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Norman Cousins, the author of many health related books, said "The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live", which is what had happened to me. However, I never in my wildest dreams imagined I was merely in an invisible cocoon and that someday, years later, I would experience a transformation and emerge as a happy butterfly. Now the past is just a story, one I told in this book. Enter with a brave heart as you hear about my journey.

Looking at her head was like staring into a bright ray of glorious sunshine. A bright beam of summer with two starry eyes looking back. Eyes, which carried such beautiful ever changing pupils within. Pupils, which were constantly oscillating from one color to the next, as she constantly held me firmly within her fixated eyes. She spoke.

The dark night of the soul can be a wild ride full of promises of redemption and the best cure to save you where the burnt innocence of your love reaches for you on the other side of the broken bridge of dreams, and all words fall in the failure you see yourself as, and one by one all the promises turn to dust right before your eyes in the unfolding of your life as it comes to you to be burnt and to step out of the ashes anew like the phoenix rising to fly.

Who is she? Are the answers as simple as the questions? In the end what can we know is real?

Is your LinkedIn profile working for you? Is it getting you the results you need to find employment, market your business or promote your products or services? A poorly written LinkedIn profile turns away business, scares off employers, and loses you money. However, by taking the time to write and organize your LinkedIn profile so that it communicates your message and your unique personal brand, you will increase your income, find lucrative jobs and get quality leads on a day-to-day basis.

Knowings from The Silence: Simple Wisdom for an Enlightened Life is but a small collection of knowings found in the silence. Attach your own understandings to them that you may share them with others so that they too may attach their understanding to them. In this way, the human race will grow and evolve. Each minute contains a simple concept to remind you of how to live an enlightened life.

I've lived an incredibly adventurous life, although I didn't always see it that way. On May 24, 1996 (I was 40 years old), I ended up at my sister Carol's again. The world had chewed me up and spit me out so many times, I had lost count. I was running from a dysfunctional marriage, an abusive boss, and extreme Texas weather conditions to return home with my tail between my legs; however, this time something was different. Every morning for two weeks, I woke up with divine inspiration to write about a particular subject.

This children's book is a touching true story about three little Yorkshire Terriers. Gidget gets pregnant by her sweet love, Tommy. Tommy is the smallest and cutest male Yorkie you have ever seen. A puppy gets stuck in the birth canal during labor, and Gidget has to be rushed to the animal hospital. Gidget has emergency surgery and a tiny black puppy named Pebbles is born.

Nia wants to sing in the school play. The most popular girl in the school also wants to sing in the school play. See what happens when this shy girl meets the school bully.

Pose Prose and Poems: My Thoughts Exactly was the first compilation of poetry and prose by Janna Hill and was copyrighted in 1998. The verses reflect the hopes, dreams, hurt, and disappointments found in the human condition.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to A Hudson Valley Writer's Guide Second Edition and learn about the secret places in the Hudson Valley from the Gunks to the Catskills.

The Gardens that Mended a Marriage offers the promise of paradise. It tells the story of how the writer and her husband, an architect, built a contemporary Moorish house on the top of a mountain and created a Persian garden, following the recipe laid down in the Koran for a paradise on earth.