Download or read book Walking Gentry Home written by Alora Young and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “extraordinary” (Laurie Halse Anderson) young poet traces the lives of her foremothers in West Tennessee, from those enslaved centuries ago to her grandmother, her mother, and finally herself, in this stunning debut celebrating Black girlhood and womanhood throughout American history. “A masterpiece that beautifully captures the heartbreak that accompanies coming of age for Black girls becoming Black women.”—Evette Dionne, author of Lifting as We Climb, longlisted for the National Book Award Walking Gentry Home tells the story of Alora Young’s ancestors, from the unnamed women forgotten by the historical record but brought to life through Young’s imagination; to Amy, the first of Young’s foremothers to arrive in Tennessee, buried in an unmarked grave, unlike the white man who enslaved her and fathered her child; through Young’s great-grandmother Gentry, unhappily married at fourteen; to her own mother, the teenage beauty queen rejected by her white neighbors; down to Young in the present day as she leaves childhood behind and becomes a young woman. The lives of these girls and women come together to form a unique American epic in verse, one that speaks of generational curses, coming of age, homes and small towns, fleeting loves and lasting consequences, and the brutal and ever-present legacy of slavery in our nation’s psyche. Each poem is a story in verse, and together they form a heart-wrenching and inspiring family saga of girls and women connected through blood and history. Informed by archival research, the last will and testament of an enslaver, formal interviews, family lore, and even a DNA test, Walking Gentry Home gives voice to those too often muted in America: Black girls and women.

Download or read book Walking with Mama written by Barbara W Stynes and published by Dawn Publications (CA). This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother and toddler take a walk in which they discover the wonders of nature and deepen the wonders of love.

Download or read book Walking My Momma Home written by Kathy Flora and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are NOT Alone Over 15.7 million people today are caring for a loved one with dementia.As caregivers, it's easy for us to feel isolated. If you're weary of the heartache and losses you both suffer, of the restless nights and chaotic days, then you know that our frustrations, helplessness, and fear can drive us to our knees. Dementia is cruel.But the caregiving journey that we are on also offers unexpected, uplifting gifts: -profound personal insight-explosive spiritual growth-discovery of our deepest selfAll of these gifts are buried, to be uncovered in the experience of walking alongside.Caregiving is tough, yet it can open a channel to accessible grace that will change your life forever.Walking My Momma Home is a memoir of my mom and me. It's about love, hope, uncertainty, role reversal, courage and the raw humanity in Mom's experience of losing herself to the disease. It's about the hard decisions, conflicts, the relationship balancing and personal soul-stretching my caregiving required. It's our story of surprising joy and laughter, of tears and terrors, of opening hearts and deep, emotional healing. Filled with stories, reflection, insightful questions, and invaluable resources, Walking My Momma Home helps you reflect on and process your own journey through the raw experience of fellow travelers walking dementia's labyrinth.PRAISE FOR WALKING MY MOMMA HOME: "There are truly no words for how deeply this book resonated with me. There were so many days while reading it that the bravery and authenticity Kathy showed by sharing her journey helped me face the walk I'm currently on with my parents. I laughed. I cried. And then I cried some more, but I cried tears of comfort and understanding. This book is the ultimate story of the cycle of life - the journey home - that each of us is on, and it's full of light, love, and laughter along with all the tears. Thank you, Kathy, for writing such a powerful, heartfelt book and for sharing your journey and your mom's journey with the world. I'm forever grateful." --- D. D. Scott, International Bestselling AuthorABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kathy Flora is a Nationally Certified Career Counselor and Master Career Coach. She began this work at Purdue University in College Placement. Through successive job changes, she's worked as a consultant, a business executive, organization development and job search trainer, an elected State Representative in New Hampshire, an HR representative at the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, and finally as a leadership program manager in an Intelligence Community agency in the federal service in Washington D. C. and Tampa, Florida.Her life's passion has been helping others find theirs. She has been a Hospice volunteer, is a leadership and HR blogger for A. J. O'Connor Associates, a volunteer career coach and speaker for CancerandCareers.org, and she delights in spending time helping out at Selah Vie, the local thrift store of Selah Freedom, a national not-for profit organization that fights Human Trafficking on the Suncoast and across the country.She is a mom, a grandma, a daughter, a sister, a friend and Jim's loving wife, a political junkie, public speaker, novice hiker, and an avid cyclist. She and Jim live in Bradenton, FL, with an inspiring view of the sunsets over the marsh along the Manatee River in a neighborhood with plenty of walking trails and biking paths. Those paths are where she finds her bliss nearly every morning before starting the rest of her day.This is her first book, and it was a surprise even to her since she sat down to write on an entirely different topic. But as you may have noticed, God had other plans.

