“The relationship between a mother and daughter is one of the most complicated and meaningful there is. Kimberly Williams-Paisley writes about her own with grace, truth, and beauty as she shares her journey back to her mother in the wake of a devastating illness.” —Brooke Shields Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country music artist, Brad Paisley. But behind the scenes, Kim was dealing with a tragic secret: her mother, Linda, was suffering from a rare form of dementia that slowly crippled her ability to talk, write and eventually recognize people in her own family. Where the Light Gets In tells the full story of Linda’s illness—called primary progressive aphasia—from her early-onset diagnosis at the age of 62 through the present day. Kim draws a candid picture of the ways her family reacted for better and worse, and how she, her father and two siblings educated themselves, tried to let go of shame and secrecy, made mistakes, and found unexpected humor and grace in the midst of suffering. Ultimately the bonds of family were strengthened, and Kim learned ways to love and accept the woman her mother became. With a moving foreword by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, Where the Light Gets In is a heartwarming tribute to the often fragile yet unbreakable relationships we have with our mothers.
In O Peniel, Behind the Fans, people use hand fans at church to cover up their indescretions. The preacher, himself, seems to always go out of his way to discover any hidden secrets about people around town. And he has no problem blatantly exposing these secrets directly to that person; while yet still letting others know he knows of those indiscretions in his unsympathetic sermons. He even unexpectedly preached about himself in one of his sermons. But yet, hes still so quick to point out other peoples wrongdoings. This makes you wonder if hes unblemished, as well. One person, though, seems to have figured that out early on, but its not Rhyah. Rhyah, the young girl portrayed as the books witty narrator, demonstrates that life is full of mishaps and issues and that they are simply a part of life. Thus, we all make mistakes! She, too, has created a problematic secret of her own. One, of which she has hid for several months. Its also one, which causes immense frustration and shame upon people. But, she makes a grand revision to her issue by directly confronting it; allowing everyone to know that things like this may walk up on us, but they do not have to overtake our lives. Additionally, the books theme is given from a (somewhat) biblical perspective that seems to enhance the value of it.
Healthy Children, Healthy Minds: Helping Children Succeed NOW for a Brighter Future is an excellent resource for educators, parents, and anyone who is interested in and committed to fostering healthy patterns of behavior, thinking, and lifestyle choices in children. This book provides strategies on how to keep the brain and mind healthy, address challenges to brain and mind health, such as mental illness and substance abuse, and concrete strategies for building a healthy brain and mind.
The books opening pages set up the voice of its engaging narrator whose character is accessible throughout the book. Among discovering a troublesome family secret, this intimate drama dynamically reveals how love always triumphs and how real life adversities are eventually balanced. This book is written with a definite purpose to keep the reader engaged through an expos of ongoing revelations.
Empowering Women to Walk in Gods Glory speaks to all sisters of every race, socioeconomic background, and nation. Canvassing the traumas and fears of her childhood retelling a terrifying encounter involving her mother and the chilling feeling prior to Hurricane Katrina, Kimberly Williams Atkins has carved a priceless guidebook that can be used daily to anchor our faith and solidify our walk with God. Atkins inspires us to reign in Gods glory. It is a must-keep for the bathroom, boardroom, and the sun room!
Just what does the abundant life look like? Flip through these pages and you will get a glimpse into the abundant life of this pastor's wife and homeschooling mother of three, who lives with her family in South Mississippi. Written by Kimberly Williams, From the Mouth of Babes is a compilation of short stories about life, children, faith, and this world we live in. Learn how to have a clean kitchen, see life through the eyes of a child, look at marriage in a new light, take a serious look at the church and this modern culture, and discover some new traditions. Grab a cup of coffee and kick up your feet. Get ready to laugh, be prepared to be challenged, and pull out your Bible as you are pointed to the Word of God.
In Rippling Creek, Louisiana, in 1948, eleven-year-old Tate writes letters to her favorite country singer, sharing her dreams of becoming a singer and revealing that her mother is in prison.
