Family Journeys Through Peaks and Valleys
Family Journeys Through Peaks and Valleys

Author: Demetria Vargas

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-04-02

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1796093319

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These essays are true narratives about the author’s life with her Philippine family of origin. It covers her childhood and early adult years in the Philippines between the 1950s and 1970s and her more than three decades of working as a permanent resident in Canada, and then continues with her retirement years alternating between these two countries. Reflecting on her roles as daughter, granddaughter, niece and sister to six siblings, she describes joyful and unhappy incidents in the context of alliances and alienations formed between her and her elders and those between her and her siblings. Stories about her magnificent parents and other elders show how life’s joys become more rewarding when shared with deserving, meaningful relations; those echoing from the valleys are reminders that when a hand is extended to somebody hurting, it invariably eases the pain and oftentimes inspires gratefulness and reciprocity. Both peak and valley journeys provide a glimpse into the all too often inexplicable intertwining of chance and choice as the actors in this sort of tragicomic family play sought validation for their respective sense of person at certain points in time.

Peaks and Valleys
Peaks and Valleys

Author: Spencer Johnson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-04-03

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1451606613

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?, a brilliant new parable that shows readers how to stay calm and successful, even in the most challenging of environments. A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak. At first the young man doesn’t realize that he is talking to one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. But in the course of further encounters and conversations, the young man comes to understand that he can apply the old man’s remarkable principles and practical tools to his own life to change it for the better. Spencer Johnson knows how to tell a deceptively simple story that teaches deep lessons. The One Minute Manager (co-written with Ken Blanchard) sold 15 million copies and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than twenty years. Since it was published a decade ago, Who Moved My Cheese? has sold more than 25 million copies. In fact there are more than 46 million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books in print, in forty-seven languages—and with today’s economic uncertainty, his new book could not be more relevant. Pithy, wise, and empowering, Peaks and Valleys is clearly destined to becomeanother Spencer Johnson classic.

Fierce Marriage
Fierce Marriage

Author: Ryan Frederick

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1493412779

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Ryan and Selena Frederick were newlyweds when they landed in Switzerland to pursue Selena's dream of training horses. Neither of them knew at the time that Ryan was living out a death sentence brought on by a worsening genetic heart defect. Soon it became clear he needed major surgery that could either save his life--or result in his death on the operating table. The young couple prepared for the worst. When Ryan survived, they both realized that they still had a future together. But the near loss changed the way they saw all that would lie ahead. They would live and love fiercely, fighting for each other and for a Christ-centered marriage, every step of the way. Fierce Marriage is their story, but more than that, it is a call for married couples to put God first in their relationship, to measure everything they do and say to each other against what Christ did for them, and to see marriage not just as a relationship they should try to keep healthy but also as one worth fighting for in every situation. With the gospel as their foundation, Ryan and Selena offer hope and practical help for common struggles in marriage, including communication problems, sexual frustration, financial stress, family tension, screen-time disconnection, and unrealistic expectations.

On Writing and Publishing
On Writing and Publishing

Author: Lillian Cui Garcia

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2021-12-29

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1664198873

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In this memoir, the author looks back to how even as she grew up thinking and speaking Cebuano, a major language in the Philippines, she somehow found her first literary voice in the poems she wrote in English, the language of instruction in the educational system she attended. She traces how her poetic self-expression in English soon evolved into writing personal essays through high school and college and how this progressed into writing academic articles to keep her teaching position at a university in the Philippines. She then narrates how her academic writing background incalculably facilitated her career as a government researcher and college instructor during more than 3 decades of her 43-year permanent residency in Canada. Interweaving the stories of her writing experience with recollections of family and work-life in the Philippines and Canada, she draws her journey to a full circle with her once again writing literary pieces and putting them together in the three memoirs she had self-published since 2019.

Take Your Bike!
Take Your Bike!

Author: Rich Freeman

Publisher: Footprint Press, Inc.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780965697446

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Enjoy safe bicycling, away from cars, on 40 trails among the lakes of upstate New York. Ride deep into forests or explore forgotten paths on hard-packed abandoned railroad beds, remote forest service roads, and paved bike trails.

Yes or No
Yes or No

Author: Spencer Johnson

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1993-06-04

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 0887306314

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"Yes" or "No," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Spencer Johnson, presents a brilliant and practical system anyone can use to make better decisions, soon and often -- both at work and in personal life. The "Yes" or "No" System lets us: focus on real needs, versus mere wants create better options see the likely consequences of choices and identify and then use our own integrity, intuition, and insight to gain peace of mind, self-confidence, and freedom from fear

Some Field Family Journeys
Some Field Family Journeys

Author: Warren James Field

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-06-14

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 1462871461

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The Gift of Caring
The Gift of Caring

