Download or read book My Scars Tell a Story written by Mark Everett Kelly and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Scars Tell a Story By: Mark Everett Kelly My Scars Tell a Story is Mark Everett's battle with cancer. Given a death sentence, Mark relied on his doctors, family, and faith in Jesus Christ for strength. This book is inspired by Mark's promise to share his story to galvanize those who suffer. You can overcome and rise above the pain and obstacles of life.
Download or read book The Stories Behind My Scars written by Thulisile P Mbatha and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of people all over the world live with depression and are afraid of asking help, so many people smile and laugh to cover up all the pain buried deep inside them. Poetry was a way for me to express my emotions, each poem has its own story to tell, from happiness, family, friends, depression, love to death. I want to spread awareness that depression is real and that people who cut themselves and commit suicide do that for a good reason, they don’t just to do it because they want to but because of the emotional pain they feel inside of them. Poetry is an easy way for one to express they emotions. It brings inner peace to one’s soul. In poetry I found a person to talk too and communicate with about my emotions and I know they are thousands of people who are going through the same thing. No matter how hard life can get always remember one thing, “You are worth it and never change who you are for someone else”.
Download or read book The Scars That Have Shaped Me written by Vaneetha Rendall Risner and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 21 surgeries by age 13. Years in the hospital. Verbal and physical bullying from schoolmates. Multiple miscarriages as a young wife. The death of a child. A debilitating progressive disease. Riveting pain. Abandonment. Unwanted divorce... Vaneetha begged God for grace that would deliver her. But God offered something better: his sustaining grace.
Download or read book More Than My Scars written by Kechi Okwuchi and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first thing you will notice when you meet Kechi Okwuchi is her scars. One of just two survivors of a devastating plane crash that killed more than 100 people, 16-year-old Kechi was left with third-degree burns over 65 percent of her body. More Than My Scars is her incredible story. A story of not just surviving impossible odds but thriving in a world that is too often caught up with how we look on the outside rather than seeing that our true value is within. Now in her early 30s, Kechi has spent the last 16 years refusing to be defined by her trauma. Follow her as she decides for herself what role her scars will play in her life before society decides for her. Her strong sense of identity, rooted in seeing herself the way God sees her, has allowed her to live authentically in a world that constantly seeks to define us by its ever-changing (and ever-shallow) standards. Kechi's story will inspire you to love and accept yourself as you are and confidently present your true self to the world.
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 Scars Like Wings written by Erin Stewart and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relatable, heartbreaking, and real, this is a story of resilience--the perfect novel for readers of powerful contemporary fiction like Girl in Pieces and Every Last Word. Before, I was a million things. Now I'm only one. The Burned Girl. Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face. She doesn't need a mirror to know what she looks like--she can see her reflection in the eyes of everyone around her. A year after the fire that destroyed her world, her aunt and uncle have decided she should go back to high school. Be "normal" again. Whatever that is. Ava knows better. There is no normal for someone like her. And forget making friends--no one wants to be seen with the Burned Girl, now or ever. But when Ava meets a fellow survivor named Piper, she begins to feel like maybe she doesn't have to face the nightmare alone. Sarcastic and blunt, Piper isn't afraid to push Ava out of her comfort zone. Piper introduces Ava to Asad, a boy who loves theater just as much as she does, and slowly, Ava tries to create a life again. Yet Piper is fighting her own battle, and soon Ava must decide if she's going to fade back into her scars . . . or let the people by her side help her fly. "A heartfelt and unflinching look at the reality of being a burn survivor and at the scars we all carry. This book is for everyone, burned or not, who has ever searched for a light in the darkness." --Stephanie Nielson, New York Times bestselling author of Heaven Is Here and a burn survivor
Download or read book Show Me All Your Scars written by Lee Gutkind and published by Underland Press. This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, one in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental health disorder. In these true stories, writers and their loved ones struggle as their worlds are upended. What do you do when your father kills himself, or your mother is committed to a psych ward, or your daughter starts hearing voices telling her to harm herself—or when you yourself hear such voices? Addressing bipolar disorder, OCD, trichillomania, self-harm, PTSD, and other diagnoses, these stories vividly depict the difficulties and sorrows—and sometimes, too, the unexpected and surprising rewards—of living with mental illness.
