In You Are You, I Am Me, author Cynthia Geisen helps children reflect on how we can appreciate—and even celebrate—the diversity in the world around us while also helping them to recognize those things that we all share.
We only have to look at the world around us to find diversity: cats, dogs, birds, people . . . no two of us are exactly alike. Every creature is unique and every person has his or her own individual personality, talents, and interests. In We Are Different and Alike, author Cynthia Geisen helps young people understand and appreciate the diversity of the world around us and its many expressions in families, faiths, races, and cultures.
Families blend together for a variety of reasons. Widowed or divorced parents choose to remarry. An ailing or elderly relative can no longer live alone and moves in with his son’s family. A family chooses to adopt a child. Economic circumstances force family members to combine households. Regardless of why it happens, creating a blended family is a process of transition that takes time, patience, humor, compassion, and a whole lot of conversation. In Growing Into a Family, author Cynthia Geisen guides children and the caring adults in their lives through the many questions and mixed feelings that blended families face. In the end, it is love, compassion, persistence, and a large dollop of humor that are really the tools that will help young readers find peace and joy in their family’s new realities.
God is a mystery and, although our attempts to define or explain God always fall short, we can describe our experiences of God. In What Is God Like?: A Book about God . . . Just for Me!, author Cynthia Geisen introduces children to a way of getting to know God that helps them understand all the ways God can be found in the world around us—the God who is so eagerly waiting to be discovered.
We only have to look at the world around us to find diversity: cats, dogs, birds, people . . . no two of us are exactly alike. Every creature is unique and every person has his or her own individual personality, talents, and interests. In We Are Different and Alike, author Cynthia Geisen helps young people understand and appreciate the diversity of the world around us and its many expressions in families, faiths, races, and cultures.
Families blend together for a variety of reasons. Widowed or divorced parents choose to remarry. An ailing or elderly relative can no longer live alone and moves in with his son’s family. A family chooses to adopt a child. Economic circumstances force family members to combine households. Regardless of why it happens, creating a blended family is a process of transition that takes time, patience, humor, compassion, and a whole lot of conversation. In Growing Into a Family, author Cynthia Geisen guides children and the caring adults in their lives through the many questions and mixed feelings that blended families face. In the end, it is love, compassion, persistence, and a large dollop of humor that are really the tools that will help young readers find peace and joy in their family’s new realities.
In You Are You, I Am Me, author Cynthia Geisen helps children reflect on how we can appreciate—and even celebrate—the diversity in the world around us while also helping them to recognize those things that we all share.
God is a mystery and, although our attempts to define or explain God always fall short, we can describe our experiences of God. In What Is God Like?: A Book about God . . . Just for Me!, author Cynthia Geisen introduces children to a way of getting to know God that helps them understand all the ways God can be found in the world around us—the God who is so eagerly waiting to be discovered.
Cynthia Says Radio Show-Anger Is a Choice What follows is a transcript from the “Cynthia Says Radio Show” It was broadcast in Shelton, Washington. There were nearly 30 shows in all. I started as a guest and became the co-host in this very fascinating series of discussions. This first discussion sets the tone and theme for the future shows.This presentation is for educational and entertainment purposes. No therapeutic effect is intended or implied. If you suspect you have these issues please seek competent mental health counseling.Cynthia and I have been colleagues for more than a decade and shared office space in our private practices. Occasionally we have worked together in group counseling or educational settings.
This collection stitches together stories from the fabric of life. These unadorned personal essays embrace gardening, sewing, farming, parenting, and friendship. Spanning thirty years, they touch on the author¿s transition from California Valley Girl to rural life, and her desire to sample from a smorgasbord rather than sit down to a prix fixe meal.
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