Download or read book My Mama Was Right About Yo Azz written by Lady Lissa and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HONOR THY MOTHER!!Words to live by when it comes to children respecting their mother, the woman who bore and raised them. Shannon had the perfect family, two great sons and two beautiful daughters. Everyone was striving in life and she enjoyed being around her children. How quickly things change! When her younger son Dominic meets Markeeta, he is instantly smitten with the young woman. Dom hasn't been in a relationship in over two years, so when Markeeta locks her claws into him, he quickly falls for her. When Dominic starts changing towards his family, Shannon knows exactly who is behind it.Markeeta isn't looking for anything but the next dude to give her everything she wants. When she realizes that Dominic could be her ticket to easy street, she quickly sinks her teeth into the inexperienced young man. When Dom's family tries to warn him about the woman he has so quickly given his heart to, he doesn't want to hear it. With a huge rift now drawn between the family and Dom, Shannon wonders if things will ever be the same.Will a mother be able to save her son from the likes of a chick who is all wrong for her son? Or will it be too late for him to be saved? Find out in the first installment of My Mama Was Right About Yo Azz...

Download or read book Soul Food Sunday written by Winsome Bingham and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this loving celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table ​A 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book On Sundays, everyone gathers at Granny’s for Soul Food. But today, I don’t go to the backyard or the great room. I follow Granny instead. “You’re a big boy now,” Granny says. “Time for you to learn.” At Granny’s, Sunday isn’t Sunday without a big family gathering over a lovingly prepared meal. Old enough now, our narrator is finally invited to help cook the dishes for the first time: He joins Granny in grating the cheese, cleaning the greens, and priming the meat for Roscoe Ray’s grill. But just when Granny says they’re finished, her grandson makes his own contribution, sweetening this Sunday gathering—and the many more to come. Evocatively written and vividly illustrated, this mouthwatering story is a warm celebration of tradition and coming together at a table filled with love and delicious food.

Download or read book Momma Zen written by Karen Maezen Miller and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining humor, honesty, and plainspoken advice, Momma Zen distills the doubts and frustrations of motherhood into vignettes of Zen wisdom Drawing on her experience as a first-time mother and her years of Zen meditation and study, Karen Miller explores how the daily challenges of parenthood can become the most profound spiritual journey of our lives. Her compelling and wise memoir follows the timeline of early motherhood from pregnancy through toddlerhood. Momma Zen takes readers on a transformative journey, charting a mother’s growth beyond naive expectations and disorientation to finding fulfillment in ordinary tasks, developing greater self-awareness and acceptance—to the gradual discovery of "maternal bliss," a state of abiding happiness and ease that is available to us all. In her gentle and reassuring voice, Karen Miller convinces us that ancient and authentic spiritual lessons can be as familiar as a lullaby, as ordinary as pureed peas, and as frequent as a sleepless night. She offers encouragement for the hard days, consolation for the long haul, and the lightheartedness every new mom needs to face the crooked path of motherhood straight on.

