Download or read book A Walk Down the Aisle written by Kate Cohen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003-01-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines wedding customs from different cultures and eras, and using ideas from figures as diverse as John Milton and Lyle Lovett, describes how and why couples wed today.
Download or read book Journey to the Aisle written by Carmen Trevio Moreno and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to the Aisle shares a life experience growing up in the barrio in south Texas where Spanish and Mexican cultural influences and traditions, being the norm, presented obstacles and conflicts while experiencing immersion into educational environments. Practicing Catholicism was the core of daily existence in the lives of families. Growing up in a family with ten siblings, the author shares stories about learning how to survive daily in a male-dominant Spanish speaking home environment where gender roles were defined through unwritten rules. Attending an Irish Catholic School in the barrio and ultimately a public school system led to a journey of reflective questioning of cultural expectations. She relates personal struggles and conflicts encountered as she journeys through the process of deciding to make a commitment to marrying.
Download or read book A Practical Wedding written by Meg Keene and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want -- without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? How to communicate decisions to your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches: the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.
Download or read book Emily Post s Wedding Etiquette written by Anna Post and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette is the classic indispensable, comprehensive guide to creating the wedding of your dream, now in its sixth edition. Today's weddings are more complicated than ever, with new traditions replacing old, and new relationships to consider as family life grows more complex. Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette has everything a bride will ever need to know to have the perfect wedding. Anna Post guides brides and their friends and family through weddings to maximize fun and reduce stress, including: How to handle awkward family situations How to address envelopes and word invitations How to choose an officiant How to blend family traditions The timeline of events throughout the engagement and during the wedding Who to include on your guest list How to use technology to your advantage
Download or read book Offbeat Bride written by Ariel Meadow Stallings and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unenthused by a white wedding gown and bored by the hoopla of the Hollywood-style reception, Ariel Meadow Stallings found herself absolutely exhausted with the nuances of traditional nuptials . . . so she chose to take a walk off the beaten aisle. In this updated edition of Offbeat Bride, Stallings humorously recounts the story of the original offbeat wedding-hers-and shares anecdotes and advice from dozens of other nontraditional couples. She also includes a chapter on budget weddings in today's weak economy, along with sidebars, tips, tricks, and planner encouragement to help you figure out your special day. What results is a combination of hilarious wedding stories and tons of helpful how-tos-a perfect mash-up of memoir and handbook. At once practical and enjoyable, Offbeat Bride validates choosing the funky, different, and offbeat over the traditional, and leads couples through the planning process-from unique ideas on how to announce their engagement all the way to answering the question, "So, how's married life?" Stallings is the ultimate guide to the alternative wedding of your dreams, and with Offbeat Bride, she brings you a book that serves both as an encouragement and celebration of aisles less traveled.
Download or read book Marriage a History written by Stephanie Coontz and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2005 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn't get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, "What tradition?" In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is - and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. It was when marriage moved into the emotional sphere in the nineteenth century, she argues, that it suffered as an institution just as it began to thrive as a personal relationship. This enlightening and hugely entertaining book brings intelligence, perspective, and wit to today's marital debate.
Download or read book Walk Me Down the Aisle written by Anthony V. Navarro and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning a wedding can be overwhelming and daunting. Not sure where to begin the planning process? Think you need help from an expert wedding planner? Looking for tips on how to make your dream wedding come to life? Walk Me Down the Aisle, a professional guide written by one of Chicago's top Wedding Planners, is geared to help couples and families plan a success- ful wedding. Drawing on years of experience and planning that have brought more than 500 weddings to life, Anthony Navarro shares advice he gives his clients when they hire him to plan their wedding. Here, you will get Anthony's tips and tricks on: - How to set a budget - Selecting the proper venue and other wedding vendors - Selecting a wedding style and designing with that style - Tips on what to think about in hiring your wedding vendors - Creating a wedding day time line - Pulling final planning details together With a bundle of real weddings planned, Walk Me Down the Aisle acts as a guide to help craft the perfect wedding celebration that ts your wedding style. Visit www.walkmedowntheaisle.com for wedding inspiration and access to your FREE Walking Wedding Planner which is an online application that you can use to store contracts and access checklists to help you secure each vendor and venue for your wedding.
Download or read book Widow s Walk written by Ruth Jackson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blog excerpts are taken from a young widow's life after her husband dies from cancer. The author writes openly about the ups and downs of the first five years of her journey as a single parent, teacher, woman, homemaker and follower of Christ. The common thread woven through it all is the reality that the goodness of God has nothing to do with life's circumstances and everything to do with who God is. This is a down to earth, incredibly real journey logged day by day, moment by moment over a five year period. Anyone who has experienced loss will be encouraged and challenged as they read this collection of blog excerpts from thejackson4.com.
