Download or read book It s Okay to Cry It s Okay to Laugh It s Okay to Keep on Loving written by Jamie Merrill and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Jamie and Roxana Merrill lived and loved through ups and downs, joys and sorrows through their twenty-one years together, but nothing prepared them for the Roxana’s multiple myeloma cancer diagnosis. Jamie carries on Roxana’s life and legacy by telling her story, sharing with others her journey, her fight against cancer with dignity and love. With the devastating loss of his wife, Jamie learns how to accept and manage grief. It is okay to be angry. It is okay to find joy again. It is okay to feel what you feel. The most important action to take is placing your best foot forward and complete the story your loved one has begun. For anyone struggling with a loss of a loved one or their own chronic illness, Jamie and Roxana’s story is a heart-wrenching tale, one that is filled with moments of humor and levity alongside the moments of seemingly inescapable grief. Their love story is a reminder to keep living, to keep thriving, and to carry on with your loved one inside your heart. About the Author Jamie Merrill is a sixty-one year old lifelong retail food service operator and consultant who celebrates his colorful past as the stepping stone to getting his life "right" and becoming the man he is today. He is a self-taught bassist and guitar player, with the high point of his performing career being part of the opening act for Pearl Bailey at the old Riverboat Lounge in the Empire State Building. Merrill was born and raised in the Bronx and later relocated to California, where he met Roxana. Roxana has two sons from a previous marriage, and Jamie became a stepfather after their marriage.
Download or read book It s Okay to Laugh written by Nora McInerny Purmort and published by Dey Street Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Thank you for the perfect blend of nostalgia-drenched humor, wit, and heartbreak, Nora.” — Mandy Moore comedy = tragedy + time/rosé Twenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey “boyfriend” until she met Aaron—a charismatic art director and comic-book nerd who once made Nora laugh so hard she pulled a muscle. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron’s hospital bed and had a baby boy while he was on chemo. In the period that followed, Nora and Aaron packed fifty years of marriage into the three they got, spending their time on what really matters: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, each other, and Beyoncé. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora’s arms. The obituary they wrote during Aaron’s hospice care revealing his true identity as Spider-Man touched the nation. With It’s Okay to Laugh, Nora puts a young, fresh twist on the subjects of mortality and resilience. What does it actually mean to live your “one wild and precious life” to the fullest? How can a joyful marriage contain more sickness than health? How do you keep going when life kicks you in the junk? In this deeply felt and deeply funny memoir, Nora gives her readers a true gift—permission to struggle, permission to laugh, permission to tell the truth and know that everything will be okay. It’s Okay to Laugh is a love letter to life, in all its messy glory; it reads like a conversation with a close friend, and leaves a trail of glitter in its wake. This book is for people who have been through some shit. This is for people who aren’t sure if they’re saying or doing the right thing (you’re not, but nobody is). This is for people who had their life turned upside down and just learned to live that way. For people who have laughed at a funeral or cried in a grocery store. This is for everyone who wondered what exactly they’re supposed to be doing with their one wild and precious life. I don’t actually have the answer, but if you find out, will you text me?
Download or read book Eat Pray Love written by Elizabeth Gilbert and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-03-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Number One international bestseller, Eat, Pray Love is a journey around the world, a quest for spiritual enlightenment and a story for anyone who has battled with divorce, depression and heartbreak.
Download or read book Crying Laughing written by Lance Rubin and published by Ember. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection**
Download or read book It s Ok Not to Cry written by Gina Schampers and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is never the same from that moment you hear any bad news. The loss of a person, pet, home, relationshipall can be life altering. Finding out how to deal with life in a new way, in a new normal, is the reality of the situation. There is no one right way to grieve. Everyone goes through it differently, and nobody can tell you how to grieve. Nobody can understand what you are going through, and nobody can understand the relationship you had with that person. Life will never be the same. You dont have that person to call when you have a question anymore. They are no longer there to share your funny inside jokes with anymore. Its Ok Not to Cry was written to help others who have gone through a loss. It is not all seriousness and tears. Hopefully it will leave you with a smile.
Download or read book It s Okay to Cry written by Lynne Jasames and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will provide readers with another perspective about how people deal with adversity in their life. The character, Special expressed herself a great deal throughout the book by crying. Crying helped Special heal. Special used crying as a way of lashing out, venting, and releasing stress. The reader will be able to relate to the circumstances and situations that the characters find themselves in. The reader will be able to relate to at least one, if not more, of the emotions expressed in the book. If the reader themselves have not had the experience they will know someone who has. The book expresses how spirituality helped Special get through all the adversity she experienced. Special had determination and the right attitude throughout the book. Special experienced adversity over and over again and held it together for her self and children. Special had her breaking point and still got through. Through talking to her children, family, friends and a therapist she succeeded in not breaking down or giving up. Special reflects back on her adversities and expresses how she made it through and what was going on in her life at that time. In the book several conversations are taking place that allows the reader to think and reflect on. The reader will be calling family and friends striking up conversations after they have read certain chapters or incidents in the book. The reader being able to relate and identify with several incidents and conversations is the main factor of the book. *The names of the characters are very symbolic in the book. Every woman or man has had a BUSTA in his or her life. A Busta that has made him or her cry.
Download or read book Hand to Hold written by JJ Heller and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.