Download or read book My Mother s Rules written by Lynn Toler and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Autobiography of Judge Lynn Toler describing her sometimes difficult upbringing and the life-lessons she learned from her mother"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book May I Walk You Home written by Melody Rossi and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Loving and Compassionate Guide to Talking With Your Family and Friends About Jesus Melody Rossi saw God work in the hearts of three close family members after she had nearly given up hope that they might believe before dying. As their hearts softened to the gospel message she witnessed their spiritual births. These experiences inspired Melody to write this practical book filled with hope, joy, and wisdom. When your friend or family member is facing death, here is the help you need to share Christ in loving, nonconfrontational ways. It will show you how to · Serve in ways that speak louder than words · Respond to signs of spiritual openness · Discuss matters of eternal importance · Cope with the ups and downs of this difficult time In addition, it offers you spiritual care, answering your questions about end-of-life issues, and addressing your grief and loss.

Download or read book A Walk Through the Valley written by Zaylea Fox and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a walk in the shoes of a mother and daughter as their lives intertwine in a turmoil relationship of love and hate and most of all, need. Growing up in a small industrial town in the south is hard enough, but when your mother makes headlines as a murderer it is even harder. The author tells about her life as a mentally motherless child and teenager. While her mother was available for the most part in the physical sense she lacked the emotional support that a parent should possess. Imagine living in the bible belt, being watched by judgmental eyes, and coming from an area in the small town that is not very respected. The roles of mother and daughter become reversed as the mother acts more like a teenager and the teenager acts more like the responsible adult. Their lives clash and morals are questioned as you follow their relationship through years of self destruction. This book is an example of the struggles, deception and frustration of a teenage girl who learns to deal with the hand that she has been dealt as her mother betrays her repeatedly.

Download or read book Hands Free Mama written by Rachel Macy Stafford and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the power, joy, and love of living a present, authentic, and intentional life despite a world full of distractions. If technology is the new addiction, then multitasking is the new marching order. We check our email while cooking dinner, send a text while bathing the kids, and spend more time looking into electronic screens than into the eyes of our loved ones. With our never-ending to-do lists and jam-packed schedules, it's no wonder we're distracted. But this isn't the way it has to be. Special education teacher, New York Times bestselling author, and mother Rachel Macy Stafford says enough is enough. Tired of losing track of what matters most in life, Rachel began practicing simple strategies that enabled her to momentarily let go of largely meaningless distractions and engage in meaningful soul-to-soul connections. Finding balance doesn't mean giving up all technology forever. And it doesn't mean forgoing our jobs and responsibilities. What it does mean is seizing the little moments that life offers us to engage in real and meaningful interaction. In these pages, Rachel guides you through how to: Acknowledge the cost of your distraction Make purposeful connection with your family Give your kids the gift of your undivided attention Silence your inner critic Let go of the guilt from past mistakes And move forward with compassion and gratefulness So join Rachel and go hands-free. Discover what happens when you choose to open your heart--and your hands--to the possibilities of each God-given moment.

Download or read book Journey of Spirit Walk of Faith written by Brenda CampbellJones and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever craved for a deep personal relationship with God? Do you question your faith in the Divine Spirit to work in your daily life? This true story begins with a couple who had the same dream on the same night. Brenda and Franklin CampbellJones take you on a remarkable modern day journey of faith in their quest for a deeper relationship with God. They share how their spirit was strengthened by following Gods guidance as they traveled across the country. Through dreams, signs, messages, and coincidences, they come to terms with the forces of doubt, anxiety, and confusion. They learn to lean on the Divine Presence of the Holy Spirit.