My book is about how my ancestors freed me from a life style I was too caught up in, and prison set me free mentally. While my ancestors, were sending me messages using me for a vehicle to carry this message of love to my future generation my folk poetry, and what the corruption of drugs do to you if you keep on going down that road, with a mixer of hip hop, poetry and soul music taking you in many elements of bringing out my inner being, and the mental effects what had on my brain yet I still didn’t give up hope to write this book even with a disability I kept my eyes on the prizes focusing and the truth and if I can do it you can too. Sending out my blessing to all who get the message...and this is not the last of me. Justice just began with me.
The Young Ladies of Character: Restoring the Princess Ministry, PRINCESS HANDBOOK is a fun book full of activities and Princess Thoughts that were designed to encourage and uplift young ladies ages eleven to eighteen, and twenty-one. The Princess Handbook talks about the relationships girls have with friends, family and even boys. It will make you think and help you live a better life. Reading and completing the activities should leave you feeling special, and that you are the BEST and ONLY version of yourself; you are God's Princess.
If you have ever experienced the hurt of being deceived, you will probably agree with me that truth is better than deception and falsehood. Truth that is both known and applied to any situation can change your life. If you have consistently encountered unpleasant and painful circumstances because you have made awful decisions by following your emotions and feelings, you have probably already discovered that they are not a trustworthy and reliable guide. Your emotions can lead you outside of God's will. If you have gotten poor advice from well-meaning friends, have come to realize that you cannot figure out everything on your own, and are ready for a change, then you are ready for a new season. This short daily devotional will reveal truth from the Word of God in a practical manner, which will allow you to grow closer to God, experience His presence, and begin a lifelong process of maturation. This will help you to be whole, make decisions that are based on truth, and begin to be led by the Spirit of God in everyday practical life. This life change that you are about to begin needs to involve your spirit, soul, and your body. In addition to a spiritual reading, there will be a space to journal your thoughts, feelings and emotions. Your life has great value. Change is not always easy, but you are worth it. Please join me on this journey.
Co-winner of the 2009 SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize in Women's and Gender Studies, Imagining Russia uses U.S.–Russian relations between the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a case study to examine the deployment of gendered, racialized, and heteronormative visual and narrative depictions of Russia and Russians in contemporary narratives of American nationalism and U.S. foreign policy. Through analyses of several key post-Soviet American popular and political texts, including the hit television series The West Wing, Washington D.C.'s International Spy Museum, and the legislative hearings of the Freedom Support Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, Williams calls attention to the production and operation of five types of "gendered Russian imaginaries" that were explicitly used to bolster support for and legitimize U.S. geopolitical unilateralism after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, demonstrating the ways that the masculinization of U.S. military, political, and financial power after 1991 paved the way for the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Kimberly A. Williams wants the annual Calgary Stampede to change its ways. An intrepid feminist scholar with a wry sense of humour, Williams deftly weaves theory, history, pop culture and politics to challenge readers to make sense of how gender and race matter at Canada’s oldest and largest western heritage festival. Stampede examines the settler colonial roots of the Calgary Stampede and uses its centennial celebration in 2012 to explore how the event continues to influence life on the streets and in the bars and boardrooms of Canada’s fourth-largest city. Using a variety of cultural materials—photography, print advertisements, news coverage, poetry and social media—Williams asks who gets to be part of the “we” in the Stampede’s slogan “We’re Greatest Together,” and who doesn’t.
