Discover helpful strategies that make stay at home parenting and living on a single income financially successful. At the same time, learn to enjoy your children and create the life you want, living simply and pursuing your dreams and goals.
Learn the skills to establish a vision and follow it through to a successful outcome for yourself or your company, career, or cause. How do Success Heroes succeed in all of life all at once? They live from Vision. Vision inspires you right through your fears and opens the door to pain-free success. But you need the right contemplative and action skills to make your vision real. Want visionary success for yourself, your company, career, or cause? TheVisionbuilders’ Manual is your skill-building guidebook. You’ll gain these skills: How to discover the right vision for right now How to develop the success mindset that prevents self-sabotage How to build a vision first in your mind, then bring it to life How to activate both sides of your brain and your inner spirit How to discipline your mind so you’re focused and strong How to harness principles that govern how your mindset creates experiences
From the author of the acclaimed GLORY BE, a novel that celebrates baseball, fast piano, and small-town living in the wake of the Vietnam War. When Theo gets off a bus in Destiny, Florida, he's left behind the only life he's ever known. Now he's got to live with Uncle Raymond, a Vietnam War vet and a loner who wants nothing to do with this long-lost nephew. Thank goodness for Miss Sister Grandersole's Boarding House and Dance School. The piano that sits in Miss Sister's dance hall calls to Theo. He can't wait to play those ivory keys. When Anabel arrives things get even more enticing. This feisty girl, a baseball fanatic, invites Theo on her quest to uncover the town's connection to old-time ball players rumored to have lived there years before. A mystery, an adventure, and a musical exploration unfold as this town called Destiny lives up to its name. Acclaimed author Augusta Scattergood has delivered a straight-to-the-heart story with unforgettable characters, humor, and hard questions about loss, family, and belonging.
In Joyfully at Home, Jasmine writes with verve and transparency about her own struggles and triumphs as a young woman, encouraging other girls to embrace a vision for the home as a hub of ministry and discipleship and as a training ground for life ahead. With humor, humility, and heart, Jasmine tackles the tough questions girls face, offering practical counsel on how to overcome false views of marriage, husbands, and singleness. An alternate vision for life, education, and gender roles, Jasmine Baucham's Joyfully at Home is a new addition to the Stay at Home Daughter (SAHM) movement.
“Look! There in the playground -- with the stroller and diaper bag! It's Superdad! Yes, it's Superdad—the most involved fathers in American history. And with this careful, compassionate and also critical group portrait, Gayle Kaufman has finally told their story. If you think men aren't changing—or if you think they somehow get neutered if they are changing—you need to read this book.”—Michael Kimmel, author of Guyland In an age when fathers are spending more time with their children than at any other point in the past, men are also facing unprecedented levels of work-family conflict. How do fathers balance their two most important roles—that of father and that of worker? In Superdads, Gayle Kaufman captures the real voices of fathers themselves as they talk about their struggles with balancing work and family life. Through in-depth interviews with a diverse group of men, Kaufman introduces the concept of “superdads”, a group of fathers who stand out by making significant changes to their work lives in order to accommodate their families. They are nothing like their fathers, “old dads” who focus on their traditional role as breadwinner, or even some of their peers, so-called “new dads” who work around the increasing demands of their paternal roles without really bucking the system. In taking their family life in a completely new direction, these superdads challenge the way we think about long-held assumptions about men’s role in the family unit. Thought-provoking and heartfelt, Superdads provides an overview of an emerging trend in fatherhood and the policy solutions that may help support its growth, pointing the way toward a future society with a more feasible approach to the work-family divide.
"Andrew Berg was miner, hunter, trapper, fisherman, warden, and Alaska's first licensed hunting guide. More than a biography, this is a well-documented history of the early American settlement of the Kenai Peninsula."
