In 2020 I became 80 years old, and I suddenly realize that if I don't write my memoir now, I will either die first or become so old my mind will not allow me to remember anything to write!!! So here goes-I will go straight through my life and get it done, no matter how literal or exciting (?) it is or isn't!!! I know I have had a very good life, although it has not been without some pain and sadness. Hopefully, I have become stronger from it all. God's help has been continual, and I am very grateful for the training provided by my dear parents and my various churches-Methodist, Catholic, and Lutheran. I remember getting a pin for attending 13 years of Sunday School without missing a Sunday. When we went on vacation, my Sunday School Superintendent mother always found a place for us to visit.
With four active boys at home, forty-one-year-old Stella Grayson has no energy or desire to raise another child. When she becomes pregnant, she does everything she can to deny her pregnancy exists. When little Myra is born, Stella refuses to acknowledge the child, hoping she can put the baby up for adoption. Stellas husband, John, would never agree; hes been hoping to raise a little girl. The doctor sends Myra to the morgue to die. But God intervenes, and Myra is given a chance at life. Despite Myras deep feelings of inadequacy, the Lord gave her an unquenchable love for others and an irrepressible joy for life. Her journey through childhood and her adolescent years is long and the struggles are hard, but the end result surprises even Myras bruised and tender heart. Based on an inspiring true story, Crying in the Morgue, Laughing in the Dark is filled with deep emotional truths that speak to the heart of women. With real and sympathetic characters, the story weaves a picture of Gods tenacious love and the joy that could not be contained in his precious daughter.
What happens when an Irish girl from the North Country meets a Jewish guy from the Bronx? He has poured half a box of detergent into a washing machine at their NYC apartment Laundry Room. When she walks in to do her wash, the floor is covered with bubbles. She tells him, "You've put way too much soap in." And their conversation continues for 47 years. Love is sprinkled with small incidents, petty fights, heartache, loss and regret. Poet Mary Allen Sochet reaches into her own story to take us through the times before and after her husband's death. After fifty years with someone, can you possibly start all over again? Does loss overshadow all that came before? "Time Out" shows us that even the most plain ordinary moments can hold as much importance as the milestones. Loss does not mark the end of the story.
A riveting memoir that explores the uncharted territory between passion and addiction, grief and madness, this world and the next. "A love story, a memoir, a haunting tale of grief and healing" —Chicago Tribune When Mary Allen falls in love with Jim Beaman, she doesn't know he has a drug problem, but she does sense demons and angels around him, like "a disturbance in the air, a sound just beyond the register of human hearing." And when Jim—discouraged and depressed, struggling with his addiction—kills himself a year into their relationship, Allen is unable to let him go. In her desperate attempts to recover from the loss, she uses a Ouija board and automatic writing to pull back from reality into the dark recesses of her mind, where she believes she can find him. The result is a mesmerizing trip across the boundaries between this world and the afterlife, a journey that leads her to the brink of insanity and ultimately back to herself.
Have you ever wondered why we tend to stumble through life making the same mistakes over and over? Or, have you wondered why we struggle for peace and happiness? The irony is that many great authors have given us a simple roadmap that provides for a more productive and fulfilling life. Beware the Man With a Mustache borrows from the wisdom of these great authors, and offers simple ways to experience personal growth. Unique observations are also offered such as traits of men with mustaches. Take the observations into your world and see if they hold water! It is my hope that you will have a few laughs along the way, and that this book will assist in your quest for personal growth, peace and happiness.
This book examines how women experiencing domestic violence employ strategies of resistance and survival, and how narrative therapy helps them define their identities and resist abuse. It demonstrates how an understanding of this resistance can help practitioners effectively intervene and support these women in transitions from abuse to safety.
Higher education professionals have moved from teaching- to learning-centered models for designing and assessing courses and curricula. Faculty work collaboratively to identify learning objectives and assessment strategies, set standards, design effective curricula and courses, assess the impact of their efforts on student learning, reflect on results, and implement appropriate changes to increase student learning. Assessment is an integral component of this learner-centered approach, and it involves the use of empirical data to refine programs and improve student learning. Based on the author's extensive experience conducting assessment training workshops, this book is an expansion of a workshop/consultation guide that has been used to provide assessment training to thousands of busy professionals. Assessing Academic Programs in Higher Education provides a comprehensive introduction to planning and implementing the assessment of college and university academic programs. Written for college and university administrators, assessment officers, department chairs, and faculty who are involved in developing and implementing assessment programs, this book is a realistic, pragmatic guide for developing and implementing meaningful, manageable, and sustainable assessment programs that focus faculty attention on student learning. This book will: * Guide readers through all steps in the assessment process * Provide a balanced review of the full array of assessment strategies * Explain how assessment is a crucial component of the teaching and learning process * Provide examples of successful studies that can be easily adapted * Summarize key assessment terms in an end-of-book glossary
Meredith McBride is a horse trainer living in the majestic Teton Valley, Idaho, with her husband Blake, a captain for a commercial airline, when tragically, the plane her husband was piloting crashes into the East China Sea, killing everyone on board. Enveloped by the world press in her small town, Meredith tries to grieve for her dead husband, while the cause of the plane crash is investigated. The press quickly expose the details of Blakes past, military service in Afghanistan, and the violent circumstances of his conception. Three days after the crash, the FAA reveal the cause of the devastating plane crash, that shocks people world-wide. With the love and support of her dear friend Grace, Meredith does her best to cope, despite the scrutiny from the press and the people in her town. To make matters worse, Merediths alcoholic brother Darien, who she hasnt seen in eighteen years comes to live with her, in hopes that she can save his life from his debilitating disease. She is skeptical about their reunion, because she doesnt want to relive the pain of her abusive childhood, and battle a disease that has dominated her brothers life for over twenty-five years. By chance, Meredith is reunited with her former lover Levi, a man who broke her heart, but it isnt long before she realizes that Levi is the true love of her life. Not wanting her husbands death to be in vain, Meredith takes a stand to help veterans with PTSD, and creates a foundation named after a veteran soldier who had been dishonored by the military. Thistle Dew, details the depth of a womans strength and dedication to overcome loss, and the scars of the past, while embracing the healing powers of horses, amongst the unspoiled wilderness of the mountainous west.
This revolutionary 12-week course brings a new level of self-awareness that helps individuals realize their personal goals from the inside out. Using a combination of disciplines from aesthetic solutions to common sense, each lesson builds from the last so that individuals learn to apply and layer the skills they acquire each week to achieve a new understanding of their needs and to push beyond their personal boundaries. With written and experiential exercises that help establish an alignment of inner fulfillment with outer achievements, the results lead to an authentic self, resulting in greater self-awareness, compassion, and love.
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