Dear Reader, Thank you for taking a few moments, hours or perhaps a day to read my book. Thank you for taking a chance on me and exploring my creative mind. I truly hope that you have enjoyed yourself, found a few laughs, some encouragement, and I also hope to inspire you to follow your own dreams.

In June of 2012, vibrant 16-year-old Leanna Mae Knopik was hospitalized with a rare and sudden cardiac infection. In this unflinching account of her final month of life and the searing sorrow that followed, a grieving mother deepens her relationship with her deceased daughter and—through the grace of God—finds a path to true joy. Beyond the Rainbow describes in candid detail the arduous task of piecing a family back together in the wake of tragedy, and the transformative spiritual awakening that emerges. Not just for the bereaved, all readers will benefit from the author’s journey through searing pain and her ultimate discovery of God’s grace. This memoir offers a model for how family members can move through grief. It presents an honest and complete examination of the coping skills that worked for the author and her family—and the ones that did not. The goal of Beyond the Rainbow is twofold: 1) to shorten the path to healing by offering a roadmap through the early stages of grief, and 2) to broaden the reader’s perspective on loss; with God’s grace, they can and will live a joyful life.

It’s those silly dreams that keep us alive. Freya won’t let anything stand in the way of her dreams—not even her death. Now her family will need to uncover the clues to her secrets before it’s too late. Discover how Freya’s hope heals grief in this heartbreaking tale of triumph.

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.

Rainbows in the Storm is an intimate and raw look into a mother’s heart as she encounters the shocking diagnoses of two of her children with a terminal heart condition. You will journey with her while she desperately tries to find hope and courage among her pain as she faces some very unexpected circumstances. This book reveals that God can heal hearts that are broken physically, emotionally, and spiritually and that he hears our prayers, speaks to people, and still does miracles. The author includes personal journal entries, Bible verses and a vivid depiction of events from her children’s diagnoses through to the heart-transplant of her daughter. However this is no ordinary transplant! There are many complications and shocks encountered. You will walk away with lessons on parenthood, persevering through pain, and inspired to have greater faith in your own hardships.

Reproduction of the original: Three Sunsets and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll