She Will Always Carry On

At the age of 17 only a week out from graduating from high school Maddy Ritchie was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma. She was given most likely three months to live and had to undergo 12 months of the most enduring and intense treatment regime to have some sort of chance at life. Through her horrific adversity she found hope and healing through writing, she is raw and real when it comes to the truth of cancer on the individual and the others that surround them. A young girl of feeling self conscious, lack of purpose, materialism and taking many things for granted her cancer diagnosis flipped her world upside down. It changed her as a person forever but for a good reason. Her determination inspired many, she wanted to share her personal story with the world in hopes people will understand, relate and be more aware of the real issues and stigma’s that surround cancer in todays society. She found through the power of her mind and within herself that she serves a purpose and that she can recover even when the odds were so against her. Maddy Ritchie is a #1 international best selling author of “She Will Always Carry On”. Maddy writes about the good and the bad days of her experience, how to cope with such grief and uncertainty, relationships, and how to look at your adversity positively and the power of the mind! Maddy is an inspirational and engaging Speaker on overcoming extreme adversities. Her openness with her personal life, what she faces everyday and her passion about making a change in the world is one that stands out from the crowd. She talks openly about her pain and devastation the cancer left on her body, the lack of funding and inequality certain cancers face today, and that even through horrific times we all can make it through by determination and the mind.

Life is a spiritual test, and we need a spirit of discernment to be victorious. While we are all different and have different needs, the sovereign God of the universe will meet all our needs individually and help us increase our spirit of discernment and soar to heights unknown Now Is the Time for Discernment is designed to challenge you to grow in the supernatural ways of God and provide people of all ages and walks of life the cutting-edge thinking and practical advice with supernatural empowerment that they need to face life’s daily challenges. It will also take their lives to the next level. This book prepares individuals to lean not on their understanding but the Holy Ghost for full direction for their lives. They will learn to advance the kingdom of God through the spirit of discernment. This book is filled with prophetic revelations that are for now and years to come. It has God’s divine grace, love, peace, laughter, healing, deliverance, freedom, courage, unmerited favour, and bright hope to all nations of this world. From beginning to the end, it is breathtaking, seasoned, powerful, adventurous, relevant, action-packed, brilliant, charismatic, humorous, captivating, comfortable, deep, educational, elite, real, and easy. The Holy Spirit is the divine Comforter among all comforters.

The biography of Christa McAuliffe--the eldest child of a close Catholic Massachusetts family and a dedicated Girl Scout who came of age in the turbulent sixties and early seventies and became a schoolteacher and a mother. She was little known beyond her personal circle until selected by NASA to be the first civilian sent on a space mission as the "Teacher in Space."

This book identifies and analyzes the ways in which RuPaul’s Drag Race has reshaped the visibility of drag culture in the US and internationally, as well as how the program has changed understandings of reality TV. This edited volume illustrates how drag has become a significant aspect of LGBTQ experience and identity globally through RuPaul’s Drag Race, and how the show has reformed a media landscape in which competition and reality itself are understood as given. Taking on lenses addressing race, ethnicity, geographical origin, cultural identity, physicality and body image, and participation in drag culture across the globe, this volume offers critical, non-traditional, and first-hand perspectives on drag culture.

Sharing the Spirit -- for and by cheerleaders, dancers, and coaches is the first compilation ever of stories and poems for the spirit athlete. The book is comprised of 276 pages chockfull of motivation and inspiration. All 133 stories and poems have been written by either former or current cheerleaders, dancers, and coaches. The book is broken down into ten chapters for easy reading. The chapters are as follows: Team Believe Spirit Coach Hit It! (for cheerleaders) Just DanceÉ Teammates Success Let's Hear It for The Boy! (exclusively for male cheerleaders and dancers) Making It Big (written by professional sports teams cheerleaders) If you have aspirations of becoming a cheerleader, dancer, or a coach - you'll find just more reasons to go for it after reading this book! You'll find words of advice from those who have been there and done that and who share your very passion. Many of the bigwigs of the spirit industry have contributed their stories and poems to STS and all the companies of the industry are accounted for! Or if you simply miss those golden days of yore, join us in an adventure into nostalgia!

Rachel is a well-established business woman who has her head screwed on properly. She is self-sufficient and a highly successful woman. You could say she has a pretty good life and isnt missing much, but when she meets Liz she realizes just how much she is actually missing. This story takes us behind the romance and into the lives of Rach and Liz. My hope is that through this book my writing will give you a sense that life may send you rain, it may even send you storms, but that love can endure and love can triumph.

While social work policy can be considered the what, and practice, the how, the study of human behavior is concerned with why. Why do people do the things they do? Why do individuals behave differently in groups than when alone? Why do some people become the victims of their lives while others who have endured tragedy become life's heroes? Resilience across the life span is a new major theme of the second edition of the bestselling Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Micro Level. In an elegant and accessible manner, Katherine van Wormer explores the nuances of the biological, psychological, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of our social lives from an ecosystems and empowerment-based perspective. Drawing on examples from social work, psychology, literature, philosophy, and current events, vignettes highlight the turning points in our lives and invite students to explore the contradictions between how we mean to be and how others view us. The result is an essential book that bridges theory and practice, providing extraordinary insight into our drives and motivations, and revealing the myriad patterns and paradoxes of our behavior in the social context. * Integrates new research findings and recent census and global health data * Revised with augmented discussions of multiculturalism, Latino/Latina identity issues, and late adulthood to reflect demographic changes in the United States * Outlines theoretical concepts and practice implications in each chapter * Places unique emphasis on biology's influence on human behavior, employing the latest empirical data in discussions of matters such as gender differences, genetics, and mental disorders * Focuses on evidence-based theory and research * Teaches from a global, cross-cultural, perspective, highlighting themes of empowerment and social justice * Features dynamic readings, personal narratives, and photographs that highlight each chapter's topic * Accompanied by an online instructor's manual with lecture presentations, chapter summaries, key terms, suggested classroom activities, and a test bank with essay and multiple choice questions at www.oup.com/us/HBSE/ Don't miss the companion volume, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Macro Level, Second Edition written with Fred H. Besthorn, which develops a sophisticated and original view of the cultural, global, spiritual, and natural worlds that people inhabit, and the impact of these worlds on human behavior.