Download or read book Thanks to Jesus I Am Still Here written by Debra Foxworth Holman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Debra's first book. October 22, 2008, she had a stroke and is still recovering from that - the doctors could find no reason for her stroke. This book deals with most of the major points of Debra's long life that she still can remember. Thanks to Jesus, I Am Still Here also covers her mother's murder in 2000. This book talks a little about many subjects.

Download or read book Endure written by Cameron Hanes and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLER Push beyond your physical limits to improve yourself by following bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes's lifelong philosophies and disciplines. “It’s all mental.” I say this all the time, and it’s true. If you believe you can do it, you can. We all have virtually limitless potential. Our bodies are capable of so much more than what we ask of them. Take off the mental handcuffs, get out there, and start on your way today. What is your passion? You can become better at it. Committing yourself to fitness only fuels your beliefs. You gotta believe to achieve. Cameron Hanes discovered his true passion for bowhunting when he was twenty. Inspired by the physical challenges of stalking elk in the Oregon wilderness—traversing mountainous terrain, braving erratic weather, and evading his quarry’s even more dangerous predators—he began an ever-evolving journey of self-improvement. To become the best bowhunter of wild elk, to the caliber he believed he could be, Cam realized he would need more than archery skills. He would need the stamina and strength that could only come from an athletic training regimen of long-distance running and heavy-weight lifting. And every day for more than thirty years, Cam has put in the work, building miles and muscles, pushing through pain with a single-minded focus on the only goal worth having—besting himself time and again. Part memoir, part motivational manifesto, Endure reveals how Cam—a self-professed average guy—put himself through the paces to live the life of an expert bowhunter, respected writer, and family man. With discipline, sacrifice, resilience, a hard work ethic, and a belief in his own capabilities, Cam not only accomplished his dreams but continues to surpass them. There is no secret to his success except relentless determination and loyal dedication to his own self-worth. If Cam can do it, we all can. Everyone has what it takes to endure adversity so we can rise above average, be the best we can be, and enjoy living life to the fullest.

Download or read book Dear Mr Nelson written by Kenneth E. Nelson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenneth E. Nelson didn't intend to become a twenty-year volunteer speaker for MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). It certainly wasn't in his thoughts to become a sort of Ann Landers for teenagers. Somehow one step led to another, and before long, the personal rewards were so great he couldn't stop. After delivering a presentation to a high school class, he was surprised to receive a letter from one of the students detailing his troubles with alcohol. This boy's letter was the first of thousands that arrived after Nelson's more than 4,700 lectures (and counting). Many of these letters are here in this unique collection of candid, honest and revealing letters from teenagers. In Dear Mr. Nelson, Nelson has compiled a book of written expressions that may never be duplicated again.

Download or read book The Queen of Lemonade written by Kim Ponce and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRAISE FOR The Queen of Lemonade The Queen of Lemonade is an inspiring account of one womans battle with a potentially fatal disease as told through narrative and e-mails. If anyone can turn the lemons of life into the sweetest lemonade, its Kim Ponce. TAMARA LEIGH, AUTHOR, LEAVING CAROLINA AND NOWHERE CAROLINA You are invited on a journey. The Queen of Lemonade provides a rare glimpse into one womans travel through diagnosis and treatment. Told in first person, this narrative uses scripture, humor, and theology to carry the reader along through this personal experience. Difficult subjects are handled with honesty and grace. You will laugh; you will cry; you will smile. The Queen of Lemonade came by her title honestlyshe earned it! PASTOR LEWIS GROCE, AUTHOR, FEAR NOT! A LAYPERSONS SURVIVAL GUIDE TO THEOLOGY In 1996, Kim Ponce said a prayer. She yearned to be closer to God. In The Queen of Lemonade, Ponce shares her story of how God answered her prayerbut not quite in the way she expected. From an early age, Kim suffered from failing health. At just four months old, doctors diagnosed her with a heart condition. At six, in 1974, she underwent heart surgery. She recovered, grew up on Long Island in New York, and attended Emerson College in Boston, where she met her husband Michael; they married in 1992 and now have two children. But in 2001, Kim and her family suffered a setback. After attempting to donate blood, she learned she was infected with Hepatitis C. Through narrative and reprinting of a series of weekly e-mails sent to her family, this memoir describes Kims battle treating the disease with a forty-eight week antiviral therapy. The Queen of Lemonade also recounts her tremendous personal spiritual journey and the many lessons she learned about the way God works in peoples lives.