A generation ago, the homeschooling movement was considered to be at best cutting-edge, eccentric, and alternative. At its worst it was considered strange, rare, and in some states illegal. But today the homeschooling movement has become more main-stream. Currently with over 2 million home educated children, it may well be the fastest growing form of education in the United States. There are many reasons parents take on the responsibility to educate their children at home, but often at the top of the list are religious or moral reasons. With the tearing down of Christian values in our society, it is understandable why parents want to bring their children back home. Christian's are waking up to the fact that education is not amoral. The education that a child receives will shape their life in all forms. But now we see many of these same children, raised in the faith, walking away at alarming rates. Years of surveys are confirming this. Church leaders and denominations are beginning to speak out. Multiple books on the subject are surfacing. And statistic after statistic is verifying the same ugly picture. We are losing our children, and homeschool families are not immune to this crisis. What is the answer? The answer does not lie within the halls of government, nor does it necessarily lie within the church. The answer to this problem can be found in God's Word and the solution rest with the parents. Home Discipleship is the key. But sadly, disciple making in the home is often thought of last and at times not at all. For some reason we think that if we are believers our children will automatically come to Christ and follow His ways. This book is about the discipleship process we find all throughout Scripture applied to the home. It covers the biblical mandate we have as parents, the structure of the Christian home, how to keep the proper perspective, fundamentals and practicalities of home discipleship, and addresses how a homeschooling lifestyle can help parents accomplish this very objective. Each chapter includes practical application questions to be used for personal reflection and family discussion.
When was the last time you experienced an adventurous day? Were you grossed-out by anything? YUK!!! Did anything try to attack you? WOW!!! Eat you? EEEEK!! A little brother and sister have wild experiences on a summer day that are scary; especially, for the brother. This is not a normal day for them. Noooo. Not at all! Get up! Get up! is how theyre day begins. Imagine being excited about your special day only to be grossed out! What happens at the museum has you itching and scratching. The experience at the zoo has you screaming. How can a sparkling swimming pool turn into an infested dungeon? Then, just when you feel safe at home, what suddenly appears will make you jump up and down. Will the little brother and sister survive their adventurous day? Take a peek inside to see whats crawling around. This childrens book by Kimberly Williams, is not only creatively written, but is based on a real life, beetle bug fascination of her 2 yr. old grandson. Being that Kimberly also has a 1 yr. old granddaughter, his little sister, her character appears, as well, in the book. Beetle Bugs! Beetle Bugs! Beetle Bugs on Me! is an original! With Kimberly being a teacher, she amazingly crafted a Reflections Page for ages Pre-K through Grade 5. This added educational opportunity is an enticement for learning as it falls in alignment with the Texas Staar Test and the National Common Core Test.
Given the increased accountability at the college and university level, one of the most promising ways for faculty at institutions of higher education to improve their teaching is to capitalize upon their skills as researchers. This book is a step-by-step guide for doing research to inform and improve teaching and learning. With background and instruction about how to engage in these methodologies—including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods—Doing Research to Improve Teaching and Learning provides examples across disciplines of how to use one's research skills to improve teaching. This valuable resource equips faculty with the skills to collect and use different types of research evidence to improve teaching and learning in any college and university classroom. Special Features: Chapter openers highlight the questions and issues that will be addressed in each chapter. Recurring text boxes provide authentic examples from actual research studies, student work, and instructor reflections. Coverage of challenges, key successes, and lessons learned from classroom research presents a nuanced and complete understanding of the process.
It's 1948 in Rippling Creek, Louisiana, and Tate P. Ellerbee's new teacher has just given her class an assignment—learning the art of letter-writing. Luckily, Tate has the perfect pen pal in mind: Hank Williams, a country music singer whose star has just begun to rise. Tate and her great-aunt and -uncle listen to him on the radio every Saturday night, and Tate just knows that she and Hank are kindred spirits. Told entirely through Tate's hopeful letters, this beautifully drawn novel from National Book Award–winning author Kimberly Willis Holt gradually unfolds a story of family love, overcoming tragedy, and an insightful girl learning to find her voice. This title has Common Core connections.
Lisa Hatchett, a very devoted wife and successful psychotherapist, feels that she is the most blessed woman ever. After living in and out of foster homes most of her adolescent life after the sudden death of her parents, she'd always dreamed of having a very successful career, but not just any career. While living with the devastation of losing her parents, she felt that she needed a rewarding career where she could help others overcome their emotional and mental challenges. Hence, the reason she persevered and earned double master's degrees to become a criminal psychologist. But suddenly, Lisa's world is turned upside down when she starts to receive menacing phone calls and threatening letters. She begins to become unraveled. Bodies are beginning to turn up in this small community of Ingleton, Minnesota. There has never been anything of this nature to happen before. The citizens of this community are all horrified and wondering who is next. Lisa begins to wonder if there is a connection to the murders and obscene phone calls and letters she has been receiving. But who would want to hurt her and why?
