead readers to give their wounds to the One who sees their beauty and who turns hurts into hope.
Download or read book Turning Your Scars Into Stars written by Sue Hamby, PhD and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of a child at any age, shatters the parent's heart and causes a complicated grief which never goes away. Dr. Sue Hamby found the murdered body of her only child, Russ, on March 21, 2013, and started on a difficult and painful grief journey. She realized she would never get over the death of her child but had to learn to absorb the loss into her life until it became a part of who she was. Because of her faith in God, her mourning was eventually transformed into joy and her scars became stars. In her book, she touches the depths of your heart and soul by sharing her traumatic grief journey and how her painful scars of grief, bitterness, and brokenness were turned into stars for God's glory. Her story offers hope and healing to those who are struggling with grief and learning how to navigate the grief journey, using God as their GPS. "I have read Dr. Sue Hamby's Turning Your Scars into Stars in one sitting. I couldn't put it down once I started reading the book. This semi-autobiographical narration by Dr. Hamby is a must read for all people, especially people who think that they are alone, depressed, hopeless and helpless." Girija S. Chintapalli, MD Retired Psychiatrist "Her story of how the LORD changed her life through that God-breathed message is a must read for anyone who has lost a loved one." Dan Kirkley, President Hope for the Hungry "Turning Your Scars into Stars is spiritually inspiring and full of truth. It is very well written in such a manner that will not only appeal to multiple victims of tragedies but a wide generational audience. " Michael K. Sweeney, Director of Investigations and Law Enforcement Development INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION (IJM)
Download or read book Heal My Wounds Leave My Scars written by Lorraine Reed Whoberry and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a quiet suburban neighborhood in Virginia, two teenage sisters, Kristie and Stacie, were brutally attacked and sexually assaulted. Stacie did not survive and was given a burial with full military honors. For seven excruciating years, Kristie and mother, Lorraine struggled with survivors guilt and depression. The attacker pierced all of their hearts that fateful day. Lorraine started the S.T.A.C.I.E. Foundation in 2001 as an Impact Speaker seeking answers to questions she didn't know how to ask. The journey she has traveled has brought peace and healing from unique places, where she found forgiveness.
Download or read book Stations of the Heart written by Richard Lischer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A father’s heartbreaking and hopeful story about his beloved son, in which a young man teaches his family “a new way to die” with wit, candor, and grace. "A book after my own heart, profound, gorgeous, deeply spiritual and human, beautifully written, heartbreaking, but also, because of the writer's wisdom and spirit, triumphant." —Anne Lamott As the book opens, Richard Lischer’s son, Adam, calls to tell his father, a professor of divinity at Duke University, that his cancer has returned. Adam is a charismatic young man with a promising law career, and that his wife is pregnant with their first child makes the disease’s return all the more devastating. Despite the cruel course of the illness, Adam’s growing weakness evokes in him a remarkable spiritual strength. This is the story of one last summer, lived as honestly and faithfully as possible. Deeply moving and utterly lacking in sentimentality or self-pity, Stations of the Heart is an unforgettable book about life and death and the terrible blessing of saying good-bye.
Download or read book Show em Your Scars written by Robert Mattingly and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Whispers From My Heart written by Cheryl A. Thompson and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whispers From My Heart" is the tale of one woman's journey through the real world where pain, confusion, disappointments, and despair are real, every day occurrences. It voices the anguish the human heart endures in a person termed "Adult Survivor of Childhood Sexual Assault." It echoes the same question on the hearts of everyday people, "Why?", and points to the One with the answer. It is not a self-help book; it is a "God-can-help-you" book that teaches the powerful truth that God is still in the business of delivering His people from bondage, and leading them out of realms of captivity, into their promised land. Cheryl Thompson has been a single mother to Trey, Charlie and Brett since October of 1989. Through the trials of her childhood, and the struggles of single parenthood, Cheryl has learned first hand the importance of a heart attitude toward life and God, and how that attitude impacts a person's soul and relationship with God. She has a passion for the hurting and wounded Bride of Christ. Through her personal knowledge of the compassion of Jesus Christ, Cheryl relays the message of hope, healing and freedom to those who have endured sexual assault. She is a 1983 graduate of Christ For the Nations Institute of Dallas, TX, and currently manages a small real estate company in Southern Illinois. Cheryl is a freelance writer who has been published in the quarterly FaithWriters book, FaithWriters online magazine, and several local newspapers. She was a contributing writer for the Christ For the Nations "60 Years of Service" coffeetable book. She and her family reside in Southern Illinois. You may contact Cheryl at [email protected]
Download or read book Comics Will Break Your Heart written by Faith Erin Hicks and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweet, funny contemporary teen romance for the inner geek in all of us from graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks. Miriam's family should be rich. After all, her grandfather was the co-creator of smash-hit comics series The TomorrowMen. But he sold his rights to the series to his co-creator in the 1960s for practically nothing, and now that's what Miriam has: practically nothing. And practically nothing to look forward to either-how can she afford college when her family can barely keep a roof above their heads? As if she didn't have enough to worry about, Miriam's life gets much more complicated when a cute boy shows up in town . . . and turns out to be the grandson of the man who defrauded Miriam's grandfather, and heir to the TomorrowMen fortune. In her endearing debut novel, cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks pens a sensitive and funny Romeo and Juliet tale about modern romance, geek royalty, and what it takes to heal the long-festering scars of the past (Spoiler Alert: love).
