Finding Your New Beginning

When a young boy's beloved plum tree falls in a storm, he feels like he's lost both a friend and a connection to his old home. A young boy, recently arrived from Korea, finds a glorious plum tree in his new backyard. It reminds him of a tree his family had back home, and he names it "Plumee" for the deep purple plums on its branches. Whenever the boy is homesick, he knows he can take shelter in Plumee's tall branches. And when a storm brings the old tree down, he and his friends have all kinds of adventures on its branches, as it becomes a dragon, a treehouse, and a ship in their imaginations. But soon it's time to say goodbye when the remains of the tree are taken away. Before long, a new plum tree is planted, new blossoms bloom, and a new friendship takes root. A South Korean immigrant herself, Hope Lim brings her perspective on the struggle for child immigrants to feel at home to bear through spare, poetic text, perfectly matched by soft, lyrical illustrations by Korean artist Il Sung Na. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

A financial advisor shares stories from his practice and useful information on making retirement a smooth transition—and a rewarding experience. Helping someone plan for retirement is a very personal process. Having retired over a thousand individuals, Sid Miramontes has learned quite a few things along the way. Some situations are similar for each person. But others are unique to each individual—the personal, the exceptional, the human side of retirement. Retirement: Your New Beginning provides education on commonly confused retirement concepts and covers topics from taxes to Social Security to mutual funds, helping simplify the process with client stories that help the reader visualize their own retirement along with valuable tips on the dos and don’ts.

“Your Faith, Your Finance, Your New Beginning” is a book that will inspire and encourage you to get on the path to financial freedom. It takes practical teachings and intertwines them with the word of God to help you achieve your financial goals. This book is designed for people who feel that they are at a crossroads when it pertains to their finances and need that push in the right direction to get back on track. It’s never too late for a new beginning, even if you have started and failed before, you still have what it takes to reach your financial goals. God never gives up on you, so you should never give up on yourself. You can achieve financial healing and reach your financial goals, and this book will help steer you in the right direction. Applying the simple principles outlined in this book will have you feeling better about your financial path, your faith and your financial future.

Jane Makovicka was born in 1952 with an identical twin sister, growing up with 11 other siblings in a Catholic home. She spent most of her life living in Nebraska. She had lived in New Mexico where her 2 sons were born and raised. She had lived in Colorado as well. She began writing in 1984 inspired by people, places and things and situations. She is close to Mother Nature and down to earth as she appreciates all blessings that flow her way. She also finds life a true challenge where she continues to write touching others as she follows my dreams.

DISCOVER YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE AND MAKE A NEW BEGINNING! Throughout history, successful people have learned that no matter what's happened in the past, they don't have to let it dictate what's possible in the future. Through Frank's compelling life story and the Israelites' exodus out of slavery in Egypt to their ancestral homeland, you'll learn and apply powerful time-tested success principles founded in the Word of God. This will empower you to overcome false paradigms rooted in feelings of fear and doubt so that you can live a life of joy and reach your Promised Land!

From the author of the bestselling Anam Cara comes a beautiful collection of blessings to help readers through both the everyday and the extraordinary events of their lives. John O’Donohue, Irish teacher and poet, has been widely praised for his gift of drawing on Celtic spiritual traditions to create words of inspiration and wisdom for today. In To Bless the Space Between Us, his compelling blend of elegant, poetic language and spiritual insight offers readers comfort and encouragement on their journeys through life. O’Donohue looks at life’s thresholds—getting married, having children, starting a new job—and offers invaluable guidelines for making the transition from a known, familiar world into a new, unmapped territory. Most profoundly, however, O’Donohue explains “blessing” as a way of life, as a lens through which the whole world is transformed. O’Donohue awakens readers to timeless truths and shows the power they have to answer contemporary dilemmas and ease us through periods of change.