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This Book chronicles an individual's true life experiences of a head-on collision with not one cancer diagnose, but two. The first cancer diagnosis took me by surprise, first thing came to mind, "a death sentence". By the time the second cancer came about, I wasn't that afraid, I was angrier to why me again. I've already had my turn. On the other hand, I felt if I beat it once, perhaps I could do it again. I was ready to fight and be rid of it. I did keep a small thought in a corner of my mine, that if I didn't get through this second cancer diagnose after all the fighting, it wasn't meant to be, it was my time, but I definitely was going to battle with it until the tenth round.During this time, I truly developed more gratefulness. I embraced the experience even though it was painful, hard and dreary at times. I felt as though I was fighting for something, someone. Each time a person goes through a horrific experience, it's for a reason. I believe, after all the hurt and pain a person endures, something good has to come out of it, somewhere down the line. I read somewhere, it stated, "if you can choose to find the positive things in even your worst challenges, you'll never run out of hope". I live and learn to believe that. If I had not gone through cancer, I would not have known how precious life and family truly is. Yes, I've always loved my family, didn't always show it, and I sort of loved life, but it was truly hard to really know how much I loved it, because of so many challenges I had to go through, throughout my entire life. But when tragedy happens, you look back and you access your life and you see where you took all the good that was happening in your life, as well as family for granted. Good will always outweigh the bad. Every bad experience I happened upon, I got through it, and it brought me to a better and new experience, something I would not have gained otherwise. I truly believe we go through trials and tribulations to increase us, not to take away from us. With that said, and all that I've endured, I'm going to live each day as a new one. I'm going to live until, and I will not die, until I'm dead.Through all these experiences I gain strength and encouragement to write down my thoughts to share with other. With the words and phrases of my story, I wish to make a positive impact on someone who's ill or otherwise, where they can proceed life in a whole new way. In life, we don't ask for bad things to happen to us, but when it does it brings change, and there's not much we can do about it, but to except, embrace and work through it, to see the bigger picture. While going through my cancer treatments, I was never stressed out about it, and even after I was first diagnosed, I had a co-worker come up to me and stated that "I seem to be in denial" about the whole situation. No, I wasn't in denial. What she didn't' realize is that, I had done all my crying, all the asking why, all the stressing about it, and I came to the conclusion, none of it was helping, I still had cancer. Not any of that, nor how I felt was going to make my cancer disappear, so I let go of it, and began totally depending on my faith. No denial here, just a woman working towards a different future than she had planned.I'm a realist, I don't write to rhythm, I write what's on mind. I don't have much, I've never had much throughout my entire life, but I had what I needed. I now feel that I've been given a gift, the gift of life experiences.

If Only, If Only is a vibrant children's story that tells the tale of a once happy-go-lucky turtle named Jim who is confused about his place in the world. With the help of some forest friends he encounters along the way, will Jim learn to love himself for who he is? This book was written to promote self-love and inspire young children to love themselves for who they are, for everyone is special in their own way.

This intriguing novel follows the twists and turns in the lives of This intriguing novel follows the twists and turns in the lives of Blessings and Amaliya, a young Ghanaian couple, one rich, the other a few steps above poverty. They meet and fall in love some years before their country experiences an economic boom. Blessings Kuffour, the handsome son of a rich entrepreneur, sets his eyes on the beautiful fashion model, Amaliya Amantu, and it is love at first sight. He refuses to let her out of his sight.Amaliya falls equally in love with Blessings. She is fascinated by his unusually good looks and feline-like eyes, but above all, she is fascinated by his rich lifestyle. Will their relationship survive when she betrays him by denying him what he wants to share most with her? Follow them on their journey in Caught in a Tangled Web of Lies.

