Now, with the publication of this clear-eyed, laugh-inducing, and heart-tugging book, Kirk recounts the "love story" of her family and their brain-damaged son, Matthew, who doctors initially recommended be institutionalized.
A Season in Time tells the true story of Donna Kirk s experience providing homecare for her aging father and his rapidly deteriorating house. A writer, insurance broker and part-time college instructor, Donna Kirk had to learn how to provide homecare to her eighty-eight year old after her mother s passing. As tensions arose amongst the siblings, Kirk s relationship with her father began to fall apart also. Kirk explores the pain, hope, exhaustion and devotion which families providing homecare experience, and lays bare the unexpected surprises awaiting these custodians of health and property. The end result is worth the sacrifice for homecare, and the author empowers readers with the knowledge necessary for the road ahead. A Season in Time outlines the need for creating healthy boundaries in homecare. Stocked with tips, tricks and worksheets for notes, Kirk s book is an excellent source of support and encouragement for Christian homecare.
Although someone new is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s every 70 seconds, Donna M. Trickett, the author of Inside Mom’s Mind, reveals new hope and understanding through her captivating true story of her mother’s eight-year struggle with the disease. Inside Mom’s Mind is saturated with compassion, understanding, inspiration, and a realism that has been acknowledged by professional and family caregivers, alike. You will listen to her mother’s actual thoughts as you discover over 100 uniquely helpful ideas to better serve your loved one. To learn more about Donna M. Trickett, her writings, and her free workshops, just connect to her web page, www.donnatrickett.com
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Journey with Donna as she shares some of her most difficult, life-changing experiences. And watch the transformations God brings about in her and her loved one’s lives in the process. Only God in His grace and mercy can take a life headed one way and totally transform it into a life going in a completely different direction, making it something beautiful. The collection is put together in the order in which each was written, including a Christmas story she wrote from a ‘What if’ perspective called ‘No Room’. Although the story obviously is not directly from her life, it came about through another difficult trial where God reminded her just how deeply He loves her. ‘What if...’ the Christmas story had a bit of a twist perhaps not thought of before?
McLandon Buchanan is married to MaryAnn Kelly. They have eight children and live in Nashville, Tennessee. McLandon sent his five older children to Gallatin, Tennessee, to help his sister, Marie Wingate. Marie is pregnant and is due to have her baby in less than a month. Marie needed help on the Wingate Farm and help with keeping up with her household chores. After a week, Marie sent McLandon a telegram to come get his children. They were more work than help to her. Marie had to teach the three girls basic household chores, and the two boys didn't want to do any barn or fieldwork. The boys kept getting into trouble. After learning that his children didn't know how to do anything useful around the house or farm, he decided to move his family to the country. McLandon and his help man and friend, Amos Burke, were told about a farm in Gallatin that might be exactly what he was looking for. McLandon heard talk of war coming to this country, and he wanted his family to be prepared for when that happened. McLandon wanted his family to be able to preserve the food that they grew and be able to put it in hiding for when war broke out. If they stayed in Nashville, the army would take all the food, and there wouldn't even be food to buy. MaryAnn was in all the high-society clubs and goings on in Nashville to the point that she had spoiled her older children and neglected the three younger ones. She had spoiled her children, letting the domestic help do all the household chores and taking care of the three little ones. McLandon and his family are going to learn to earn a living by the sweat of their brow.
Taken from the best of Donna Magazine that can be found at: http: //kakonged.wordpress.com on the Internet comes a book that you can take with you anywhere
Only in recent years have black people begun to recognize that suicide is a major problem for the African-American community. Suicide within this population exists in far greater numbers and for a longer period than many people realize, declares Dr. Alton R. Kirk. For more than 35 years, Dr. Kirk has been studying, teaching, and researching the literature of black suicide. In this landmark study, Black Suicide: The Tragic Reality of America's Deadliest Secret, he discusses several theories about suicide. Then he examines social, economic, religious, political, psychological, and racial forces that contribute to black suicide. He provides a unique perspective in his chapter on survivors-those left behind after a suicide. They describe how the suicide of their loved ones has affected their lives, destroyed their dreams, and left them in a state of turmoil and pain. Finally, Dr. Kirk recommends ways both to help reduce the number of suicides and detect behaviors that are destructive to black people. Any one suicide is unacceptable, he maintains, and we must do all that we can to stop it. Says Dr. Donna Holland Barnes, "Black Suicide: The Tragic Reality of America's Deadliest Secret should be read by anyone even distantly interested in suicide among the black population.
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