Felt That

Have you ever looked at your life and thought “I must be the only one”? It seems like it’s only you experiencing those awkward and embarrassing interactions. It is only you that has unanswered questions about the world. Only you that struggles making friends, finding your calling, or even growing closer to God. I’m here to tell you something very important. It is not just you. We’ve all felt that. We have all experienced hardships, debated confusing questions, and battled our fear of the future. Here’s the problem, though... if we’ve all felt that, why don’t we ever hear about it? We hide our struggles because we believe that they make us lesser somehow. That because we don’t have it all together, we’re failing. Our questions, doubts, and concerns about life will never be answered until people are confident enough to say that they have felt that, too. In these pages, you will find real life stories about girls who struggle just like you. You will see them make mistakes and experience pain, but also find joy, peace, and happiness. You will find them laughing at the little things in the world and smiling just because they can. You will find that their journeys look pretty similar to yours. Why? Because we have all felt that. It’s time we learn to say that confidently.

At Times I've Felt Like Job: A Story of 'Choices' is entitled as such, because just like Job in the Bible, I was blessed numerous times as a young person. At the same time, I also experienced a great deal of suffering, still my faith has never wavered! I only really wish I could say the same about the rest of society, since it seems too many have left the church, and abandoned many of the lessons they were taught as a little child - wishing to live only for the moment. Well, this book - and the others that follow, are attempts to get people to right their wrongs, and return to the desired pathway that will lead them Homeward.

“I spent eighteen years in a group that taught me to hate myself. You cannot be queer and a Jehovah’s Witness—it’s one or the other.” Daniel Allen Cox grew up with firm lines around what his religion considered unacceptable: celebrating birthdays and holidays; voting in elections, pursuing higher education, and other forays into independent thought. Their opposition to blood transfusions would have consequences for his mother, just as their stance on homosexuality would for him. But even years after whispers of his sexual orientation reached his congregation’s presiding elder, catalyzing his disassociation, the distinction between “in” and “out” isn’t always clear. Still in the midst of a lifelong disentanglement, Cox grapples with the group’s cultish tactics—from gaslighting to shunning—and their resulting harms—from simmering anger to substance abuse—all while redefining its concepts through a queer lens. Can Paradise be a bathhouse, a concert hall, or a room full of books? With great candour and disarming self-awareness, Cox takes readers on a journey from his early days as a solicitous door-to-door preacher in Montreal to a stint in New York City, where he’s swept up in a scene of photographers and hustlers blurring the line between art and pornography. The culmination of years spent both processing and avoiding a complicated past, I Felt the End Before It Came reckons with memory and language just as it provides a blueprint to surviving a litany of Armageddons.

Crafter Maggie Pace converts avid knitters of all kinds into industrious, smiling felters in this fun, easygoing guide to the simplest of fiber crafts. Pace guides you through 20 fabulous knittable accessory projects and shows you how to transform them with a quick trip through the washing machine. From hats and bags to scarves and sew-on embellishments, this simple method produces soft felt every time, and is versatile enough to work with any knit-worthy piece you can dream up.

Craft trendy flower pins, a matching scarf and mitten set, a snuggly little bear hat, a fully functional and attractive backpack and much more.

There are moments when the heart no longer wishes to feel because everything it's felt up until then has brought it nothing but anguish. In She Felt Like Feeling Nothing, r.h. Sin pursues themes of self-discovery and retrospection. With this book, the poet intends to create a safe space where women can rest their weary hearts and focus on themselves. She Felt Like Feeling Nothing is the first book in the "What She Felt" series.

Through hopeful, encouraging stories and scriptural truths, this beloved classic shows you how God can heal your wounds, restore your faith, and give you genuine, lasting peace.