I LIVE IN A SENIOR'S MOBILE HOME PARK ON THE BEAUTIFUL VANCOUVER SLAND IN CANADA. I RETIRED FROM TEACHING TO TRAVEL WITH MY HUSBAND. I HAVE TWO GROWN CHILDREN. WHEN MY HUSBAND DIED, I MOVED TO SAN DIEGO WHERE I STAYED F OR 20 YEARS. I CAME "HOME" IN 2000. TO THIS DATE, CALLIE HAS NOT BEE REPLACED.

This is the story of a young girl’s life as she lives it in Judenburg, Austria, and how it differs so greatly from our own in America. From a war-torn Austria at the beginning of her life to her experiences growing up in Northern Austria. We follow this young girl as she immigrates to the United States and builds a new life for herself in a foreign place with a new husband and three children to share life’s experiences with.

A sweet and loving story for children about the Mommy & Baby/Child family structure, where a woman chooses to have a child on her own. It lovingly explains to children how a woman can have a child even if there is not a special man in her life. Told by the main character - a young boy around 6 years old - the messages are age-appropriate and positive, delivered in a simple, straightforward fashion, as told from one child to another. Without needing to get into the details of anatomy and avoiding imprecise terminology and metaphors that may confuse children, Ms. Weiss makes clear that help is needed from both a man and woman to make a baby and introduces the concept of a (sperm) donor with sensitivity and appreciation. Honoring how "every story is unique and special about how a baby came to be," children will learn:? how a woman can have a child even if there is not a special man in her life;? how much the main character's mommy wanted and loves him and how there are so many others who love him, too;? that there are many different types of family structures and how they all have love in common; and? a simple way to respond to the question, "Do you have a daddy?" Mommy & Me - How I Came to Be is a helpful tool to introduce the mommy & child family structure and vocabulary at an early age, enhancing understanding, trust, love, and sense of belonging, as well as helping establish an open dialogue as children grow older.

Mommy and Me Devotions provides 100 short devotions for Mom to read with her preschooler during breakfast, bedtime, or anytime in between! Find five minutes, cuddle up, and learn about God’s love, forgiveness, prayer, faith, emotions, patience, praising God, and more! These quick devotions are written with children ages 2-6 in mind and help mothers model the importance of devotional time and faith-building with their children. Each devotion includes a prayer to pray with the child. Finally, each parent-child devotion is followed by an extra devotion just for Mom to read by herself on the same topic. Let these short and shared devotional times feed your family’s faith and offer a welcome moment of togetherness.

The Adventures of Trixie and Me is a story told by a 4 year old girl as she and her dog Trixie goes on vacation with her Mom, Dad and 7 year old brother. They embarked on a journey to Las Vegas where her Dad wins a large sum of money at the Casino. Men on horseback follows them to where the family were having a picnic in the desert. Her Dad was beaten and the rest of the family kidnapped by crooks that were part of a large international gang that was involved in White slavery, Prostitution and murder. As the story winds through the nooks and turns of their experiences and of the families recovery with the help of the FBI. They found themselves faced with the probability of having to go into the witness protection program along with Christian friends that helped them along the way. Finally they were back home to the mountain resort in Vermont that her Mom and Dad bought several years before. This was just the beginning of their escape, Their family and friends that had helped in Las Vegas joined them to celebrate Christmas only to find they werent safe. The FBI came to protect them. As the FBI took over, breaking up the gang they set up an FBI headquarters in one of the lodges secret rooms. It was interesting to see how the resort protected them as they found the many wonders of the lodge. All the way through the story, the little girl was told to BELIEVE. How important GOD was in her life as she finds the meaning of life.

Author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Geralyn Lucas’s funny and moving story of leaving the traumatic experience of cancer behind and learning to survive all the challenges of a life she thought she would not have. When Geralyn Lucas, author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, put on red lipstick in the hall on the way to the operating room, she was showing her doctors, her family, and, most important, herself that she planned on coming out of the OR and living life to the fullest. She figured that that day in the OR would be the hardest day of her life—but, it turns out, the twenty-seven-year-old cancer survivor was a bit short-sighted. Then Came Life picks up almost two decades later, when Geralyn is now living the life she was afraid she’d never be able to have. After having almost died from cancer as a young woman, Geralyn felt that growing old enough to get wrinkles is a gift—one she prayed fervently for in her youth. But she is now in her midforties: Her two miracle babies (both C-sections, both advised against by her doctors) have grown into a mean tween with a fierce eye roll for her mother’s failures and a tornado of little-boy energy who refuses to play by his preschool’s rules; a storybook romance with her husband has become couples therapy with a grumpy prince; and her demanding corporate job at Lifetime TV that she loves moves across the country without her. She has lost the wonder of that cancer gratitude moment, and when she looks in the mirror at her hard-won wrinkles, all she can think about is that she wants to have Botox. Then Came Life is a charming, quirky, delightful yet poignant story of surviving life, a collection of coming-of-(middle)-age stories of trying to be a role model for her daughter while being dissatisfied with her own looks, and what happens when her adoring son is more intent on romancing her than her husband is (right down to dueling Valentine’s Day cards). With the clear-eyed wit and observations of Nora Ephron, she not only explores the dissonance of facing the challenges she was afraid she wouldn’t be alive to have but also confronts them with a great sense of infectious empowerment and a hilarious voice. Geralyn harnesses her fighting spirit and leaves behind the trauma of cancer to battle all the rest that life has to throw at her. Then Came Life is not a cancer recovery story: It is about rediscovering the resilience, courage, and optimism it takes to reinvent yourself at every age.

Murder, cancer, Covid-19, an asthma attack and heart attacks: Tracey Corbett-Lynch has encountered loss in all its guises and has had to learn how to cope with life at its most difficult and overwhelming. In Loss and What It Taught Me About Living, Tracey describes these tragic losses, their impact on her and how she learnt to live alongside them with strength and grace. She recounts how she coped when it all seemed too much to bear and looks at how we can emerge from suffering forever changed by loss but filled with optimism. No two grief journeys are the same, but, as Tracey discovered, some of the stations along the route are. Her moving and uplifting story will offer comfort, practical advice and a ray of hope to anyone suffering their own loss, whatever that might be.