The author tells her story about growing up as a baby boomer, surviving the 1970s, parenting, teaching, and confronting aging, while coping with elderly parents. This memoir offers a nostalgic look at a bygone era and addresses the unique challenges that continue to define an entire generation.
Nancy’s stories were born from her prayer journals, often her cry for help and healing knowing Scripture was her only anchor. A pure honest collection full of hope. Nancy’s encouraging words and scripture references will leap from these pages and into your heart. Life is uncertain, and it is guaranteed too NOT be easy. Determined to never give up, Nancy shares what it means to be kept in the Love of Jesus and sustained by His Word. Precious memories line these pages expressing a fierce, unstoppable love and the impact each person contributed to Nancy’s life and to the Work Jesus had begun in her. Nancy’s Aunt Donna and Uncle CA Wilson who love to hear her stories made her promise to share them with others. It was her Aunt Donna that said, “Oh Nancy. Sweetie, your stories help me and your uncle, and they will help others too. You must have them published and be an encouragement to others. We all need an Aunt Donna to take us out of our comfort zone and to trust the Lord. We thank Aunt Donna that we can open these pages and see how the loving. kindness of Jesus spills out as Nancy shares from her heart. Oh, the Peace He gives as we choose to trust and obey Him, “Come What May”, all honor and glory belong to Him.
Fear is our worst enemy. If we let it terrify us, life will not be worth living. In fact, fear is nothing more than the expectation that something bad will happen. The opposite of fear is not courage, but simply the expectation that something good will happen. This is what we have to learnt. This book offers some simple ways to manage fears and live life to the full.
Many people feel that they are weighed down by duties, obligations and responsibilities. They don’t realize that complaining about carrying out their duties is like complaining about having to eat. Eating is not only necessary, but can be a source of great pleasure. The same is true for performing our responsibilities. We actualize our potential by fulfilling our obligations, which leads to pleasure and happiness. This book offers some important tips on self-improvement and sense of responsibility.
A natural disaster is the consequence of a natural hazard such as volcanic eruption, earthquake or landslide which affect human activities. Human vulnerability, exacerbated by the lack of planning or appropriate emergency management leads to financial, environmental and human losses. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster. Human history is replete with various types of natural disasters, some recent being Tsunami in Indian Ocean, Sichuan earthquake, Orissa super cyclone, and Katrina hurricane in the U.S. This book describes the characteristics and magnitude of these deadly natural disasters, along-with the damages and causalities caused by them as well as their social, economic and environmental impacts. Also, it presents some moving stories survival and rehabilitation.
In this book, Nancy S. Williams emphasizes the development of higher-level thinking skills and critical discussion with intermediate and middle school struggling readers. Discussion questions and extension activities_specific to over 100 children's literature selections_are included.
Have you ever looked at your friend's posts and thought to your self " Who the hell ARE these people?" Do you want to scream at some of the things they are posting or shake your head at the pictures they post or the sites they "Like". This wonderful little coffee table book is sure to make your friends laugh if they ever get off their phones long enough to actually look at it!!!
Grief is universal. Everyone has lost someone they loved and felt the pain and emptiness that comes with such profound loss. After Nancy Williams lost the man she fell in love with as a teenager to a brief, harsh illness, she sought a way to ease the pain of bereavement. She needed strength to move forward with life. Nancy found solace in writing poetry, releasing her emotions through the written word. Now, in A Return From Grief, she will take you through her personal journey of loss and share her emergence from grief into life once again. With honest, genuine emotion, Nancy fills the pages of this book with the lessons she has learned from living through the death of her beloved former husband. She offers solace and comfort to those enduring similar experiences.
Sadie Hawkmoon, the gritty and enigmatic heroine of Nancy Williams's exciting first novel, never had a simple life. Hawkmoon follows Sadie's journey as she is abducted from the circus as a young child and forced to live on the unforgiving open plains by Ice, a brutal horse thief, and his vicious band of outlaws. Dominated mentally, emotionally, and physically, Sadie is forced to kill and surrender her body as Ice's unwilling lover over the course of several years. At long last, she daringly escapes the clutches of her makeshift family and tries to start her life anew. With the help of a troubled yet charismatic horse trader, Sadie begins to discover what it means to trust and to love, although leaving her nightmarish past behind turns out to be no easy featIce looms like a storm on the horizon, obsessed with getting Hawkmoon back.
