We Got It From Our Daddy
We Got It From Our Daddy

Author: Brandy Linn

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2019-08-29

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 1642991007

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Have you ever looked at your precious but squirrely child in awe? Have you ever stood in awe of their innocence, in awe of their wonder, or in awe of their curiosity of seeing the world for the first time? Or have you ever just stood there and stared at their little face, just mesmerized by their beauty and adorableness, vowing to protect them from the world, including their future self? Have you ever had to correct your child out of love, and it really did hurt you more than them? Have you ever provided and sacrificed for them, so they would not go without? Of course, we have, and it is because that is God's nature to love, adore, protect, and provide for us""His children. Not only does He look at us in adoration and through the eyes of love, protection, and provision, but also, He went a step further. He gave us an inheritance. He left us a legacy to follow. He gave us His parental DNA to love, adore, protect, and provide for our children and for all His children all around the world.

Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer's Journey
Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer's Journey

Author: Jolene Brackey

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2016-11-15

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1612494838

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The beloved best seller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition. Jolene Brackey has a vision: that we will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease to focus more of our energies on creating moments of joy. When people have short-term memory loss, their lives are made up of moments. We are not able to create perfectly wonderful days for people with dementia or Alzheimer's, but we can create perfectly wonderful moments, moments that put a smile on their faces and a twinkle in their eyes. Five minutes later, they will not remember what we did or said, but the feeling that we left them with will linger. The new edition of Creating Moments of Joy is filled with more practical advice sprinkled with hope, encouragement, new stories, and generous helpings of humor. In this volume, Brackey reveals that our greatest teacher is having cared for and loved someone with Alzheimer's and that often what we have most to learn about is ourselves.

Breathe
Breathe

Author: Anne Bland

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2009-08-18

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 145000332X

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It was a glorious passing, throughout the last nearly 24 hours family members sang with her, heard her laugh, and saw her give four okay signs with her hands as she gracefully passed to heaven. It was absolutely breathtaking. She spoke of running to a beautiful light as she drifted away. Mom declared she had risen and that day was the birthday of her everlasting life. The veil had been removed for our family during those wonderful hours prior to her passing. Dad and Christ called her home. This has all been part of God's plan and has provided us with inner peace.

Dogged
Dogged

Author: J L Wilson

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc

Published: 2016-10-21

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1509210555

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Former fashion model, and now tenured professor at a small college, Annabelle C. Doyle ("Acie") is part of a group trying to establish a wildlife sanctuary on a donated parcel of land. When the donor dies under unusual circumstances, the land endowment is put in jeopardy. Unwillingly, Acie and fellow professor Ike Adler are pulled into the investigation. But when the donor’s heir is found dead—after arguing with Acie and Ike—they're suddenly in the spotlight and under suspicion. Amidst the investigation, Acie is coerced into coming out of retirement to work on a fashion shoot on campus—a shoot that turns into a real "shoot," with Ike in the crosshairs. Acie may lose not only a chance for the love of her lifetime—she may lose her life.

Teardrops That Tango
Teardrops That Tango

Author: Amber Cote

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-03-30

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1504900030

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Ill never forget the last words my fianc said to me before I watched him die. You want me to end all of your problems, Amber? Ill end them all right now! He spat his words through clenched teeth, his jaw was locked. Kirks normally composed personality had disappeared, replaced with that of a hysterical mana man who was right in front of me. His wrath had quickly diminished what I knew of the easy-going man I was scheduled to marry in two months. He struggled and clawed against the air, moving toward our bedroom. The breath locked in my lungs when he reappeared clutching his fathers 9mm Smith & Wesson. His forehead was slick with sweat as he buried the muzzle into his right temple. A pang of futility pierced through me, blanching the color from my face. The pulsing terror was so acute I was virtually paralyzed. My mind struggled to defy this indefinable moment as Kirk wielded that gun. I was frantically holding onto his life by willpower alone, but my wits were sapped. Wrestling with reality, my vision distorted, watching my life played out like a movie on fast-forward, jumping from one random event to another. I wasnt in a real-life drama but a nightmare. How can this be happening? Kirks legs quavered as he tried to stabilize himself. I could feel my throat begin to swell when he narrowed his eyes and tightly pursed his lips. I struggled to escape the rising panic that twisted within my newly pregnant belly and coursed up to my fingertips. His nostrils flared as his index finger curled around the trigger. Oh no. Please, God, no.

