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Author: Crystal Bowman Publisher: Harvest House Publishers ISBN: 0736975365 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 210
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You Are Not Alone From the moment you cradled your first baby doll, you imagined yourself a mom. Now here you are, a member of the club no one wants to join—the ten percent of women who struggle to fulfill their motherhood dreams because of infertility. Meghann Bowman knows what it’s like to be part of that club. Along with best-selling author Crystal Bowman, Meghann has compiled 30 hope-filled stories of women who received the same diagnosis and experienced the heartache she did. Contributors include Valorie Burton, Katie Norris, Shay Shull, Stephanie Tait, Kathe Wunnenberg, and more—women whose journeys through everything from infertility and miscarriage to adoption and miracle births will buoy your faith. Your story may not look the same, or have the same ending, but you don’t have to suffer alone. You are surrounded by a club of Mothers in Waiting—women willing to come alongside you to offer comfort and peace as you wait.
Author: Crystal Bowman Publisher: Harvest House Publishers ISBN: 0736975365 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
You Are Not Alone From the moment you cradled your first baby doll, you imagined yourself a mom. Now here you are, a member of the club no one wants to join—the ten percent of women who struggle to fulfill their motherhood dreams because of infertility. Meghann Bowman knows what it’s like to be part of that club. Along with best-selling author Crystal Bowman, Meghann has compiled 30 hope-filled stories of women who received the same diagnosis and experienced the heartache she did. Contributors include Valorie Burton, Katie Norris, Shay Shull, Stephanie Tait, Kathe Wunnenberg, and more—women whose journeys through everything from infertility and miscarriage to adoption and miracle births will buoy your faith. Your story may not look the same, or have the same ending, but you don’t have to suffer alone. You are surrounded by a club of Mothers in Waiting—women willing to come alongside you to offer comfort and peace as you wait.
Author: Cherríe Moraga Publisher: Haymarket Books ISBN: 1642598593 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 157
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In a series of journal entries—some original passages, others revisited and expanded in retrospect—Cherrié Moraga details her experiences with pregnancy, birth, and the early years of lesbian parenting. The premature birth of her son, when HIV-related mortality rates were at their highest, forced Moraga, a new mother at 40-years-old, to confront the fragile volatility of life and death; in these recorded dreams and reflections, her terror and resilience are made palpable. The particular challenges of queer parenting prove transformative as Moraga navigates her interesecting roles as mother, child, lover, friend, artist, activist, and more. With an updated introduction and other additions, this 25th anniversary edition of Waiting in the Wings is thoughtful and emotive, with prose that is sharp and beautifully written, from the voice of a beloved and incomparable writer.
Author: Belle Boggs Publisher: Graywolf Press ISBN: 1555979459 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 224
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A brilliant exploration of the natural, medical, psychological, and political facets of fertility When Belle Boggs's "The Art of Waiting" was published in Orion in 2012, it went viral, leading to republication in Harper's Magazine, an interview on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show, and a spot at the intersection of "highbrow" and "brilliant" in New York magazine's "Approval Matrix." In that heartbreaking essay, Boggs eloquently recounts her realization that she might never be able to conceive. She searches the apparently fertile world around her--the emergence of thirteen-year cicadas, the birth of eaglets near her rural home, and an unusual gorilla pregnancy at a local zoo--for signs that she is not alone. Boggs also explores other aspects of fertility and infertility: the way longing for a child plays out in the classic Coen brothers film Raising Arizona; the depiction of childlessness in literature, from Macbeth to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; the financial and legal complications that accompany alternative means of family making; the private and public expressions of iconic writers grappling with motherhood and fertility. She reports, with great empathy, complex stories of couples who adopted domestically and from overseas, LGBT couples considering assisted reproduction and surrogacy, and women and men reflecting on childless or child-free lives. In The Art of Waiting, Boggs deftly distills her time of waiting into an expansive contemplation of fertility, choice, and the many possible roads to making a life and making a family.
Author: Catherine Claire Larson Publisher: Thomas Nelson ISBN: 1400242630 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 385
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Pregnancy is an exciting time, and you don't want to forget a single moment of this journey. Waiting in Wonder inspires you to record stories and prayers for your baby as you create a memory book you'll treasure for years to come. And you'll feel the comfort of God each day with devotions and Scripture selected especially for moms-to-be. This devotional includes: A helpful "Points for Prayer" section and a "Mommy's Memory Verse" for each week Weekly entries that trace the growth of your baby Daily devotions that lead you closer to God With its invitation to draw near to God while you're expecting, Waiting in Wonder is a sweet and memorable gift for friends and loved ones for baby showers, or as a gift for yourself at this momentous time of life. Embrace and prepare for the calling of motherhood with this devotional journal, a gift you can one day give your son or daughter as a reminder that you loved and prayed for him or her even before birth.
Author: Cathy LaGrow Publisher: NavPress ISBN: 1496408608 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 355
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Now with a new afterword! A five star–reviewed, unforgettable story that bestselling author Homer Hickam calls “one of the most eloquent, moving, irresistible true stories” he’s ever read. The Waiting will touch your heart and make you believe in love’s enduring legacy, as well as the power of prayer. In 1928, 16-year-old Minka was on a picnic in the woods when she was assaulted and raped. And suddenly this innocent farm girl—who still thought the stork brought babies—was pregnant. The story that follows has been almost a hundred years in the making. After a lifetime of separation, Minka whispered an impossible prayer for the first time: Lord, I’d like to see Betty Jane before I die. What happened next was a miracle. Written by Cathy LaGrow (Minka’s granddaughter), The Waiting brings three generations of this most unusual family together over the course of a century in a story of faith that triumphs, forgiveness that sets us free, and love that never forgets. (As seen on The Today Show.)