Blake and Me: The Life Lessons I Learned From the Best Teacher I Ever Had is the story of a father's love for his son, and the lessons that father learned through the years from that son.From the day he found out that Blake had Down syndrome, Gordon Docking has been learning. First, he learned about the obstacles that his son--and his whole family--would have to face. It didn't take long for him to learn that those obstacles could be cleared with the right attitude. Mostly, he learned that Blake had the extraordinary ability to teach him real life lessons if he only would look past the problem and see the future.Blake is far more normal than not. Though he had some early struggles, Blake was a relatively healthy toddler who had to learn to do all the things that most kids had to do. He had to learn those things in spite of difficulties that would derail many people with less of a support system than Blake enjoyed.The family learned how to come to grips with the pain of an unexpected diagnosis of Down syndrome, deal with the fear and anxiety of open-heart surgery, and evolve to enjoy Blake's journey of celebrating life's accomplishments, both big and small.People with Down syndrome are famously happy, but Blake stands apart from most of them. Five seconds into meeting Blake, you realize that he is special. The world may say he has special needs, but the truth is, he's simply special.The operative word is simple...in a good sense. Blake can take the most complex situation and make it simple, and that's what this book is about. For example, many people spend too much time getting ready to do great things instead of just doing them. Others spend too much time dwelling on the things in their lives that aren't going well instead of celebrating the things that are successful.Readers will be inspired to look for the good in everything through the narrative of a professional storyteller. There will be times the natural reaction is laughter, and many others where readers are compelled to reexamine their own approach to adversity.Blake and Me draws you in, and you'll feel like you know this "celebrity magnet." Through the eyes and words of a former television sports reporter, you will realize that life is not that complicated.Meet a challenge, then defeat a challenge. And have fun doing it.

Dead Letters and its companion stories examine human reactions to unusual circumstances. The reader takes a journey with each of the characters. Along the way, the reader will ask not only what will the characters do next, but, "What would I do?" Immerse yourself in these short glimpses of the human condition.

Introducing Cinnamon, a sweet, sassy, sensitive and silly young girl. She is a free spirit who stumbles through life's growing pains with a smidgen of attitude, laughter and love. Girls and boys will appreciate Cinnamon doing her best to stay out of trouble while getting into trouble through no fault of her own, or so she thinks. Cinnamon loves life with an abundance of energy and innocent charm.Be sure to find Evie's daughter's initial H (Heidi), her son's initial T (Tommy) and her stepdaughter's initial P (Pene) hidden in the illustrations!

Change is challenging but inevitable. But many people forget that when they decide to set a goal, change is an integral part of the process. The fear of change can be viewed as a roadblock that leaves the goal-setter in a whirlwind of despair, with minimal change and the inability to cope with failure-losing their motivation to succeed. The Goal Crusher Workbook is designed to turn roadblocks into stepping stones! It's an easy-to-use method to help you succeed by breaking up a one-year goal into small, manageable milestones. The Goal Crusher Workbook is more than a planner: It's a personalized resource to help you understand your purpose-filled journey. Weekly reflections and renewal provide a guideline to develop your own unique strategy for success and build a sense of self-confidence. With this flexible workbook, you can start your journey at any time and use the weekly and quarterly milestones as a measurement tool for personal, professional, and academic use. The path to success involves roadblocks, detours, and rest stops. You can't prevent these things from delaying your travels, but you can embrace the idea that challenges are part of the course-but not a factor in your ability to reach the goal!

Annie M. Fonte tells the truth about her upbringing and inspiring journey to personal freedom. She weaves the threads of her life together with unabashed candor and transparency. Annie is a captivating storyteller who is raw and real as she invites you to pause and reflect on your life. In this true debut story, Annie talks about choosing happiness, finding peace and joy, overcoming fear, and ultimately living a life she loves with authenticity at its foundation. If you are ready to create a life you love, to stop playing small, to ditch the excuses, and start living graciously, this book is a must-read for you. It will open you up to stunningly new perspectives about your life. It will invite you to view every experience as a gift and to have an enduring and endearing relationship with yourself and others. Keep Your Ass In The Saddle is that little nudge you need to muster up the courage to live a life true to yourself and fully embrace your genuineness.

The "Sweetest Corner in Town" has been in operation since 1912, when Lee Glatz and his wife founded Glatz Candies and Luncheonette. Mr. Glatz was one of the city's most popular businessmen, and their shop was very successful. Their recipe for Candy Canes and their slow cooking method set them apart from all others. Using copper kettles over open flame to cook and wooden paddles to stir the ingredients, it was a unique process. Once their recipe was brought to just the right temperature, they poured the raw candy on "cooling tables" that were once used as classroom blackboards from the original Jefferson High School on Ninth Street in Lafayette, Indiana. In 1917, Ivey McCord began working for Mr. and Mrs. Glatz. Lee Glatz died unexpectedly in 1928, so Mrs. Glatz assumed ownership, becoming one of the very few women who owned businesses at the time. She continued running her shop until 1947, when she sold to Ivey. It was at this time the name of the establishment was changed to McCord Candies and Jack McCord partnered with his brother Ivey. By 1949, McCord Candies became a family business as Kenny McCord joined Ivey and Jack. The McCord family continued working together until 1984, and McCord's has been sold and operated by several families since. Ken and Denise Bootsma are the current owners having purchased the beloved sweet spot June, 2017.