Cheerful Money
Cheerful Money

Author: Tad Friend

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2009-09-21

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0316071447

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From longtime New Yorker writer and author of In the Early Times, Tad Friend's "side-splittingly funny" Cheerful Money is both a gorgeously written family memoir and a sharp cultural study of the decline of the American WASP (Mary Karr). Tad Friend's family is nothing if not illustrious: his father was president of College, and at Smith his mother came in second in a poetry contest judged by W.H. Auden -- to Sylvia Plath. For centuries, Wasps like his ancestors dominated American life. But then, in the '60s, their fortunes began to fall. As a young man, Tad noticed that his family tree, for all its glories, was full of alcoholics, depressives, and reckless eccentrics. Yet his identity had already been shaped by the family's age-old traditions and expectations. Part memoir, part family history, and part cultural study of the long swoon of the American Wasp, Cheerful Money is a captivating examination of a cultural crack-up and a man trying to escape its wreckage.

An Extraordinary Life of a Little Girl Named Pinky
An Extraordinary Life of a Little Girl Named Pinky

Author: Trena Hicks Davis

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-08-11

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1664123717

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BEING A WOMAN AND BEING A MOTHER IS HARD IT'S VERY HARD ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE RAISING 10 KIDS OF YOUR OWN AND HAVING A HUSBAND WHO WASN'T WILLINGLY TO BE THERE AT ALL TIMES AND TO ADD TO THE ASSAULT THAT WAS DONE. SHE STILL WALKED WITH HER HEAD HELD HIGH WITH HEELS ON STILETTOS THAT IS WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE ON HER FACE NOTHING COULD COMPLETELY GET HER DOWN. SHE WILL TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK NEVER LETTING NOTHING GET IN HER WAY. WHAT A REMARKABLE WOMAN I'VE ALWAYS MIMICKED YOU. I TOO WALKS WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH AND I SMILE EVERY TIME, I THINK OF THE TIMES WE'VE SHARED TOGETHER, I MISS YOU MOMA AND I ALWAYS WILL YOUR MY SUNSHINE EVERY MORNING AND MY THOUGHTS AT NIGHT. THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU AND MY BIG BROTHER SAMUEL WHOM HAS PAST WILL READ IT IN SPIRIT. AND MY BIG SISTER RAMONA AND SISTER- IN- LAW AUDREY. THANKS FOR HELPING IN RAISING ME, AND MY SIBLINGS I LOVE YOU ALL AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL.

Through These Doors
Through These Doors

Author: Theresa A. Harris-Tigg PhD

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2022-02-16

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 1663232563

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Dr. Theresa A. Harris-Tigg grew up in a two-parent-family, loving home with four siblings. From childhood through her teenage years, she lived in two remarkable homes, one an apartment over a printing store and the other the family’s first and only single-family residence. At eighteen, she was kicked out of the family home because she was pregnant. In Through These Doors, she offers a first-hand account of her trajectory as a teenage mom and child bride to earning the highest education degree offered. Narrating with kindness and honesty, she provides a vibrant, behind-the-scenes chronological account of her life and how it is interwoven with God’s grace and mercy. This memoir chronicles one woman’s lived experiences, resilience, and belief as she navigated through racism, teen pregnancy, paternity, friendships, Black-girl’s-rock success, trust, and what she uncovered about life. Through her story, Harris-Tigg helps others grasp life’s spiritual characteristics, recognize God’s power, and acknowledge God’s handiwork in our lives.

Dark at the Roots
Dark at the Roots

Author: Sarah Thyre

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1619020270

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As a middle child raised middle class and stuck out in the middle of Louisiana, hilarious writer and actress Sarah Thyre often found her in–between existence far less than desirable. Even from a young age, Sarah found ways of shirking her own hated identity — whether by stealing someone else's or lying about her own. She changed her name, claimed to be a great outdoorsman, and solicited donations for her favorite charity — which turned out to be, in fact, her. In addition, Sarah lived through the violent struggles between her parents and their often troubled finances, and the stories with which she emerged populate this charming memoir.

Silent Illness
Silent Illness

Author: Juliet de Jongh

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-12-29

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1471032949

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A memoir of a daughter's love, courage, and strength for her manic-depressive, paranoid, alcoholic, drug abusing, and suicidal mother.