Betty Martin's remarkable journal helped her focus on the day to day struggles as she cared for her husband, Roland, who suffered from Alzheimer's for over ten years. She watched her husband of 54 years, who was her soul mate, her first sweetheart, transition from a highly respected businessman and loving father to a helpless child who depended on her for his most basic needs. Ride the unpredictable, emotional roller coaster of this cruel disease as Betty describes the daily ups and downs with Roland. Experience those unexpected highs as she hears his heartfelt laughter, excitement, and gratitude as if he were experiencing things for the first time. Watch a man whose life revolved around the success of his business, transition to a man whose love of his family and nature become his priority. This was the time that Roland had most likely surrendered to a sense of peace in his heart while his mind was surrendering to Alzheimer's. The notion that life goes on in spite of our deepest and most demanding emotional challenges will ring true for all who have, like Betty, taken the journey with no end.
Mom - Betty Friesen - wrote this story, the third book in the series about The Martin Family. It t was printed in 1983. It has been out of print for several years but people have been asking for it. The story continues the adventures of the Martin Family, a home-grown family with good values and morals. Follow their adventures in all the things a family experiences as the Martin Family lives through them. They are described in an interesting way. Children love this book and adults will enjoy reading it to the children, too!
There are 39 books in the Old Testament. Did you know that if you multiply 3x9, youll have the number of New Testament books? Did you know that the 5 New Testament books that start with the letter T are all grouped together? If you think of Ephe as a boys name, its easy to remember Galatians-Ephesians-Philippians-Colossians if you remember Gal meets boy, they flip over each other and then collide into marriage. Tips like these will help you find your way around the Bible Books. The Bible does not need to be intimidating. This book will help you become a Bible Scholar!
A Woman of Vim and Vigor is fiction based on the life of my Great Great Grandmother, Nancy Whitsett. She was born in 1840 to Nathan Whitsett, a school teacher in the Clinch Mountains, and Elizabeth Coffey, whose family migrated from Wilkes County, North Carolina to the Clinch Mountain town of Thorn Hill, Tennessee. The story follows the Whitsett and Coffey family through their marriages, children, and the lives of these Clinch Mountain families. Nancy married Carter Dalton at the age of 14 and the story takes the reader through her court struggles and victories. The reader will get a glimpse of the how the Civil War affected East Tennessee and how her families were neighbors in Missouri with the young Dalton Gang family. The importance of religion in their mountain culture is discussed along with their knowledge of "making do" and using every resource to feed their families. The writer hopes this story will be inspirational to all the descendants of these pioneers who paved the way.
The ideal vacation planner for people who’ve “been there, done that,” this upbeat guide profiles a wealth of fascinating destinations, some of which may be well known regionally but virtually unknown nationally. In their most ambitious project to date, veteran travel writers Don and Betty Martin have selected the 250 very best hidden getaways, from Alaska to Florida and Hawaii to Maine. Undiscovered America , based on the authors’ 35 years of travel, reveals intriguing vacations in all 50 states. These include an obscure but grand vacation island on the Great Lakes; California’s best wine country (not Napa Valley!); a little-known Nevada town oozing with “cowboy cool”; and the world’s oldest Shakespeare festival, which is not in England but in Oregon. These destinations represent an irresistible mix of interesting towns, national parks and monuments, vacation regions, and driving tours that are ideal for an afternoon’s respite, a weekend getaway, or an extended visit.
It is a raw uncut observation of where we went wrong as parents, siblings, and remedial family. A theory based on the idea that we are all to blame for the state and fate of our family. By the choices we make to accept and enable our generations beyond immediate repair. We are the change we seek.
Mom - Betty Friesen - wrote this story, the fourth and last book in the series about The Martin Family. It t was printed in 1987. It has been out of print for several years but people have been asking for it. The story continues the adventures of the Martin Family, a home-grown family with good values and morals. Follow their adventures in all the things a family experiences as the Martin Family lives through them. They are described in an interesting way. Children love this book and adults will enjoy reading it to the children, too!
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