The sequel to a lifetime of collected quotes, sayings, philosophies, viewpoints & thoughts. This is the fourth book in a series formerly titled Wise Quotes of Wisdom, now rebranded as Wise World of Wisdom.

The question about prayer for the person of faith and for those who are struggling with their faith is not "What is prayer?" Not everyone, but many have an idea about that. The question is why do we pray; toward what end do we offer prayers to God? The first petition of the Lord's Prayer-"thy kin-dom come on earth as it is in heaven"-has become for me the foundational biblical assertion that answers the question of why. That petition points us to the reality of God's reign for creation in general and humankind in particular and has given us the model for all of our prayers and praying as we, too, attempt to embrace the vision of God's kin-dom on earth. Prayer becomes the means to an end. That end is the hoped-for reign of God on earth. This volume is an attempt to explore this claim through the eyes of the biblical story tellers who wanted to know in their own times what it meant to live toward the hope of God's sure reign in their lives. Such exploration then asks us, the readers, to connect the ancient story of faith to the stories we live and share in this part of the 21st century.

In 1965, Alicia Kay Lanier finishes her University journalism studies in Texas and embarks on an exciting career as a daily newspaper reporter in another state. She has been raised in a Christian home and she is still a virgin. Alicia quickly finds her new job and friends to be as thrilling as she had expected. But, a few months later, Alicia discovers she is pregnant. The fact that she is unmarried, combined with the recent death of a parent, influences her to give her infant to strangers who want to adopt him. Alicia keeps this baby a secret from her family and friends for over two decades. Alicia later marries and the couple has other children. In the mid-eighties, a series of family crises threatens the family’s serene image and the marriage; the author says: “To family and close friends, my life at age 48 looked pretty good: Longtime marriage, pretty daughters, professional career, lovely home. What they could not see was the marriage was on shaky ground, my daughters were in distress, and I had kept a sad secret for over two decades.” Alicia’s saga examines sorting through the multiple family dilemmas and ending her secret-keeping. Confronting a closed adoption system, which hides information from all parties involved, Alicia and her daughters persistently search for lost family. What happens next has surprising twists and turns and presents new challenges for Alicia and her children in reunion and relationship renewal. Covering several decades, this memoir draws from Alicia’s vivid memories and her extensive personal journal and letters to family. It is written in the style of a contemporary novel, with flashbacks to Alicia’s years as a 1950s teenager learning to deal with the opposite sex and intimacy; her life as a daily newspaper reporter in Oklahoma and Texas; reflections about her months living in a “home for unwed mothers;” meditation on the shame and grief felt by birthmothers of the closed adoption era; and Alicia’s evolution into being a writer and advocate for adoptee rights and other issues.

America is such a divided country and the primary reason has to do with race relations. It is way past time to lay this issue to rest and that process begins with accepting the truth. What is the truth? Not all white people are inherently racist or evil. Black people also play a major role in the break down of relationships between all ethnic groups. We have to stop determining a persons worth by the color of their skin. It is what is on the inside of a person that makes or breaks them. This country was supposedly founded upon Christian principles but until those principles are actually put into practice, we are nothing more than a nation of hypocrites. Nothing says it better than the old adage: "United we stand, divided we fall." If America wants to avoid the same fate that other powerful nations have suffered before her, then it''s high time we put God first. That requires us to be obedient to His word and exemplify His character. His greatest character of all is love - for God is love. As Scripture suggests: there''s no way to love God (whom we cannot see) and fail to love one another (whom we see on a daily basis). Unless we get it together fast, we are headed for a great destruction!

As four friends travel from Georgia to their final destination of Nashville, they wonder what their friend, who is already there, has for them to do during their visit. These lifelong friends love to laugh and have fun, so they can''t wait to begin their weekend of fun and frolic. What the fun-loving friends didn''t anticipate was a serial killer, who targets dark-haired women, being on the loose. After reading an article in the newspaper, they realize his last kill was in their home state of Georgia. It didn''t worry them too much, because what were the odds of him traveling to the city where they would be for the weekend, right?