Why is it that disease statistics such as cancer, heart disease, dementia, autism, chronic illness, and autoimmune disorders keep going up every year even though the United States has some of the best doctors and spends more money on health care than any other country? In her book, Raw To Radiant, Williams says it's because everything we have learned about how bacteria and viruses cause disease is actually the exact opposite."Bacteria and viruses are designed to breakdown accumulated environmental toxins and dead cells in our body, so they can be eliminated efficiently. Everything that comes out of every orifice of the body has the potential to carry toxins out with it. Because we have been conditioned to stop these symptoms of elimination such as fever, diarrhea, watery eyes, nasal discharge, and phlegm, we push the poisons back into our body and add additional poisons from medications." "Measles, for example, is a viral detoxification of environmental poisons and cellular debris. If you stop this detoxification process with vaccinations or medications, you must find a way to cleanse the body of the toxins it was trying to eliminate through the skin. Otherwise, the body will keep getting "sick" to try to eliminate them and if it cannot get the poisons out, it will encapsulate them and turn them into a tumor.
Perhaps the most challenging and important role that adults play in society is that of raising children. Every parent and teacher hopes to help children develop into healthy, caring, and intelligent adults. Keeping Kids Safe, Healthy, and Smart is designed for all adults who interact with kids-whether they be parents, teachers, or other caregivers-and provides specific suggestions for keeping children safe from hidden and open dangers wherever they spend time. This book is organized around three different themes of major threats and hidden dangers to children in our country: threats in school spaces (e.g., in classrooms, on buses, on playgrounds, and on sports teams); threats in cyberspace (bullying or harassment and child predators or child pornography), threats in other spaces where children work and play (intrapersonal and interpersonal violence including a wide range of threats such as self-mutilation, accidents, abuse, environmental threats, drugs, and mental illness).
Create Your Own Good Enough" is both informative and relative to many. We all have times when we don't feel good about where we are in life. A lot of what we feel stems from focusing on others instead of making a conscious effort to focus on ourselves. This book will help you refocus and learn to accept yourself. Only you know what is good enough for you. Just allow your inner being to guide you!
The Young Ladies of Character: Restoring the Princess Ministry Curriculum is designed to teach young ladies how to a live a lifestyle based upon biblical standards. It is a curriculum for female adolescent/teens with the purpose of building their self-esteem, encouraging them to maximize their education, value their youth and integrity, and cultivate etiquette and manners. The first twelve sessions, taught to new members, are based upon the Book of Esther; the second six sessions, taught to returning members are based upon the Book of Ruth. Completion of these sessions should result in each participant feeling accepted and special-that they are the BEST and ONLY version of themselves; they are God's Princesses.
This book explores the transformational impact of new technological developments on legal practice. More specifically, it addresses knowledge management, communication, and e-discovery related technologies, and helps readers develop the project management and data analysis skills needed to effectively navigate the current, and future, landscapes. It studies the impact of current trends on business practices, as well as the ethical, procedural, and evidentiary concerns involved. Introducing novel interactive technologies as well as traditional content, the book reflects expertise from across the legal industry, including practitioners, the bench, academia, and legal technology consultants. All of the contributing authors currently teach aspiring lawyers and/or paralegals and have identified a gap in the available instructional material. Rapid technology advances have radically changed the way we all live and work, and the legal profession is by no means exempt from the impact of these changes. In order to better assist their clients, and to better compete on the legal market, it is imperative for lawyers to understand the ethical, functional, and business consequences of new technologies on their respective practices. This book provides the necessary content by including legal technology texts, information about novel pedagogical technologies, helpful tools for managing legal technologies and IT staff, statistical methods, tips and checklists.
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