Download or read book Cash Money written by Nicole York and published by Star Key Press. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chained to their pasts, their passions and each other... until one link snaps With Victor out of the picture, there's nothing left to focus on but Bill Turner, a man who applies a tight grip and doesn't take no for an answer. The serial killer has his eyes set on getting his ultimate prize - Kate. With one threat out of the way, Marcus, Kate and Jon face their final hurdle to getting their life back. They have to pull together, learn to trust one another, and continue to foster their odd relationship if they plan to make it out alive and unscathed. Sacrifice will be made, and we'll finally get our HEA, but at what cost? Don't miss this final installment of the Bad Money Series.
Download or read book The Evolution of Intimacy A Personal Story written by Karren Kae Kearney and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2019-05-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is one small unexpected journey at a time moving us towards a destiny we could never imagine. The Evolution of Intimacy : A Personal Story is one such journey, The book is an account of taking a leap of faith, with a chance online meeting on a dating site in October, and moving in together in December having only met once. The book details the results of following one's intuition and heart, and moving over three hundred miles to create a new life. It's a story showing how, against all odds, faith and trust changed the fate of two unsuspecting people. It touches on difficult issues of love, marriages, divorces, death, adult children, his and hers, ex-spouses, couples counseling, health, finances and everything in between. The book offers hope, insights and inspiration for anyone struggling with or in a dysfunctional relationship, or was raised in an alcoholic environment, or is an alcoholic, an addict, a compulsive over-eater, or food addict , a sex and love addict, co-dependent, or in a relationship with anyone with an addictions or mental illness. I hope you find the story as inspirational as I did living it.
Download or read book Lost and Lonely written by Rosemary Bean and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samantha is a young woman who leaves her job to rush home to her estranged father. When she arrived she discovers her father is dying and she is about to lose him again. She has a lot of hurt and anger to work through after his death. In the process of which she saves a life, has an adventure as she helps solve a mystery, and finds love.
Download or read book Coming Home written by Stephanie A. Wilder and published by Stephanie A. Wilder. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years ago, Harbor Wilson walked away from 137 Briarfield Lane, the place she'd once called home, with no intention of ever returning. Oh, how plans change. A phone call. A bit of pleading. And a promise to return home for just one week. Just one. That's all it took for Harbor to return to a place that harbored, every pun intended, all her emotional baggage. If she can get through this week of surprises without breaking down in a torrent of tears when the past demands to have its say, that will be a miracle. Harbor only hopes God is still in the miracle-working business. If not, all bets are off.
Download or read book Citadel Paths in Darkness written by Kevin Tumlinson and published by Happy Pants Books. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE REAL STRANGERS ARE WITHIN. "Kevin Tumlinson has this ability to make us believe in his characters. In addition to the understated precision of his style, the thing that distinguishes Kevin's fiction is his ability with plot. He is a natural storyteller." — DR. JAMES ULMER, AUTHOR OF “THE SECRET LIFE" A MIND DIVIDED. A HOLLOW VICTORY. A NEW SPECIES. Against all odds, on an unchartered world, the souls of First Colony have been restored to life, and a centuries old wrong has been righted—sort of. On the planet’s surface, a young woman struggles to reclaim her mind from the strange aftereffects of the cancellation wave. High above, the struggling colony’s last hope of going home slowly falls from orbit, and two men face death to prevent it. And as the human colonists and their Esool captain struggle for survival, a new species emerges that can be the colony's savior—or its most dangerous enemy. As if it needed more. BOOK TWO OF THREE "Groundbreaking work, ready for the science fiction hall of fame!" "Tumlinson's Citadel series is an amazing fantasy omnibus, one of the best sci fi boxed sets you can read." "It has all the humor, complexity and charm of books by Andy Weir and Hugh Howey — a rich scifi landscape that constantly surprises and keeps you turning page after page." Scroll up to get your hands on high-charged science fiction in Kindle Store. One of Kevin Tumlinson's science fiction best sellers — available now!
Download or read book Renewal written by Michele Gorzney and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mikatta Hope was just a normal human being. She is a mother of two wonderful children, who will do anything for their mom. Mikatta lost her husband Kevin to an unexplained death, and almost killed herself because of it. If not for her children returning home to live with her and keep her going, she would have. But in a strange twist of fate, Mikatta, her daughter Crysta and a family friend Leeha, find this strange little energy drink that looks just like blood. Of course, all three of them are into the vampyer thing and Mikatta just has to try it. This little drink changes their lives forever. and not just their lives, it changes many other peoples lives as well.
Download or read book He Chose Me written by Katherine M. Kikivarakis-Laster and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her inspirational book, "He Chose Me," author Katherine Kikivarakis-Laster shares how God has worked in her life-and how He can work in your life as well. Katherine Laster was born January 22, 1966 in Nassau, The Bahamas to a single mother, Martha Grant. Money and other resources were often scarce in her childhood years, but Katherine and her siblings always felt loved and cared for. After graduating from a public primary school, and through the sacrifice of her grandfather, she graduated from a private high school in Nassau, The Bahamas; the author attended various U.S. colleges. She graduated Summa Cum Laude in May, 1994 from Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland with a Masters Degree in Finance. She is the proud recipient of various honors including All American Scholar, Who's Who in American College Students, Highest Achievement Awards from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and School of Business Management, MSU. Little did Katherine dream growing up in a single-parent home in The Bahamas, the path God had for her life. He had a divine purpose and plan for her future. She was destined to be an "over-comer". The book goes on to share her two failed marriages, and her ordeal with breast cancer. In the midst of all her storms, she was confident God was present and making no mistakes about her life. She never lost Hope or Faith in God despite her many trials. She gives God praise for taking her through these various tribulations triumphantly and conquering the enemy. The author provides a wonderful example for others as to how they, too, can achieve and be victorious against many odds-with God's help. Katherine now lives in Albany, Georgia and is a member of Sherwood Baptist Church. She has two wonderful sons, Kyhiel and Anthony, "Kylie".
Download or read book Ex etiquette for Parents written by Jann Blackstone-Ford and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for both biological parents and stepparents, this helpful guide provides the tools necessary to raising well-adjusted children after a stressful divorce. Innovative in its technique and cowritten by a certified divorce and stepfamily expert and her own stepchildren's mother, this etiquette book provides an authentic guide for ex-spouses to interact on a civil and healthy level. Sample conversation for everyday scenarios help exes create a positive environment and ensure the mental and physical well-being of the children. Whether it's coordinating discipline between households, introducing a new partner, dealing with late child support payments, or providing a regular schedule for children, this guide empowers parents to change what they can--their attitudes and communication skills. In doing so, divorced parents can increase their self-esteem and personal growth and emerge confident that they can handle awkward situations and powerful emotions while keeping the children's best interests a priority.
Download or read book Emergency and the White Crystal written by Joseph D.Medwar and published by Joseph D Medwar. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emergency and the White Crystal is a thriller that builds up chapter after chapter to the final end! The book shows how sometimes we are not safe by just calling nine-one-one. Many real heroes put their lives on the line in the police, fire, and EMS. The main character, Jack Winner, just graduated from Emergency Medical Technicians training school. He is ready for the real world in the EMS. Jack lives alone in a second-floor apartment above Elenora Dunn, a sweet old woman. His girlfriend, Melanie Straight, has been a longtime partner and lover since high school. Her mother, Deidra Straight, is the emergency room head nurse at the Jem City General Hospital. Her father John works in a warehouse down by the waterfront docks. Jack and Melanie’s nights out for fun are few, but they manage to enjoy their times at Alley Burger restaurant. Jack starts his new job the following day as an EMT on the city ambulances. He meets his co-workers. First, Roy, the dispatcher, his new partner Mike Zaber, and Captain Jim Hawker, their operational manager. Jack breaks into the EMS as he learns more and more about life and death. Jack and Mike became a tight crew, and one of the best in the city, for saving lives! One day an illegal drug lab blew up in a horrific chemical explosion, causing a deadly warehouse fire, killing the “cooks,” who manufactured meth amphetamines, street-named “WHITE CRYSTAL”. Frankie and Lasalle Sabelly, brothers, who oversaw the Cartel operation, blamed the EMS people for not saving their people’s lives. They claimed restitution against the law and EMS. Jack and Mike happened to be number one on the mob hit list. At the safe house, the East Coast cartel mobsters had a meeting to scheme and plan their hits. Jack and Melanie's futures were put on hold as the couple fell as helpless victims to the Cartel. They were kidnapped and ransomed for a huge sum of money, or death would be inevitable. Detective Glen Delayo and Detective Brian Leman—Jem Cities' finest, were put into action to solve this problem. The city was in total turmoil and fear over the mob’s claim of retaliation against the authorities! The question was, “Who would be next on the mob's list?”
