Life Ain't Over Yet is Lee Heide's 20-piece collection of short stories about seniors. Dramatic, humourous, and always well-written, Heide's stories are at once touching, powerful and meaningful.
Crossing the North Atlantic Ocean in a small sailboat is no longer a news-grabbing event. Recent advances in navigation and communication equipment, unavailable a few short years ago, have greatly improved sailors chances of survival and success. Nevertheless, the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean still present many different moods and difficultoften extremechallenges. In 1996 three Lake Ontario sailors from TorontoHenk Borsboom, Peter Becker and the author, Dick Grannandecided to accept the challenges of the North Atlantic Ocean on RABASKA (big canoe), a thirty-seven foot Alberg sailboat. The adventure had a huge impact on their lives, and their memories tell fascinating stories of what they experienced on that trip. Many sailors who write about cruising have a chapter about The Storm. Crossing the North Atlantic Ocean in 1996 was not about just one major storm, but a series of them that nearly defeated their spirit and courage. The sailors faced relentless challenges when they crossed the worlds second-largest ocean in a small sailboat. Grannan tells how they worked together as a team, and how the trip enabled them to rearrange their priorities and to get more in touch with their everyday lives.
In February 1992 Todd and Coby Gent went to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, so Coby could be evaluated for, and hopefully have, a double-lung transplant. Transplants were a new way to prolong the lives of cystic fibrosis patients, and this major surgery was Coby’s only hope for living beyond his twelve years. Todd, Coby’s dad, kept a journal from day one of the Gent family’s journey from borrowed lungs to new life. The journals include other patients from all over the country awaiting transplants. Coby, at twelve, was the youngest among others in their twenties, thirties, and forties. Tricia and Casey, Todd’s wife and daughter, respectively, remained in their hometown of Wylie, Texas, and traveled back and forth to North Carolina during the transplant process. Todd Gent had not read these journals since he wrote them in 1992, but his daughter brought them out in order to publish them by the thirtieth anniversary of Coby’s double-lung transplant. The journals prove that Coby made it count.
Bonnies Poems Bonnie McGill charms readers with upcoming poetry collection Over a hundred beautifully crafted poems await readers as author-poet Bonnie McGill pens down her refl ections, meaningful life experiences, and innate emotions in her most captivating poetry collection yet, Bonnies Poems. A rich blend of spellbinding verses and captured emotions, this must-have anthology superbly conveys McGills profound thoughts and emotions entrenched within the poets heart and soul. Intense yet poignant, McGill superbly spins poetry that embrace family, friendship, childhood, hope, faith, love, and sorrow. With poems such as A Girl from Yesterday, Alf Sharpe, If I, Like A Brother of Mine, These Missing You Blues, and so much more, readers would fi nd themselves mesmerized with the poets enticing words that brilliantly portray life and art. A fascinating collection, Bonnies Poems will naturally take readers for a blissful journey towards literary heaven. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
A poignant, erotic romance packed with adventure and set in the harsh beauty of the Arizona countryside. Real estate guru Krista Wyler is soon at the mercy of the Arizona desert when she learns she has inherited her family’s business, Wyler Ranch. Her aunt is dying and her uncle is no longer capable of making decisions. Krista reluctantly moves in, but her plan is to sell the ranch as soon as possible. Rae Jarrett, the strong, stubborn vet who has cared for the ranch as well as the horses, objects to her selling and offers her aid. Krista resists the help as well as her attraction to the mysterious vet, but decides instead to turn the ranch into a dude ranch. Soon city folk are knocking at the door ready to pay good money to get a chance to herd the Wyler cattle across Arizona. The plan seems full proof until Krista herself, along with Rae, has to set out on the trail with them. The journey leads to a life changing adventure neither woman could have foreseen and will never forget.
In this work you will see and hear tales of all over the globe with over a year's stay in Poland, many learning sessions in countries where Spanish is spoken, train trips in two continents, and so many personal quips about raising a family of seven very close-in-age children. Live with Mary through many years of fun and always learning-another motto of Mary is "You're Never Too Old To Learn"!
From actress, activist, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Marlo Thomas comes a unique, inspirational book “filled with stories of bold and brave women who won’t give up and won’t be held back” (Sheryl Sandberg, bestselling author of Lean In). Anyone who has ever tried to make a big life change knows it can be complicated—and frightening. Especially if you’re feeling stuck. But how do you get up the nerve to actually take the leap? Marlo Thomas’s It Ain’t Over…Till It’s Over introduces us to sixty amazing women who proved that it’s never too late to pull yourself out of a hole or to live out a dream—to launch a business, lose weight, discover a hidden talent, escape a dangerous relationship, find love, or fill a void in life with a challenging new experience. Meet an unemployed saleswoman who fought her way back from bankruptcy by inventing a simple product that earned her millions; a graphic artist who fulfilled a childhood ambition by going to med school at age forty-two; a suburban mom whose snack recipe for her daughter’s lunchbox turned into a successful business; and a middle-aged English teacher who, devastated to learn that her husband was cheating on her, refused to be a victim, filed for divorce, and began the challenging journey of rebuilding her life. From the first page to the last, It Ain’t Over…Till It’s Over speaks to women of all ages with an empowering message: The best is yet to come!
If the feelings of anger, fear and frustration with the way your life is going have you stuck; if you are tired of doing the same old thing and getting the same old results; if you want more from your life and believe that you deserve it. This book is for you. In conversations with women, in particular, across the country Patrice Baker knows that many of you suffer in silence. Not sure of what to do or who to turn to for the answers; fearful that your loved one may have a mental illness; angry that another relationship ended in disappointment; frustrated because you dont get the recognition you deserve; at work, at home. In Life Aint Nice, So Get Over It! Patrice Baker gives you insights on how to make insurmountable obstacles, surmountable. Using the seeds (faith, hard work, education, family values) planted by her ancestors, she courageously faces her own once debilitating emotions. An inspiring story of a woman who has created a life filled with more joy, peace and an unstoppable spirit!
A huge spawling Southern novel set mainly in Swansboro, and many other counties in North Carolina and Georgia. It covers several generations of commercial fishermen and farmers and shows how their contrast of labors serverd the South so well from the old time to the present.
A MIND TRIP is a trip for the mind. It's lyrical verse provokes deep thought,forcing us to see the light at the end of everything dark, and the magnificent brilliance of everything bright. The wonder and beauty of life intertwined with the harsh reality of the short commings and death of this place we call earth. True to life. A MIND TRIP keeps it as real as real gets, and somehow manages to be uplifting and soothing. Perhaps never before has a book of poetry so elegantly covered topics such as: AIDS,domestic abuse, war, child neglect, racism and so many more of the issues that plague our world today. At the same time it deals with subjects of inspiration,promotes education, and happy memories to name a few of the uplifting and enlightening subjects that are as evenly shared as the joys and pains of everyday life. A MIND TRIP will take your heart to flight, and your mind on a trip. If you have a passion for the written word. You'll engage in a beautiful romance. If you've never cared much for poetry, there is new love to be found in this heart filled book of poetry called a mind trip.