Author: Marilu Schmier Publisher: Soul Connections ISBN: 9781885499806 Category : Autism in children Languages : en Pages : 304
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WAITING FOR WESTON: A Mother's Story About Raising a Multidimensional Child by Marilu Schmier Foreword by Dr. Meg Blackburn Losey, PhD, author of The Children of Now When best-selling author Dr. Meg Blackburn Losey first encountered brightly colored orbs who wanted to communicate with her telepathically, the first turned out to be then 11-year-old Weston Schmier, a mute boy who had once been dismissed by medical experts as severely retarded. Later featured in both her books (The Children of Now and Conversations with the Children of Now), Weston, now 17 years old, has become a pioneer and leader of a wave of children who have been born with severe disabilities yet demonstrate extraordinary talents, such as telepathy, healing abilities, and even spiritual mastery. Now Weston's mother, Marilu Schmier, tells the riveting tale of Weston's early years and her own faith-filled journey to discover who and what her son is. Plagued since birth by illness resulting in brain surgery and autistic-like traits, Weston confounded both the traditional medical and educational systems who did not know how to treat him. Desperate to save her son, Marilu, a Catholic, put all her faith in one simple prayer -Please send me the people to help my son-a plea that would unexpectedly lead her on a journey to helpers far outside her own personal belief system, including Huna healers, energy workers, psychic channelers, and in particular, Dr. Blackburn Losey, who came to recognize Weston as one of the most advanced evolutionary-wise children she had ever encountered. Alternating between funny, heart-breaking and profound, Waiting for Weston is filled with true, albeit jaw-dropping incidents that step by step show Weston's mastery unfolding, including how Marilu and Weston's speech therapist discovered that not only could he read, he was reading books backwards! Today Weston communicates via a white board in four languages, studies college-level calculus and gives healing workshops in partnership with psychic channels. (In addition, he also loves watching Spanish-language programming, playing basketball, and playing Xbox.) The book also features stories of how many ordinary people have begun to hear Weston speak telepathically and how one might become open to such soul communication. Interviews with Dr. Blackburn, JoQueta Handy (Weston's speech therapist), and a host of others, including a Swami and also a Catholic Archbishop who spoke with the late Pope John Paul II about Weston, gives an expanded viewpoint of just how far-reaching this extraordinary young man's influence has become. Weston is considered a spiritual force by many and is inspiring thousands with his wit, wisdom, and unconditional love without ever saying a word. A real-life triumph of unconditional love, faith and the power of never giving up on one's child, Waiting for Weston was written for Weston, for others like him, for the parents of other "differently-abled" children, and finally for those who have stopped believing in miracles or the unimaginable. With a 17 percent rise in American children being diagnosed with developmental disabilities, including 1 in 88 with autism (compared to the previous decade), Marilu candidly offers her personal story and family's journey as an example of the endless potentials that might be locked inside these children whom the world has seen as being less than perfect.
Author: Amy Bourret Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 9781429929523 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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How far will a mother go to save her child? Ten years ago, Ruby Leander was a drifting nineteen-year-old who made a split-second decision at an Oklahoma rest stop. Fast forward nine years: Ruby and her daughter Lark live in New Mexico. Lark is a precocious, animal loving imp, and Ruby has built a family for them with a wonderful community of friends and her boyfriend of three years. Life is good. Until the day Ruby reads a magazine article about parents searching for an infant kidnapped by car-jackers. Then Ruby faces a choice no mother should have to make. A choice that will change both her and Lark's lives forever.
Author: Lucille Messina Publisher: Specialchild Press, LLC ISBN: 9781733666206 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 316
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Lucille, the mother of a medically fragile child, is traveling an emotional rollercoaster caring for her special-needs child as she desperately searches for a diagnosis. What had happened to her daughter? What did she do wrong? You are placed in her business world where bosses do not want a mother with this baggage. The mind-boggling callousness she observed from adults, professionals, and a waitress in a restaurant tells another tale. Amid trying to adapt to her life as a mother, she herself develops a life-threatening condition. Can her husband Karl be strong enough to sustain her and their marriage? With each unexpected trip to the emergency room, Lucille knows there is a chance she will arrive too late to say goodbye. Who will help this broken mother survive and accept the future? The obsessive worry and stress take a tremendous toll. Will she decide her mental pain is too great? Waiting to Hear "Momma" takes you into the world of a family in crisis that can be dark with gut-wrenching moments often experienced by those who are at the end of their rope. Yet, a wish is granted in an extraordinary way. This candid memoir will open readers' eyes and hearts.
Author: Cyndi Peterson MD Publisher: Savio Republic ISBN: 168261140X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages :
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One doctor’s journey of faith to save her two terminally ill baby girls. Cyndi Peterson was a successful physician, wife and mother who had everything she ever dreamed of—yet true peace continued to elude her. Her quest leads her to Medjugorje, where Mary the Mother of God is reported to appear daily. After returning home newly committed to her faith, she faces every mother’s deepest fear. Her newborn baby Kelly is terminally ill. Upon learning her next baby, Sarah, has the same diagnosis, Cyndi struggles to understand why God has asked this of her. How God moves in her life and answers her prayers will both surprise you and deepen your faith.
Author: Beverly Gherman Publisher: ISBN: 9781484478486 Category : Languages : en Pages : 64
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Who were the moms behind the U.S. presidents? Get the scoop in this amusing picture book featuring mini biographies about presidential moms. Full of fun facts and embarrassing childhood stories, written in a snappy style by celebrated nonfiction auth
Author: Crystal Bowman
Author: Crystal Bowman
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