All too often, race discourse in the United States devolves into shouting matches, silence, or violence, all of which are mirrored in today’s classrooms. This book will help individuals develop the skills needed to facilitate difficult dialogues across race in high school and college classrooms, in teacher professional learning communities, and beyond. The authors codify best practices in race dialogue facilitation by drawing on decades of research and examples from their own practices. They share their mistakes and hard-earned lessons to help readers avoid common pitfalls. Through their concrete lesson plans and hands-on material, both experienced and novice facilitators can immediately use this inclusive and wide-ranging curriculum in a variety of classrooms, work spaces, and organizations with diverse participants. “Race Dialogues: A Facilitator?s Guide to Tackling the Elephant in the Classroom is a scholarly, timely, and urgently needed book. While there is other literature on facilitation of intergroup dialogues, none are so deeply and effectively focused on race—the elephant in the room.” —From the foreword by Patricia Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor and Emeritus Research Director, University of Michigan “This brilliant book is a gold mine of wisdom and resources for teachers, facilitators, and student dialogue leaders. It summarizes, explains, and elaborates upon everything I have ever been taught about what makes for great facilitation. With experience and compassion, the authors have written a clear, user-friendly guide to facilitation of race dialogue for both youth and adults. I will recommend this book to every facilitator and teacher I train or hire.” —Ali Michael, director of the Race Institute for K–12 Educators and author of Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education
When gay couples become parents, they face a host of questions and issues that their straight counterparts may never have to consider. How important is it for each partner to have a biological tie to their child? How will they become parents: will they pursue surrogacy, or will they adopt? Will both partners legally be able to adopt their child? Will they have to hide their relationship to speed up the adoption process? Will one partner be the primary breadwinner? And how will their lives change, now that the presence of a child has made their relationship visible to the rest of the world? In Gay Dads: Transitions to Adoptive Fatherhood, Abbie E. Goldberg examines the ways in which gay fathers approach and negotiate parenthood when they adopt. Drawing on empirical data from her in-depth interviews with 70 gay men, Goldberg analyzes how gay dads interact with competing ideals of fatherhood and masculinity, alternately pioneering and accommodating heteronormative “parenthood culture.” The first study of gay men's transitions to fatherhood, this work will appeal to a wide range of readers, from those in the social sciences to social work to legal studies, as well as to gay-adoptive parent families themselves.
Savannah wants to get married and start a family but is tired of the dating scene. To help her mother move on with her own life, she visits a matchmaker known for setting up couples who meet at the altar. Scott, a Montana bison rancher, struggles to find time for love. When he meets Savannah at the altar, he's immediately drawn to her. Will their different backgrounds hinder their marriage, or will they overcome it for a loving relationship? After a series of bad blind dates, Addie's roommate suggests she see a professional matchmaker. Addie reluctantly agrees and meets Dr. Lachele, hoping for success but not holding out too much hope. Jake, persuaded by his friend, also seeks out the services of Matchrimony and is pleased with his match. Will they overcome their individual challenges to find love? Cindy Lambert returns to her small hometown of Blevins, Wisconsin to manage her grandmother's dream bed and breakfast. Tired of being single and too busy to date, she turns to a matchmaker. Trey Zayne, a web designer from Texas, is intrigued by the concept of Matchrimony where he will meet his match at the altar. Can a techie from Texas find love with a small-town girl from Wisconsin? Cissie Rivers is envious of her best friend who has found love, while Cissie is still single. She's tired of waiting for matchmaker Lachele to find her a man. Deputy Sheriff Bob Anderson is instantly smitten with Cissie but can't seem to approach her without stumbling over his words. When he discovers she's waiting for a match from Matchrimony, he contacts them to engineer their pairing. Will Cissie forgive him or opt out of their marriage after one year? Samara Royal feels like life is passing her by. As an introverted bookworm, she doesn't have many chances to meet men. So she turns to her boss, Dr. Lachele, for help finding love. Meanwhile, Henry Crider has a five-year plan but getting custody of his twin nieces throws it off. He needs a bride who can also be a nanny, housekeeper, and cook. But he's determined not to fall in love for at least five years. Will Samara be the one to change his mind? Recent college grad Michaela Hunter is facing a job loss, when her friend Lachele suggests she marry a man picked for her. Pastor Jon Larson asks for help finding a match like one he's watched succeed for eight months. When he meets Michaela, Jon knows she’s the one. But will everyday life and a honeymoon test their love? Brenda Holt is convinced she'll never find love. With the help of a matchmaker, she meets Daniel Axford at the altar. He had a difficult childhood and now runs an online dating site but hires a matchmaker to find a bride. Neither expect to develop feelings for each other, but will they be able to move past their walls and fall in love? Michelle feels unworthy of love after her fiancé breaks off their engagement. Determined to have a wedding, she contacts Dr. Lachele Simpson from Matchrimony. Seth wants a bride like his friend's and meets Michelle, who surprises him with her inner strength. Can they overcome Michelle's fears and find love in their marriage? Nurse Heidi Hart feels like she's missing out on life and wants to find a husband. Her busy job prevents her from dating, but then she hears about a successful matchmaker from her cousin. Slade Henderson, a doctor who is ready for marriage and kids, turns to the same matchmaker after a string of bad online dates. When he meets Heidi, he knows she's the one, but can he break through her dislike of doctors? Jenni was unhappy with her life and decided to use a matchmaking service. She meets Tony at the altar, both with their own doubts about marriage. But they go along with it and hope for the best. Can they overcome their differences and find happiness together?
When Ellie Avery, a mom and occasional sleuth, investigates the apparent suicide of a fellow military wife, she becomes immersed in a mystery involving Middle Eastern artifacts, a priceless manuscript, black marketeers, and a shady art dealer.