Download or read book Henrietha written by Joyce M. Johnson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruthie often traveled on the subway with her best friend Jem from the church where they attend often. She told me that the pastor had brainwashed her. When the abused came to light to her pastor, he called her stepfather and setup a counsel session for him but not for Ruthie. Often times, Ruthie traveled on the subway with her friend Jem, and they discussed their abuses as Jem was abused also. They share many interests in life. Ruthie said thoughts of jumping across the train tracks often crossed her mind. Jem talked her down at times. One night, she came home and had me cornered in my bedroom with her eyes blazing with fire as she sat me on the bed and yelled at me, “Why didn’t you come over to my house and save me from the abuse? I was waiting for someone to save me. I can still smell the scent of Jason on me. Night after night and Sunday after Sunday, when he came home from church, he had me as his sex slave. Grandma you said you felt in your mind something was not right, so why didn’t you come and kick the door down and find out what was going on?” “But, my dear, I did call the Children’s Aid. I told them what you said, that you were sleeping in the closet at one time, and they came and visited. They called me and told me all was good in the home. There was nothing else I could have done.” She left that night with her friend, and three days later, I heard from her that she is in British Colombia. They took the bus. She said if she hadn’t left the province, she would have jumped the subway track. As you know, Joanna, there is a finished rooftop on my building. Many times, whenever Ruthie comes home, she would go to the rooftop even before she goes to bed. She said she finds peace and comfort there. She felt like God was up there waiting to talk and comfort her. Is domestic work really for black women? It seems that way. Whenever some white person or others meet you and talk about work, it seems they are waiting for you to say that this is the job you are doing.

Download or read book Scammer s Yard written by Jovan Scott Lewis and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Jamaican “scammers” who use crime to gain autonomy, opportunity, and repair There is romance in stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but how does that change when those perceived rich are elderly white North Americans and the poor are young Black Jamaicans? In this innovative ethnography, Jovan Scott Lewis tells the story of Omar, Junior, and Dwayne. Young and poor, they strive to make a living in Montego Bay, where call centers and tourism are the two main industries in the struggling economy. Their experience of grinding poverty and drastically limited opportunity leads them to conclude that scamming is the best means of gaining wealth and advancement. Otherwise, they are doomed to live in “sufferation”—an inescapable poverty that breeds misery, frustration, and vexation. In the Jamaican lottery scam run by these men, targets are told they have qualified for a large loan or award if they pay taxes or transfer fees. When the fees are paid, the award never arrives, netting the scammers tens of thousands of U.S. dollars. Through interviews, historical sources, song lyrics, and court testimonies, Lewis examines how these scammers justify their deceit, discovering an ethical narrative that reformulates ideas of crime and transgression and their relationship to race, justice, and debt. Scammer’s Yard describes how these young men, seeking to overcome inequality and achieve autonomy, come to view crime as a form of liberation. Their logic raises unsettling questions about a world economy that relegates postcolonial populations to deprivation even while expecting them to follow the rules of capitalism that exacerbate their dispossession. In this groundbreaking account, Lewis asks whether true reparation for the legacy of colonialism is to be found only through radical—even criminal—means.

Download or read book What A Blip written by Alicia Garey and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It isn't what happens to you, it's what you do when it happens. Through the trauma of breast cancer Alicia Garey came out of the writing closet to share her experience and how she restored her balance. Facing the challenges of motherhood, running an interior design business while also being a wife, daughter, sister and friend, Alicia celebrates the gift of life through a new lens, and finds the joy by seeing the light in her darkest hours. Alicia dedicates her story to all of us who have or will face a terrifying life challenge. As far as she can tell, the challenges do indeed come our way, and we learn from them.

Download or read book Journey to Thanks written by Patty Ratliff and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to Thanks By: Patty Ratliff Following the story of Samuel and Sara, along with a few of their friends, this good-natured tale shows how much love, faith, and hopefulness can do for a family. With challenges, such as unwanted marriages and trouble having children, the story of Samuel and Sara prove that if we trust in the Lord, He will help anyone through any difficult time.

Download or read book Falling in Honey written by Jennifer Barclay and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will make you laugh and cry and laugh again. I didn't want it to end."—Emma Woolf, author of An Apple a Day The Best Gifts in Life are the Gifts We Give Ourselves... Breathtaking ocean views, tranquil beaches, delicious food, and warm-hearted people...these are just a few of the reasons why Jennifer Barclay loves the Greek islands. But her dreams of living there full-time seem out of reach, until a break-up turns her world upside down. Jennifer realizes she is responsible for her own happiness—and decides to cut back on work, stay out of relationships, and vacation for a month on Tilos, her favorite Greek island. Life becomes instantly sweeter, and she resolves to uproot her life to Tilos. But then the strangest thing happens... A glimpse into life on a tiny Mediterranean island, Falling in Honey is a testament to the power of being good to yourself.

Download or read book I Could Be Worse written by larissa clark and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larissa grew up carrying many dark secrets for more than seven years of her childhood, while often moving homes due to her parents' career. After her secret came to light, she was diagnosed with Manic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In order to overcome the trauma was caused, Larissa felt that seeking psychological guidance would help work through her emotional triumphs. Eventually, her therapy led to practicing an intense psychotherapy called EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). The focus of the book is to build awareness about abuse and domestic violence throughout the community, empower victims to find healthy coping mechanisms, and support victims who are battling against their trauma in order to enhance growth and find peace in their journey.