Author: S. Cottrell S. Houle

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-10-26

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1493039601

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In a powerful blending of memoir and practical strategies from a medical doctor’s perspective, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents – and ourselves - from the Perils of Modern Healthcare reveals the hidden side of modern healthcare practices for aging Americans. This ground-breaking book, co-written by award-winning author Marcy Houle and nationally-recognized geriatrician and public health advocate, Elizabeth Eckstrom MD MPH, sheds new light on aging by showing it from twin perspectives: the story of a daughter desperately seeking help for the parents she loves, and a geriatrician who offers life-changing strategies that can protect our loved ones and ourselves. Today, for many older adults, the medical delivery system is confusing, fragmented, and ill-equipped to provide comprehensive, person-centered care. Under our current healthcare model, thousands of aging persons face unnecessary suffering, hospitalizations and nursing home stays, and even preventable death. Seniors and families often feel powerless as they travel this sad journey. Not having knowledge of aging’s changes, they resign themselves to believing there is nothing anyone can do to help, while some health care professionals simply write off symptoms seniors endure as “just old age.” But as Marcy Houle discovered in caring for her parents, many of the problems often are not “just old age.” Further, the real issue is not that the answers to ease suffering don’t exist. Rather, what we need to know is generally not available to the general public. Even more concerning, many health care professionals have had little or no training in the care of older adults. The Gift of Caring hopes to change that. It is written to give empowerment to all older adults, family members, and health care professionals, by sharing much needed knowledge and practical strategies. The Gift of Caring shows the best ways to advocate for our parent’s health care … and our own … by giving us the tools we need to insist upon the better way. Your parents and you deserve the best healthcare as you age- But there are so many reasons why that’s not happening.You can change that.

No Problems Only Situations!
No Problems Only Situations!

Author: Ken Phillips

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 161904854X

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HOW DO PARENTS GO ABOUT RAISING A HAPPY AND LOVING FAMILY IN THE MIDST OF A BUSY LIFE IN THE 21st CENTURY? NO PROBLEMS ONLY SITUATIONS ANSWERS THIS QUESTION BY SHARING THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF KEN AND DOTTIE PHILLIPS, WHICH INCLUDES RAISING SIX CHILDREN WHILE FULFILLING THEIR CALLING TO A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY THAT HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN OVER 100 COUNTRIES. FILLED WITH PRACTICAL INSIGHTS AND TOUCHING EXAMPLES FROM FOUR GENERATIONS, THIS BOOK HIGHLIGHTS THE PHILLIPS' FAMILY JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS THAT SO MANY FAMILIES EXPERIENCE. NO PROBLEMS ONLY SITUATIONS TACKLES TOUGH ISSUES LIKE DISCIPLINE, BOUNDARIES, AND STANDARDS, WHICH CONFRONT EVERY AGE GROUP AND GENERATION. THE BOOK SHOWS HOW TO APPLY BIBLICAL WISDOM TO EVERYDAY PROBLEMS. KEN AND DOTTIE MET AS YOUNG PEOPLE AT WHEATON COLLEGE AND THEIR WORK TOGETHER HAS INCLUDED THE FOUNDING OF 145 ORPHANAGES IN SOUTH KOREA, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADES AND FILM MINISTRY, YOUTH FOR CHRIST, AND WORLD VISION. AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF WORLD OPPORTUNITIES INTERNATIONAL, KEN SPENT THIRTY YEARS SUPERVISING THE OPERATION OF A LOS ANGELES FOOD BANK AND THE ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF OVER $665 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FOOD, MEDICINES, CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, AND CLOTHING, SENT TO PEOPLE IN NEED IN OVER 135 COUNTRIES. WHEN MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER RETIRING, KEN AND DOTTIE CONTINUE THEIR WORK WITH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES AND NOW WRITE A DAILY FREE FAMILY DEVOTIONAL AVAILABLE AT WWW.THEHUNGERSOLUTION.ORG. THESE DEVOTIONALS ARE A DAILY INSPIRATION TO THOUSANDS OF READERS AROUND THE WORLD.

Abolitionists, Doctors, Ranchers, and Writers
Abolitionists, Doctors, Ranchers, and Writers

Author: Lynne Marie Getz

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

Published: 2017-09-22

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0700624902

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Nearly 250 years after ninety-five-year-old Elder Thomas Faunce got caught up in the mythmaking around Plymouth Rock, his great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter Hilda Faunce Wetherill died in Pacific Grove, California, leaving behind a cache of letters and family papers. The remarkable story they told prompted historian Lynne Marie Getz to search out related collections and archives—and from these to assemble a family chronology documenting three generations of American life. Abolitionists, Doctors, Ranchers, and Writers tells of zealous abolitionists and free-state campaigners aiding and abetting John Brown in Bleeding Kansas; of a Civil War soldier serving as a provost marshal in an occupied Arkansas town; of young women who became doctors in rural Texas and New York City in the late nineteenth century; of a homesteader and businessman among settler colonists in Colorado; and of sisters who married into the Wetherill family—known for their discovery of Ancient Pueblo sites at Mesa Verde and elsewhere—who catered to a taste for Western myths with a trading post on a Navajo reservation and a guest ranch for tourists on the upper Rio Grande. Whether they tell of dabbling in antebellum reforms like spiritualism, vegetarianism, and water cures; building schools for free blacks in Ohio or championing Indian rights in the West; serving in the US Army or confronting the struggles of early women doctors and educators, these letters reveal the sweep of American history on an intimate scale, as it was lived and felt and described by individuals; their family story reflects the richness and complexity of the genealogy of the nation.