Tillie lives in her own worlda world where life is all play and no work. She hopes that one day she will have the family that she dreams ofa family with a husband and children, a family that lives in a nice house and has a nice car. Now an adult reminiscing on her life, she wonders what happened to her dreamshow her life went so horribly wrong, how she hit rock bottom. In her youth, she had strong beliefs and convictions, with a supportive group of family and friends; somewhere along the way, though, she became lost in a world of drugs and bad choices. As an adult, she struggles to regain her former life and to become part of her family once again. I Can Show You the Way Life Goes follows Tillie through a carefree childhood filled with many blessings, through a downfall in which she believes the devil played a vital rolethe kind of realization that can only occur later in life, when one can clearly see what went wrong. As she tries to make sense of everything that has happened in her life, she realizes that its never too late to turn your life around.

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Being in love and full of anticipation of a great life does not shield young couples from unfair and unexpected challenges and trauma. This book is not an elaborate "how-to" or "self-help" manual for when the going gets rough. It's just a true story about a couple that continued to put one foot in front of the other when they would rather have given up; it's about love and faith and standing fast against adversity. The Way Life Is takes readers into the home of a young couple trying to accommodate their own needs, desires and demons while coping with the special needs of their children: Sara, born with a rare and life threatening disability known as Prader-Willi Syndrome; Gina, who arrived needing open-heart surgery in order to survive; and Andrew, an active and exceptionally healthy little boy stuck in the middle. Readers' Comments "...as I read it I am struck by what a wonderful personal account it is, not only of your family's experiences, but the part of the story that is universal and inspiring, every couple's struggle with love and adversity. May it bless many, many families around the world!" Joanne Klassen, author of Transformative Writing "Congratulations on what I think is a truly incredible book... it is all beautifully written and the introduction is especially nicely done... the type that grabs a reader right away and makes them want to read more. I think you are going to find that your book really connects with people and will not only comfort, but also inspire them." Brenda Fehr, Entertainment Editor, Transcontinental Media Inc.

Memories flood my mind as I reminisce how my journey has been a lifetime of happenings that speak to my soul with lessons that can be applied to our daily lives. These memories are conjured up at odd and, sometimes, inconvenient times. As I sat in church last Sunday and the pastor began his message, my mind captured a thought of bygone days that spoke loud and clear to my mind, and I scrambled in my bag for a pen and paper to put my thoughts down. Brother Tim must have thought he had really said something profound, and he did, but I did not write that down. It is my hope that all who read my memories and the lessons that I glean from them will take them to heart and identify with them and feel happiness, insight, and perhaps laughter as they share my memories and truths.

Ive been writing poems for better than fifty years. Like other folks, Iv had my ups and downs. For some reason, when I get something on my mind, good or bad, it stays there for a while..I found that if I wrote it down in the best and fewest words possible, it helped me to get it off my mind. The result was a poem. Ive written poems and thrown them away or lost them. Ive kept some of them for fifty years or more. In thie book is maybe one in four of all Ive ever written in my life. Its my hope that from time someone will read one of my poems and say, Ah yeah. Ive been there. Done that. or maybe, Well, I never thought about it like that. If that should happen to you, Id appreciate it if youd drop me a line to: Lenzie Myers P.O. Box 22 Zalma, Missouri 63787 and tell me or lenzie [email protected] P.S.Dont let the name Lenzie fool you. When I was a baby thats name was given only to little boy babies. So youll find me male and not female as Ive often been mislabeled.

Mother-Daughter Team Provides Insights from Ecclesiastes for When Life Doesn't Go as Planned Life doesn't always turn out the way we expect. It is often out of our control and beyond our comprehension. Where do we turn in those times? The book of Ecclesiastes offers a guide for life—in the good and the bad. In True Life: Practical Wisdom from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Carolyn Mahaney and Nicole Whitacre lay out 14 lessons that can be learned from Ecclesiastes, helping women see what it looks like to fear God and obey him in the day-to-day. By examining the way life truly is, readers can find the wisdom to endure life's hardships and enjoy life's pleasures. Written for Christian Women: Advice and encouragement applicable for women in every season of life Includes Space for Reflection: Insightful questions spread throughout each chapter give opportunities for prayer and deeper reflection Practical: Examines what it looks like to fear God in day-to-day life, offering helpful tips and examples from real life Written by Mother and Daughter: Coauthors of Girl Talk; True Beauty; and True Feelings

As we open up to life and love and each other, as we awaken from our dream of separation, we encounter not just the bliss of existence, but its pain, too; not only life’s ecstasy, but also its agony. Healing doesn’t always feel good or comfortable or even “spiritual,” for we are inevitably forced to confront our shadows, fears, and deepest longings—those secret parts of ourselves that we have denied, repressed, or deemed “negative” and unworthy of our love. How can we find the calm in the midst of the storm? How can we rest, even as the ground falls? Falling in Love with Where You Are invites you to discover a deep YES to your life, no matter what you are going through; to see crisis as an opportunity to heal, pain as an intelligent messenger, and your imperfections as perfectly placed. Through his prose and poetry, Jeff Foster will guide, provoke, encourage, and inspire you on your lonely, joyful, and sometimes exhausting pathless journey to the Home you never, ever left: the present moment. “Even in your glorious imperfection,” Jeff reminds us, “you were always a perfect expression of life, a beloved child of the universe, a complete work of art, unique in all the world...”

The business of life is to live and to live well. But in this day and age we know almost everything about life except how to live it. We can dissect life and explain its parts and then fail to put it together again in such a way that it becomes a coordinated, harmonious whole. Through the vibrant writings of E. Stanley Jones, discover not only how God desires more for us than we could ever think or imagine, but freely gives us that abundant life of body, mind, and spirit. Abundant Living, the sequel to Victorious Living, continues the journey toward extraordinary life through trusting God and self-surrender. Written in 1942 by one of the greatest Christian leaders of the day, experience this classic devotional with a new foreword by Leonard Sweet.

The Flower Who Bloomed is a book of poetry, containing four chapters. Each chapter describes my personal growth in four stages. Inside, you will find the recipe for a broken heart, self-love, moving on, facing difficult times, and overcoming obstacles. Here is the secret to my growing pains. Here is the outcome of growing, painfully. We are all flowers trying to bloom.