“Sincerely, A Broken Heart” was simply a therapist. A distraction from reality that allowed me to speak freely. It was the imaginary friend I was ashamed to have, yet it slowly blossomed into a written reflection of my deepest thoughts. Without any intention of becoming a book, it was nothing more than a journal that promised to keep my secrets. With my intrepidity and faith entitled to every phrase, it became a collection of words I was always afraid to say. Among each poem, a piece of myself is revealed and I have high hopes that this journal of mine will help you accept yourself for your known or unknown talents, as I’ve accepted mine.

About the Book • Are you single with a desire to marry? • Are you single with no desire to marry? • Are you only interested in perpetual dating? • Have you given up on waiting for a spouse? • Are you in a relationship that appears to be going nowhere? • Is there a cycle of mistakes in your past relationships? • Are you serious about getting it right this time? • Do you desire the restoration of your marriage? • Are you considering divorce? If any of these questions have pulled at your heartstrings, then you have come to the right place. I’m already excited, and you should be too about a transformation that will take place in your life through God’s Word, my own personal experiences and those who have courageously shared their stories.

A serial killer emerges from the past to stalk a witness in a harrowing novel of missteps and madness from the author of Intention and All I See Is You. When Sarah was seventeen years old, she hid in a wardrobe while her mother was murdered in the bedroom. As the weeks and months passed, Sarah gradually moved on from the horror of that night and managed to settle into her changed family life. After the police confirm that her mother was one of three similar victims the case goes cold. Until Sarah receives a letter: “I didn’t know you were there, or I would never have done that. Sincerely, Yours.” And, so begins a terrifying game of cat and mouse as the killer collects more victims and continues to elude police, all the while, sending Sarah letters. As the killer gets closer, Sarah wonders if she comes face to face with him, will she opt for mercy or murder? Praise for the novels of Charlotte Barnes “An addictive read . . . a really well written and enjoyable psychological thriller—highly recommended!!” —Donna’s Book Blog “Well written and smartly plotted with a fine array of characters and a thrilling story . . . Definitely an author to watch!” —Grace J Reviewerlady

The loss of a love is a nearly universal emotional crisis, whether the end is divorce, desertion, or a mutually agreed-upon separation. At first, friends and family are there to offer a shoulder to cry on, but after a few months there's an expectation that we just need to get over the crisis and move on. Thus, unprocessed, painful feelings are buried, leaving us numb. Or we repeat damaging relationship patterns over and over again. The situation doesn't have to be like that. Healing a Broken Heart guides those of us grieving for a lost love through four metaphorical seasons of recovery with provocative questions -- and journal pages on which to respond -- to help move us forward. The four seasons serve as powerful metaphors for the stages of the grieving process. Summer is the season for charting the course of a relationship: remembering hopes and expectations, the warning signs that went unheeded. During autumn, journalers accept the reality of breaking up and acknowledge things about the relationship that didn't serve their needs. Winter brings the pain of grief over the profound loss. Finally, spring -- and, with it, renewal -- invites readers to examine and understand how their family history may have affected their past relationships. Punctuated throughout with poems and moving meditations, the thoughtful, interactive approach of this book offers the time and space we all need to heal when our hearts are broken.

Has your heart been broken? Has something terrible happened--or not happened--that feels like it has shattered your life in a million pieces?If so, you are not alone. Jesus' heart was also broken. He was battered, betrayed, abandoned, and rejected, but He emerged victorious. That's good news for us, because it means we can emerge victorious when our heart has been broken too! This wound will be high maintenance, I fear, and take a while to heal. It's so vulnerable, an area of the body that's so active and important for everyday life. We're all doing what we can--short of wrapping it in bubble wrap--to steer clear of it.It can be really hard to protect a wound from further damage from outside influences. That got me thinking about other kinds of wounds.Deep wounds that are just as vulnerable to daily life but aren't front and center for all to see and tiptoe around.

Dr. Stephen J. Briggs presents his education and compassion as a medical physician and writer within the Lordas ministry. His drive to serve and enlighten people led him through his education including psychology, sociology, and English. His extensive efforts were an important application in his research concerning the many varieties of people and their race, creed, culture, religion, customs and methods of expressing their emotions. His love for fellow human beings echoed in his heart the need to present avenues of improvement that could be utilized by the many that read and meditated on his findings. Dr. Briggs offers a very compassionate and caring approach in the form of a guide for each reader to search for their own personal and fulfilling contentedness. There is little doubt that you feel his hand respectfully guiding you as he aids your own personal efforts to not only exist in this society but to feel that you are in control of your destiny and the surroundings you live and work in each day. As with his book titled A Blessing to All But Myself, he strongly emphases that ayoua are in the driveras seat and it is ayoua that should make important decisions that keep your own path uncomplicated and under your control. Upon reading this book, you will feel very quickly that not only is his approach ado-ablea but that he is standing beside you along the way as you make your journey and complete your quest for peace and self-happiness.

I chronicle the nature of grief peculiar to divorce in a personal manner through the lens of my experience and clinical understanding. I begin with love and end with love. In Part One: I begin with the fantasy that turned into tragedy, and I use the analogy of a clock's mechanism to show the general nature and course of healthy grief especially in divorce. I start with an analogy of the mechanical nature of something totally non-mechanical and fully metaphysical. A mainspring, fulcrum, lever, and pendulums show how inward and outward expressions of grief facilitate or impede healing. In Part Two: the Black Forest Pathway How Expression Unfolds chapters III through XII, a few other analogies are used to chronicle the journey through grief, like the "Bay of Heartbrokenness," the "Bridge of Finality," and the "Wasteland." With these analogies and some liberty, I take the reader on a walk through the "Black Forest," observing the various trees that make up grief in the various stages of a divorce. In Part Three: the Black Forest What Helps Expression chapters XIII and XV, I step back and view the Black Forest as a whole; that is, in comparison with and without diminishing the grief of death, I show the peculiar and greater pain of divorce. All analogies have some weaknesses, and there is no pretension to having chronicled every aspect. Even these are but scribbles. But perhaps the pictures and journey will help a little. If anything, I hope for an increase in sensitivity toward those going through a divorce, for it can be the most traumatic and painful event in a person's life indeed, life-changing. For more information, go to www.preciousheart.net.