Download or read book Don t Tell Me It s Okay written by Sue Doble and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about grief in its rawest form. As you read you will visit each emotion and entertain the feelings that go with them. The book does not just describe grief, but takes you to that place also; it is not your pain but one you can relate to and hopefully, find hope.
Download or read book SURVIVING GRIEF 365 Days a Year written by Gary Sturgis and published by BookLocker.com. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the loss of a loved one, grief can become overwhelming and one of the most devastating experiences you can face in life. The death and subsequent aftermath are life changing. Author Gary Sturgis knows first-hand that grief is an everyday experience and dealing with the pain and sorrow on a daily basis can be a daunting task. In SURVIVING GRIEF: 365 Days a Year, Gary offers you reassuring guidance and comforting advice as you travel through your personal grief journey. He provides a daily reflection for each day of the calendar year. Reading just one page a day will help you find hope as you progress through the healing process. Each day provides a unique perspective on the different aspects of grief and loss, to help you work through the pain of losing someone you love. Gary shares intimate details of the personal stages you’ll encounter on your daily grief journey, and he once again throws you a ‘life preserver’ if you’re drowning in your grief. After a loved one dies, each day can be a struggle. These easy-to-read daily reflections will help you find the courage and support you need. The grief journey is long, but this book will accompany you each day along the way.
Download or read book Hyperbole and a Half written by Allie Brosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!
Download or read book Faith Food Devotions written by Kenneth E. Hagin and published by Faith Library Publications. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This devotional book contains a daily spiritual diet with verses of Scripture, bite-sized teachings, and personal confessions to feed the believer's faith every day of the year.
Download or read book Remember to Love written by Gery Ohanian and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KARO SEROVIAN, ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, MIGRATE TO AMERICA FROM ARMENIA IN SEARCH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. BUT SOMEHOW KARO FINDS HIMSELF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW WHILE HE CONSTANTLY STRUGGLS WITH HIS DESIRE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, BUT OFTENTIMES FALLING SHORT OF HIS INTENDED GOAL. MEET KYRA, KAROS YOUNGER SISTER WHO IDOLIZES KARO, BUT AS SOMETIMES HAPPENS WITH FAMILIES AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME, THEY FIND THEMSELVES AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER AND HOW THEYVE CHOSEN TO LIVE THEIR LIVES. WILL KARO EVER FIND HIS PURPOSE IN LIFE? WILL KYRA EVER FIND IT IN HER HEART TO FORGIVE KARO HIS FAILINGS? COME ALONG ON THIS JOURNEY OF LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, TRAGEDY AND THE HOPE OF REDEMPTION AS THE SEROVIAN SAGA UNFOLDS.
Download or read book Whoever You Are Wherever You Are It s Okay written by Erma Gordon-Starr-Gibson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I know that in this life, it doesnt matter who you are. There will be hills and valleys. I know that wherever you are will be a choice that youll make for the best situation that you are in at the time. When a decision is made , one never knows if its the right one or the wrong one. But we must take a chance and pray for the best . Thank God that who I was then, with all the mistakes and sins Ive done, God didnt hold it against me. He gave me another chance to make it right...
Download or read book Okay God Really God s Love When Life Doesn t Go As Planned written by Rhonda Hengst and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is good. Multiple sclerosis is not. When Rhonda Hengst imagined what her life would look like in the future, she thought she’d get married, have a few children, live in a nice home, and have a happy life. She didn’t account for multiple sclerosis. Though her plans changed, God’s plan for her life became ever clearer. Looking back on the frustration surrounding her diagnosis and how she and her family coped with the world-shaking news of such a huge change to come, Rhonda recounts the strength she found in God and the plan she knew He had in store for her. Though difficult at times, she summoned the courage to put her trust and faith in the Father she knew would never push her further than she could bear. Looking ever onward in her journey of complete healing and faith, Rhonda has become stronger than ever before as she finds her medicine and hope in God above and shares her message of the importance of being unconditionally faithful and believing in her healing no matter what.
Download or read book Pain Blood and a Vampire s Love written by Louise Smith and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a girl who, after suffering a life of hurt and pain, finds her true love, but unlike most girls, she ends up falling in love with a myth, a fantasy, a dream. She finds herself actually finding love in a man that isnt a manhe shouldnt be real; he belongs in movie or in a book. To keep this dream, she must face losing him to keep him. Love know no bounds, which, for Storm, is true as the man she falls in love with is a vampire and one who will do anything to keep her safe and show her a better life.
Download or read book All We Know of Love written by Nora Raleigh Baskin and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boldly original tale about a girl who journeys through love and loss to find her mother — and discovers that everyone has a story to tell, including herself. "I used to think that a person would not know who I was, not really know me, until they heard about my mother." Four years, four months, and fifteen days ago, Natalie Gordon's mother walked out mid-sentence, before she finished what she was going to say. Now Natalie is traveling twenty-four hours on a bus to Florida to find her mother, to find herself, to find out something about love. Along the way, Natalie struggles to understand her relationship with Adam, a boy she pines for with near-obsession, and to her surprise, she meets people with stories like her own, stories about giving love and getting lost in the desire to be wanted. Acclaimed middle-grade novelist Nora Raleigh Baskin makes her young adult debut with a deeply resonant novel about secrets held and secrets shared, about having the courage to uncover all we know — and don’t know — of love.
Download or read book Henry De Marsan s New Comic and Sentimental Singer s Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