Gardens aren't always what we think they are; often there is more to them than meets the eye. On the outside gardens are beautiful to look at and on a warm summer night we can smell the sweet fragrance of the flowers floating on a gentle breeze. When we look closer we see the Gardner with his thick gloves on. He wears gloves because some flowers have thorns. When we look closer we see the plants have been pruned and the soil has been turned. When we look deeper into the garden we see the tools the Gardner uses to snip, prune and shape the garden. We see how the Gardner has a plan for each plant that isn't seen from a distance. When we get into the very depths of the garden we see the love and tenderness of the Gardner as He tends to the garden of our hearts. A Walk in the Garden puts us in the hands of the Gardner! Gifted as a teacher Nancy A. Williams has served the Body of Christ in various ways since 1990. She is an ordained minister in her local church teaching and preaching with an emphasis on drawing the believer to a closer relationship with God. Her love of the Word of God and her tenacious style of digging out the treasures of God's Word, brings a depth and fullness to our understanding that draws the reader closer to God.
Join the supernatural guests who have extended their stays from Denver to Estes Park where the Stanley Hotel inspired Stephen King’s The Shining. The haunted hotels of northern Colorado offer chance encounters with wispy apparitions from a fabulous century gone by. The Earl of Dunraven prowls in the night at the Stanley Hotel. Melancholy Carl haunts the halls of the Brook Forest Inn, and Eleanor James tosses pots and pans about at the Elkhorn Lodge. A little boy, tragically drowned, leaves watery footprints in the Hotel Jerome. Book a stay with author Nancy Williams as she explores Colorado’s iconic hotels where spirits aren’t confined to the bar.
The history of the Petway community, cradled snugly in one of the many bends of the Harpeth River as it winds its way through Cheatham County in middle Tennessee, is told in this delightful collection of stories and photos.
Dust and Determination After the Civil War, emancipated slaves who didn't want to pick cotton or operate an elevator headed west to find work and a new life. Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving drove two thousand longhorns across southern Texas blazing a trail to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. In 1866, the new Goodnight-Loving Trail was crowded with cattle headed for a government market. By the 1870s, twenty-five percent of the over thirty-five thousand cowboys in the West were black. They were part of trail crews that drove more than twenty-seven million cattle on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, Western Trail, Chisholm Trail and Shawnee Trail. They were paid equally, and their skill and ability brought them earned respect and prestige. Author Nancy Williams recounts their lasting legacy.
The footsteps of silver kings, grizzled miners and sleek saloon girls faded, but their dark shadows still whisper in the halls and glide silently down the stairs. Heartbroken Dr. Luigi ended his life with a .45 at Silverton's Grand Imperial but still makes his nightly rounds, checking on guests' health. Furious Liz, abandoned by her lover, breaks dishes and throws pots around the Forest Queen's kitchen. The laughter of the Tarabino children echoes through the halls of their home, now the Tarabino Inn. In the silence of the night, pretty Ellar Day screams bloody murder at the Beaumont. Author Nancy Williams revisits the unbridled revelry, scandalous romps and grand gala affairs that characterized the unique hotels where the paranormal persists.
A leading interior designer and a gardening journalist combine their expertise to provide readers with an authoritative volume on how to create and maintain gardens of all kinds, as well as how to appreciate their aesthetic appeal." --Publisher description.
Southern Born, Southern Bred celebrates the haunting beauty of the South - its people and its customs - in a remarkable collection of cherished remembrances spanning three-quaeters of a century.The scent of magnolia blossoms drifts on the breeze. Porches with filled rocking chairs line the streets, their occupants passng the day with conversation and tall glasses of sweet tea. The loveliness of a South Carolina summer is in full bloom - and one little girl drinks it all in, savoring every sensation for years to come.Seventy years later, after the little girl has grown into a woman and even passed into retirement, the memories of those hot, lazy summers remain vivid and stirring.Nancy Jarrett narrates her elegant memoir with charm and unassuming sophistication. She remembers every detail - from the hydrangea bushes standing guard by her family's front porch to the bite of her father's spicy hot catfish stew.Her nostalgic journey overtakes the reader's senses, weaving together the comforts of family and faith to create an unforgettable dream world of bygone beauty and a patient hope for the years to come.
The legendary Buffalo Soldiers, four army regiments of former slaves, were vital in taming the American frontier. The Tenth Cavalry of African American troopers rode across the Colorado plains to battle the Cheyennes and rescue wounded, starving soldiers at Beecher Island on the Arikaree River. Under the cover of darkness, the Ninth Cavalry aided besieged troops pinned down by Ute sharpshooters at Milk Creek. They drove off Cheyenne Dog Soldiers attacking a stagecoach of nervous travelers on the Smokey Hill Trail to Denver. And they braved howling blizzards and deep snowdrifts to protect lonely homesteads and wandering prospectors. Author Nancy K. Williams details the bravery and valor of these historic servicemen who served proudly defending America's Wild West.
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