Download or read book Can You See My Scars written by Samuel Moore-Sobel and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can You See My Scars? is a story of trauma, adversity, healing, and recovery. Samuel, a young man about to begin his sophomore year of high school, accepts a job that culminates in a chemical explosionƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"leaving Samuel with severe burns on his face, neck, and arms. The tragic and sudden accident sets Samuel on an unpredictable journey of healing, recovery, and acceptance. In the wake of the accident, Samuel endures grief, pain, and numerous surgical procedures for the scars on his body. He grapples with his appearance, faith, and the loss of friends. Through it all, he comes to view his scars as an unavoidable part of the human experience. Whether physical, emotional, or spiritual, we all carry scarsƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"and it is simply what we choose to do with them that defines us. Samuel's story allows us to see him for who he truly is, while also turning a mirror on ourselves. Can You See My Scars? explores questions about identity, suffering, purpose, and ultimately, what it means to be uniquely human
Download or read book The Man Behind the Scars written by Caitlin Crews and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rafe McFarland, eighth Earl of Pembroke--and twenty-first-century heartthrob--has secretly wed former model and tabloid darling Angel Tilson Angel has long been believed to be in financial difficulty, prompting feverish speculation that her marriage to the tortured billionaire is one of the strictest convenience.... Bearing terrible scars from his time in the military, Rafe rarely leaves his remote Scottish estate. And with the terms of this deal negotiated, possibly behind tightly closed bedroom doors, is Rafe demanding repayment--in kind--from his new wife...'
Download or read book Discovering My Scars written by Stephanie Kostopoulos and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering My Scars is a moving account of a young woman’s struggle with unexplained depression that leads her to cope with self-injury. One dramatic day in her college dorm, self-injury lands her in the surreal world of a psych ward for 74 hours. Those traumatic hours define her life for many years, until she comes to see the trauma through the lens of self-forgiveness, ongoing recovery, and God’s grace of revelation. Within Discovering My Scars, Stephanie Kostopoulos makes herself vulnerable and invites readers into her reality with raw and visceral depictions of non-suicidal self-injury. The journey encapsulates life during her 20’s, while stepping back to childhood, revealing abuse that explains the events of her young adult life. Discovering My Scars commands attention and has a powerful message that lies in Stephanie’s first-person experience and authenticity. It is packed with revelations about what can underlie inexplicable anxiety and depression, and lets readers know it’s okay to “discover your own scars,” through the process of ongoing recovery and forgiveness.
Download or read book A History of Scars written by Laura Lee and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a writer whose work has been called “breathtaking and dazzling” by Roxane Gay, this moving, illuminating, and multifaceted memoir explores, in a series of essays, the emotional scars we carry when dealing with mental and physical illnesses—reminiscent of The Collected Schizophrenias and An Unquiet Mind. In this stunning debut, Laura Lee weaves unforgettable and eye-opening essays on a variety of taboo topics. In “History of Scars” and “Aluminum’s Erosions,” Laura dives head-first into heavier themes revolving around intimacy, sexuality, trauma, mental illness, and the passage of time. In “Poetry of the World,” Laura shifts and addresses the grief she feels by being geographically distant from her mother whom, after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, is relocated to a nursing home in Korea. Through the vivid imagery of mountain climbing, cooking, studying writing, and growing up Korean American, Lee explores the legacy of trauma on a young queer child of immigrants as she reconciles the disparate pieces of existence that make her whole. By tapping into her own personal, emotional, and psychological struggles in these powerful and relatable essays, Lee encourages all of us to not be afraid to face our own hardships and inner truths.