Download or read book Kids Letters to President Obama written by Bill Adler and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume the perfect gift for any occasion. The children ask questions: “Why did you want to be president?” “Do you think you could pass a law making chocolate a vegetable in our country?” They give suggestions: “I think you should fix things in the world to be more fair.” They offer advice: “You should bring a yo-yo to the White House.” They share hopes: “I want you to care about schools. I am in kindergarten.” They even volunteer expertise: “I will help you learn to bowl because you don’t know how to bowl.” Whether discussing such weighty issues as the “econimical” crisis, the environment, and alternative energy or simply giving shout-outs to First Daughters Sasha and Malia, these kid correspondents express, as only children can, pure optimism, avid curiosity, and unadulterated elation about this historic moment. Complete with original illustrations by the letter writers themselves, and wonderful reproductions of some of the kids’ handwritten messages, this marvelous book–a true message of hope for our time–is a keepsake for the whole family to enjoy.

Download or read book Relational Mindfulness written by Deborah Eden Tull and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook on how to embody compassionate awareness in all of our relationships —with self, one another, our planet, in an age of global uncertainty. We all struggle at times with how to bring meditation off the cushion and into the beautiful, dynamic, and messy realm of relationship. At a time when humanity seems to have forgotten our inherent interrelatedness, this book offers an inspiring set of principles and practices for deepening intimacy and remembering the interconnection that is our birthright. Eden Tull interweaves heartfelt personal stories, sharing her journey from seven years as a monastic in a silent Zen Monastery to living and teaching in the megatropolis of Los Angeles and beyond, with teachings and mindful inquiry to help the reader connect personally with the principles of Relational Mindfulness. In a voice that is transparent, vulnerable, and brave, Tull shares possibilities for integrating mindfulness In gentle yet powerful tone, she covers topics ranging from balance and personal sustainability to sexuality to conscious consumerism. Relational Mindfulness is based on the simple understanding that the most subtle form of love is attention. While a revolution usually means to evolve and change, this shift is actually a return to a simple and sacred understanding we seem to have forgotten—one we can only remember when we are present.

Download or read book Into the Moment written by Cheryl Anderson Davis and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While training for the D-Day invasion, paratrooper Jeremy’s selfish desire to live life to the fullest gets a big push when he falls in love with beautiful, but emotionally battered, war widow Julie. Convinced he is not going to survive the war, and completely “into the moment,” Jeremy persuades Julie to marry him. But once he ships overseas he is plagued with the fear he may have endangered his wife’s life by failing to warn her that he is more than a simple soldier. Though he is a high-ranking operative in the secret service, he cannot communicate his fears through a web of intense censorship. All he can do is struggle to stay alive and trust his clever Julie to do the same as she deals with an unexpected onslaught of unforeseen Homefront perils.

Download or read book Miss O Friends written by Juliette and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With help from her sister, Miss O, and their friends, Juliette creates an online 'zine for school which becomes an instant hit, but as the emails pour in, Juliette wonders how to juggle the work while trying to identify who is sending her funny and smarta

Download or read book Childless by Marriage written by Sue Fagalde Lick and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First you marry a man who does not want children. He cheats and you divorce him. Then you marry the love of your life and find out he does not want to have children with you either. The three he has are more than enough. Although you always wanted to be a mother, you decide he is worth the sacrifice, expecting to have a long happy life together. But that's not what happens. This is the story of how a woman becomes childless by marriage and how it affects every aspect of her life. This is the book of my heart, the one I had to write. Ever since I realized I was not going to have children, I have felt recurring grief and an emptiness in my heart. I am different from most women, but I have found that I am not alone. There are many of us childless women, and I think it's important to share our stories about what it's like when you don't have children in a world where most girls grow up to become mothers. I hope this book offers comfort to those who are childless and understanding to those who are not. If it makes you smile here and there, even better.

Download or read book More Incredible Answers to Prayer written by Roger J. Morneau and published by Review and Herald Pub Assoc. This book was released on 1993 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Just Keep Breathing written by Reggie Dabbs and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A candid, intimate look at teens in crisis: “Heartrending . . . startling . . . a resource for understanding and approaching the life-changing pitfalls of youth.” —Publishers Weekly “I get abused and hurt so much, and no one seems to care . . . ” These are real words written by a real girl. There are thousands more just like her. Her pain is real. Her story is true. But her voice has been hidden . . . until now. The desperate words of a generation have too often been drowned out by the white noise of a culture too busy to care. For those who dare to listen, there are incredible stories to be unearthed, filled with both tragedy and triumph. This book was written in response to thousands of personal letters and messages, meant for both those in crisis and those who share that crisis with them every day. As a sought-after public speaker, Reggie Dabbs has shared his own incredible story with millions of students—and many of them share their stories with him in return. These letters contain those stories, with only names and details changed to protect their anonymity. They are followed by Reggie’s actual response of hope to that individual. John Driver, MS—a former public secondary educator, as well as a longtime community youth advocate and mentor—provides additional insight and “Breathable Moments” for educators, parents, friends, and family. Equipping readers to help those in crisis continue breathing another day, Just Keep Breathing provides both the inspiration and the information needed to respond confidently and appropriately—and see those we care about make it to another sunrise.