If you are in charge of entertainment and are on a tight budget, welcome to my world. Here is fun and excitement for a price you can afford!Exodus 2057The Android EffectJosie Blue Could See TomorrowFancy Meeting You AgainImprovThe Dream World of Izzy SchmalThe Healing SpringThe Saga of Peanut Butter SamWhere Lost Kids Go

Clayre Breslin-Heaslip almost lost her life as a result of undiagnosed allergies, nutritional deficiencies and the ingestion of chemicalized foods until she found her "Doctor of Last Resort" who helped transform her life. A former adjunct Professor at a Southwest University, a Gero-psychotherapist and a professional who spent years in the medical milieu, Clayre now uses her knowledge and education to help others and in the process unmasks the failure of the FDA and Agribusiness to protect the American food supply. She appeals to the medical community for a more divergent philosophy that incorporates a recognition that the escalation of several disease states can be attributed to a highly chemicalized and adulterated food supply. In her book she presents a delicious array of recipes that are gluten free, sugar free and frequently dairy free. Included is a "Resource Guide" and a separate section that discusses food additives, colorings and flavorings; the negative physical mental effects of refined sugar and the copious amounts often hidden in our foods; food allergies; butter, fats and oils...the ones that can kill us and the ones that add to our health.

The Odyssey of the Warrior’s Path Continues…Jack Thornton and Sean Plunkett have survived seemingly fatal wounds, while Aiyanna, the Last of the People of the Songs, has become Jack’s lover. Their deadly enemy, Heinrich Kuhl, has vanished but remains hell-bent on destroying them both, as does his eldritch master—the Yarvaak Golu: The-God-Who-Waits.Former friends who are now enemies also seek to destroy them: Brighid, the Red Queen, once Jack’s mistress but now driven half-mad by her jealousy of Aiyanna; Inspector Travis Napoleon Tyler, who blames Jack for the fiery deaths of two police officers during the gun battle in Union Square; Ramage Calder and Eiger, his giant deaf-mute bodyguard, who have orders to kill both Jack and Aiyanna if they prove to be Interlopers in the guise of human beings.Jack and Aiyanna are also threatened by new enemies: Kuhl’s master: The Changeling, once human but now a monstrous servant of The-God-Who-Waits; Milo Astor Stylet, a psychopath recruited by the CIA as part of the Ambergris Protocol; a giant predator summoned by the Yarvaak Golu from its hunting grounds in the depths of the Pacific Ocean; Katie Moran, a winsome Girl Scout sent by Kuhl to murder them with a deadly sea shell hidden in a box of cookies; and the beautiful Chloe Witherspoon, an initiate of the Court of Flowers, who seduces one of Jack’s trusted friends and makes him her willing accomplice.Also numbered among Jack’s enemies is his own alter ego: Cuchulain, the Blood Lord, a warlord whose berserker’s bloodlust and savagery threaten all around him when he is roused.But Jack and Aiyanna find new friends and allies as well: Annabelle, the mischievous pixie who is drawn to Jack; the Fays, creatures of Faerie who have come to watch over Aiyanna; Ben Carson, once Jack’s Platoon Sergeant in Vietnam and now a Modoc County Sherriff’s Deputy; Charley Tall Tree, Modoc guide and tracker; The Old One, a blind Modoc Wise Woman who looks deeply into Jack’s soul and sees what is hidden there; and, as always, there is Jack’s mentor, the wise and lethal Sean Plunkett.The second book of the Omniverse Chronicles will see Jack travel from his new home in Marin County to an Edenic grove of Redwoods, where the murderous dimensions of Brighid’s jealousy are revealed to him. Jack Thornton will also find himself standing before his former lover and her court in a terrible dream: a dream in which Death may claim him as surely as it would in the waking world.Jack, Aiyanna, and Sean Plunkett will journey to the far northern reaches of California in search of their mortal enemy, Heinrich Kuhl. There Jack will face instead the Changeling and its hideous servants in a duel to the death where not only his life—but his very soul and our world—are the hazard.Follow Jack and Aiyanna as they face new perils in the second volume of The Omniverse Chronicles . . .