These stories really touched my heart. I can only identify with one story, but I know a few people who have been in these situations before. I want to be able to tell anyone who will read this book that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Don’t give up. Just get up, and do something about your situation. You are better than that, and nobody has the right to judge you. It does not matter what others have to say about it. It’s all about you being safe and in no harm’s way. If there is anything that I can do to help, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Thanks for reading. God bless you.

Because abusive partners distort reality and tear down self-esteem, breaking free can be truly difficult. The author explains the seven step process he developed to escape from his own abusive relationship.

Examination of the fundamental nature of light in mankind's history, world, and life.

The Seeker of Truth embarks on his perilous training in wizardry in the 2nd novel of the #1 New York Timesbestselling author’s epic fantasy series. In Wizard’s First Rule, forest guide Richard Cypher becomes a Seeker of Truth in order to defeat the tyrannical Wizard Darken Rahl—only to discover that he is in fact Darken’s son. Now, with Darken vanquished, Richard and the beautiful Kahlan Amnell head back to the Mud People to be married. But their adventures are far from over. As the wedding day approaches, Richard is visited by three Sisters of Light who insist on bringing him to the Palace of the Prophets to be trained as a Wizard. Meanwhile, the veil to the underworld has been torn, and the Stone of Tears has passed through. According to prophecy, the only person who has a chance at closing the veil is the one bonded to the blade, the one born true.

my scars breathe no shame for my wings are growing from the wounds you left Tears of Ash and Light takes you on a journey of self-discovery, grasping light, and finding love in the broken mosaic of life. Born of trauma and healing, this collection of poetry gives readers a touching reminder of what it means to be human. From poems that detail the heartache of recovering from abuse to dealing with new love and hope after pain, Tears of Ash and Light is a powerful read for anyone who is learning how to rise from ashes into the beauty of life. This stunning edition is filled with illustrations & stardust scenes, and the words within offer you feelings of magic, coming home, being understood, and like all the worlds of beauty are yours to hold... if you just reach out.

“When you first view Rose-Lynn Fisher’s photographs, you might think you’re looking down at the world from an airplane, at dunes, skyscrapers or shorelines. In fact, you’re looking at her tears. . . . [There’s] poetry in the idea that our emotional terrain bears visual resemblance to the physical world; that our tears can look like the vistas we see out an airplane window. Fisher’s images are the only remaining trace of these places, which exist during a moment of intense feeling—and then vanish.” —NPR “[A] delicate, intimate book. . . . In The Topography of Tears photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher shows us a place where language strains to express grief, longing, pride, frustration, joy, the confrontation with something beautiful, the confrontation with an onion.” —Boston Globe Does a tear shed while chopping onions look different from a tear of happiness? In this powerful collection of images, an award-winning photographer trains her optical microscope and camera on her own tears and those of men, women, and children, released in moments of grief, pain, gratitude, and joy, and captured upon glass slides. These duotone photographs reveal the beauty of recurring patterns in nature and present evocative, crystalline imagery for contemplation. Underscored by poetic captions, they translate the mysterious act of crying into an atlas mapping the structure and magnificence of our interior lives. Rose-Lynn Fisher is an artist and author of the International Photography Award-winning studies Bee and The Topography of Tears. Her photographs are exhibited in galleries, festivals, and museums across the world and have been featured by the Dr. Oz Show, NPR, Smithsonian, Harper’s, New Yorker, Time, Wired, Reader’s Digest, Discover, Brain Pickings, and elsewhere. She received her BFA from Otis Art Institute and lives in Los Angeles.

"Caputo's book is riveting. . . . A singular achievement of stylistic brio and impeccable scholarship, it breaks new ground in making a powerful case for treating Derrida as homo religiosis. . . . There can be no mistaking the importance of Caputo's work." —Edith Wyschogrod "No one interested in Derrida, in Caputo, or in the larger question of postmodernism and religion can afford to ignore this pathbreaking study. Taking full advantage of the most recent and least discussed writings of Derrida, it offers a careful and comprehensive account of the religious dimension of Derrida's thought." —Merold Westphal