Download or read book Domestic Violence written by Monica Marie Singleton Soileau and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forgotten Victims is a real story of one family's struggle with the legacy of domestic abuse and suicide. Monica Soileau father's abuse led him to shot her mother and him committing suicide. Monica speaks to today's victims and survivors of abuse or suicide from her unique perspective. She speaks frankly of how faith helped her family cope; brought about through her mother's miraculous recovery from grievous emotional and physical wounds, and eventually resulting in her own mature understanding and empathy for everyone caught in a vicious cycle of abuse. The author embraces her mother's compelling memories, as well as includes her younger brother's experience, along with her own provocative and inspirational journey through the stages of coping, understanding, and overcoming their dark, shared legacy. As a final point, this hopeful book will help guide any reader in their discerning of how abuse affects the children who encounter it. Through retrospect the reader is brought full circle to their own childhood expectations to the actuality that life can certainly be painful and full of difficult decisions. Anyone who has experienced any of the following as a victim, as an offender, as a parent, as a child, as a counselor or healthcare worker should read this book: Domestic Violence Domestic Homicide Suicide of a Parent Children Self-Esteem Development Suppression of emotions and mourning Children assuming responsibility and guilt for parent's abusive behavior Dysfunctional Relationships Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Monica Soileau is a Certified Christian Therapist. She has worked as a Sunday School Teacher, Eucharistic Minister, Lecturer, Help Minister and Motivational Speaker in multiple ministries. She is currently enrolled in Calvary Theological Seminary School and Cornerstone University.

Download or read book Based on a True Story written by Jagada Chambers and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you experienced the deepest point of your life where you have nothing but your unwavering faith in God? For twenty-three-year-old Jagada Chambers, life took a turn for the worst when he, under the influence of alcohol, made a grave mistake during Spring Break vacation in Florida. He hit rock bottom facing twenty-plus years in prison and a violent-felony conviction. He was confronted with the reality of being stripped of his freedom and doomed to adjust to life behind bars. If you were faced with the same circumstances, how would you respond? In this book, you will gain a new perspective in life. You will know more of hope, love, life and justice. You will learn that, win or lose, God is with you always. Most of all, learn when to accept defeat and to wholeheartedly trust God, without questions, without doubts.

Download or read book What Will It Take A Mother s Love written by Amy Jamison and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-12-03 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true story is to be an inspiration to anybody who has had a life with hanging experience where one is left feeling as if there is no hope left. Whether the occurrence is from death, rape, divorce, both sides of adoption or even unwanted marriage. This story shows how the mind of a child can be influenced so we as caregivers in any form should take the life of an innocent child very serious and know that as long as there is life in you then here is hope for a better day to do things different from that we're used to.

Download or read book A Peacock in the Land of Penguins written by BJ Gallagher and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic pioneering book provides keen insight into workplace diversity. With new tips, tools, and strategies for peacocks and penguins alike, your organization will flourish and take flight! Through the story of Perry the Peacock and his fine feathered friends, authors BJ Gallagher and Warren H. Schmidt bring to life the challenges of birds of different feathers who struggle to be successful in the conformity-minded Land of Penguins. Their travails illuminate the challenges of creating a pluralistic corporate culture in which the talent, energy, and commitment of all employees are fully engaged. People who have new ideas that differ from business as usual are often ignored or criticized for the very thing that makes them valuable: their originality and creativity. This unique book helps organizations break out of "penguin thinking” in order to tap into and leverage the creativity of diversity. Learn how to cultivate an organizational culture in which new ideas can flourish and innovation can take flight.

Download or read book Daddy I m the Man You Could Have Been written by Kevin W. Holmes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bi Parchamaan written by Hassan H Faramarz and published by a-argus books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of hope-and then despair. A story of courage-and then fear. A story of love found-and then love lost-a story of closeness-and then abandonment. A story of expectation-and then dejection. A story of optimism-and then wretchedness. A story of elation-and then degradation. A story of happiness-and then anguish. A story of anticipation-and then denial. A story of promises-and then lies. A story of good-and then evil. A story of euphoria-and then Hell. And, finally, at last, a story of perseverance, faith, determination, achievement and victory. Fleeing for their very lives and the lives of their children, an Iranian family finds heartbreak, agony, bigotry and hatred before finally finding the good that exists in some people. Weep and laugh with Hassan and his family as he reveals to the world the trials and difficulties of being a refugee cut off from his native land; needing, seeking and finally finding a helping hand.