Always Mom Forever Dad

Many children of divorced or separated parents live by turns with their dad in one home and their mom in another. For most such kids, things are different than they used to be, and they're different with Dad than with Mom. As these children move between homes, they can't help but wonder: will mom still love me? Will Dad?

The world is a confusing and painful place for children (and adults). How do you respond faithfully to your kids’ big questions? Learn to craft faithful conversations and be better prepared to talk about the tough stuff with your kids. More than 30 essays from a diverse group of young Christian parents/pastors address today’s toughest topics, including gender, race, bullying, mental illness, death, divorce, money, technology, and generosity. When Kids Ask Hard Questions invites you to take a deep breath, create safe spaces for the hard conversations, and speak the truth in love. Each chapter includes a resource list for further exploration.

When your parents tell you that they are getting divorced, you might have lots of big feelings - like anger, fear and sadness - and lots of questions too. This journal is packed full of activities that will help you work through these feelings and get your thoughts and questions out into the open. This journal from parenting expert Sue Atkins gives children aged 7+ a safe place to express their feelings about divorce and the resulting changes, so that they can start to understand them. Full of creative activities to help them process this life-changing event, it provides children with a source of strength and comfort through this challenging time, as well as giving them a way of sharing how they are feeling with a trusted adult.

The book is a dedication to my Mother, thanking her for loving me, for being my biggest fan and for teaching me the importance of loving myself, for believing in me, when at times, I did not believe in myself. A Mother Love, is similar to a gorgeous blanket that is wrapped in love and carries you through out this lifetime.

When Eagles Dare to Fly is a story of hope. It foretells a bright future where the deep-rooted spiritual nature of mankind can overcome the past and lead us to a future of peace, love, and tranquility. This is a powerful story of Mitch and Raymond growing up in a society where men have lost purpose. Robbed of pride, men drink to forget their past and hopeless future; alcoholism and the destruction of their families result. Children are forced to endure physical and mental abuse of their mothers and families. The children realize the cycle must be broken. Joining together, they show their parents a better life. A seemingly insignificant death—a murder—galvanizes the youth to action. Reverting to the “old ways,” the spiritualism of their forefathers, they vow to return to the days when they were a proud, loving people. During their journey, they discover an amazing fact. That bigotry and racism are just barriers erected to hide the fact that mankind suffers from the same diseases.

Chase is your normal young guy with the dream of becoming a Rock Star. It is when he is introduced to the world of drugs that he begins to see his dream slowly slip through his fingers. Between the pain of his family, friends and himself, Chase must make a decision. The drugs or his dreams. We follow Chase through this decision and fight. He may realize that some days decisions can last forever.

This book will take you on a long traverse of psychiatric placements and other forms of imprisonment that make up my life. I seek to allow my readers to experience and feel through a guided journey what it means to be me. This book will give you an explicit glimpse of what can happen when a child is exposed to carnal sexuality and totally dysfunctional living environments too early in life and the residual effects on his relationships. Relationships corrupted before they can even be established.

My book is my memoir. It highlights the ups and downs of living with kidney disease. I think it could appeal to readers of all ages. It is filled with gratitude and hope. It illustrates that life after receiving a transplant (or two) is a wonderful journey. I would love to have a positive impact on the donor rate in Canada by people reading my book. This is an important message. It is also a reflection of the “normalcy” that can be achieved after receiving the gift of life (a transplant). My kids are both truly miracles and their stories, as they relate to mine, need to be shared as well.