Download or read book Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck written by Joe Okonkwo and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY) Silver Medalist in LGBT+ Fiction The eclectic stories in this collection are bound by the threads of desire in its many forms, above all, the desire for love and a place of safety in a world where being Black and gay can thwart the fulfillment of that longing. The characters are complex, driven, difficult, and even, at times, unsympathetic, but always compelling. In other words: fully rounded human beings living complicated lives. A proud Black woman who escaped her rural, impoverished town returns after the collapse of her marriage and faces the scorn of those she left behind. A middle-aged gay man finds his loneliness temporarily relieved by the arrival of a stray cat. An unhappily married woman becomes enmeshed in her bisexual husband's attempt to create a ménage à trois with a much younger man. A 16-year-old boy discovers the power of his sexuality when he embarks upon a dangerous seduction. Two Black men, one mature and rich, the other young and struggling, are drawn into a contentious affair by their shared love of opera. The legendary blues singer Glady Bentley crashes up against the barriers of race and gender when she gets caught up in a police raid. Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck is a masterful collection of stories by a gifted writer who has fully hit his stride.
Download or read book The Story of My Scars written by Victoria Perkins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of various works, including short stories, poetry, and a stage play, with genres that range from horror to fantasy to religious. There's a little something for everyone. Includes the short story follow-ups to a few of my novels.
Download or read book Resilience the Strength of My Scars written by Veratisha Morey and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Resilience: The Strength of my Scars is a transformational, autobiographical story of an 11-year-old little girl whose life was almost cut short. She was involved in a near-death scooter accident that shook her world and destroyed the hearts of all those of loved her. Through God's will, perseverance, strength, courage and resilience she makes a remarkable recovery and appeals the verdict of death that was ruled on her life. The Author shares graphic and personal photos from the critical, tragic time period; which manifested into a visual reminder of her tragedy turned triumph. Battling her way off life support, out of the coma, restoring memory and paralysis, she blossoms into a beautiful butterfly and continues to spread her wings".
Download or read book God Never Took His Hands Off of Me written by Andrea Jordan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever gone through something and came out saying "how did I survive this?" That has been my story for years. I would go through something awful and think to myself "how did I possibly survive this?" The answer is simple. God Never Took His Hands Off Of Me! Even in the situations I got myself into ...His hand stayed upon my life. As a child I was molested and abused, which opened the door for other things to happen. It seemed like the attacks were coming back to back. Looking for ways to cope with suppressed hurt and to feel loved, I became an addict and promiscuous in nature as a teenager. Witnessing death and having near death experiences as an adult, ending my life did not seem too bad. But then it happened.... I was given a reason to live in the form of a baby. Becoming a mother was not quite the answer to all of my troubles as I thought. Where was my faith? I was brought up in the church; didn't I know God for myself? No. I did not. I knew about Him based on other people's stories. I had to really sit back and think back to every trial that came my way. Trials really do come to make you strong. And in every possible trial that I endured, I never had to endure them alone. God was right there the whole time. Even when all I had were tears and screams to give, Holy Spirit made intercession for me. No longer ashamed of my testimony. Yes, that happened! Yes, I did it! Our testimonies are not for us... but they are for other people to see the manifestation of God's glory in our lives. We overcome by the blood of the lamb, and the words of our testimony! I believe God even in unfavorable situations. This is my story, what is yours?
Download or read book Sl ine written by Pat Mills and published by 2000 AD. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIRTY YEARS OF MYTH AND LEGEND! Marking 30 years of the Celtic barbarian s adventures, this special anniversary book brings together a sequence of new stories from creator Pat Mills and the biggest artists to have worked on Sláine over the past three decades. This hardback volume also includes The Art of Slaine, a retrospective of Sláine covers and commentary. A great collector's item and not to be missed by fans of great storytelling, art and warp spasms everywhere! Includes and afterword by Graham Linehan.
Download or read book The Least of My Scars written by Stephen Graham Jones and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You haven't heard of William Colton Hughes. Or, if you have, then you're not telling anybody. Not telling them anything, ever. He's not the serial killer on the news, in the textbooks. He's the one out there still punching his card, and a few other people's too. He is a nightmare come to life, waiting in his apartment for you to knock on his door. William Colton Hughes is living his fantasy: his victims are delivered to his apartment every few days. But when he's suddenly alone, no visitors, nobody to talk to but himself, he begins to lose what little of his mind he has left. Has his benefactor, his employer, been his prison warden all along? His apartment complex a hospital? Is he going to have to go back to heaving dark plastic bags into dumpsters when nobody's looking? Or will Dashboard Mary, a mysterious woman hell-bent on revenge, get to him first? This is William Colton Hughes. Come and knock on his door.
