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Leslie Gray Streeter is not cut out for widowhood. She's not ready for hushed rooms and pitying looks. She is not ready to stand graveside, dabbing her eyes in a classy black hat. If she had her way she'd wear her favorite curve-hugging leopard print dress to Scott's funeral; he loved her in that dress! Looking at widowhood through the prism of race, mixed marriage, and aging, Black Widow redefines the stages of grief, from coffin shopping to day-drinking, to being a grown-ass woman crying for your mommy, to breaking up and making up with God....

Self-esteem is your sense of personal worth. It encompasses both self-confidence and self-acceptance. In part, healthy self-esteem comes from your awareness of the value you add to your family and the community. In Building Your Child's Self-Esteem, author Yvonne Brooks provides a step-by-step guide for improving children's self-esteem. Building Your Child's Self-Esteem shows parents how to identify healthy and low self-esteem behaviors in their children.

Supporting a young person who is self-harming feels like a minefield. Why are they doing it? And why can’t they just stop? Self-harm goes against every innate instinct of self-protection and survival, and remains a distressing and difficult issue for parents and carers. Uncovering the wide and varied reasons and ways young people self-harm, this book offers fresh insights into how to prevent, understand and respond to self-harm. Michelle Mitchell provides parents and carers with the practical help and comfort they need.

At 26, Liberty Montgomery has barely begun to live life. Married almost right out of high school, she's known no other life than the one her husband provided. Returning to Liberty Lake, her hometown namesake, with her four-and-a-half-year-old son in tow, Libby doesn't know what to expect. Rediscovering herself and her faith seem like insurmountable obstacles.

The Miami Knives, the city’s most dangerous criminals, have stolen my best friend. And I’m going to get her back. Growing up on the streets of the city has taught me everything I need to know. I’m no princess, and there’s no knight in shining armor to save the day. When I find myself captured by the very men I was hoping to destroy, I’ll have to play their games. Suddenly, I don’t just have to save her. I have to save myself, too.

Callie Williams is tired. Tired of her fast-paced life in New York City. Tired of the demanding hours of her successful career. And even more tired of her demanding fiancé. An unexpected visit and the discovery of a secret upend her life, and she is forced to make the decision to leave it all behind in search of something different. Something more.

The way children cope with the small things in life builds a foundation for dealing with the bigger problems later on. In ‘Everyday Resilience’, you can learn how to help kids deal with increasing challenges of friendship issues, academic pressure and self-doubt. With rising mental health issues amongst children and young people, it has never been more important to nurture resilience. acked with every day scenarios and practical steps, ‘Everyday Resilience’ provides every parent with tools to nurture strength in young lives.

Your world stops when you hear those three words, "You have cancer". From the moment you are given that diagnosis, you have a choice: Will you allow fear to lead you, or will you take a deep breath and find your inner strength? This is the detailed story of my personal journey of healing from triple negative breast cancer, a rare and aggressive type of cancer. I quickly decided that I wanted to avoid the harmful conventional approaches of chemotherapy and radiation, and instead focus on the many holistic options available.

My story is the subject of a documentary on Discovery Plus. I become a police informant, telling authorities of my plan to obtain a taped confession from my ex-husband. He is using his position of power for his own dirty pleasures. I leave him and then learn of many more years of sexual battery in another state. I know what I must do. My heart is torn between the love I had for him and my need to seek justice for his crimes. I find it difficult to interact with him knowing the evil man he is, but I persevere. This saga plays out over an eight-year period.

This is a short fictional story, about a girl named Elodia who experiences strange encounters, with an unknown spirit. From her childhood to her adulthood, she sees him awake and in her dreams. This man appears throughout her life while she ages, but the man does not age. The spirit of the man is a soldier of the civil war. The soldier mostly appears to Elodia on a full moon, but his motives are unknown. It is when Elodia takes a tour with her college classmates at a historical landmark of a home that awakens her curiosities and doubts.

Do you wish to explore your sexuality? Are you seeking ways to improve your feminine health? Do you want to know how you can become prettier naturally? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you. 50 Things to Know About Female Health, Hygiene and Beauty by Muneeba Anwar offers an approach to choosing the right ways to improve your physical and sexual well-being.

"I'm the sweat pooling between your shoulder blades, the sheets tangled among your calves, the tongue at your collarbone, and the sigh caught between your lips. I am everything you dream about when waking, aching." I sent that poetic sext to a complete stranger. And you know what the best part is? He sent one back. This is the story of what happens when a spark ignites and stars collapse. When words are heartbeats and poetry is a promise.

On an unusual wet, rainy day when the yard is flooded, a girl named Allis looks outside and sees a small figure parachuting from a sweet-gum tree. Curious, she goes outside in the pouring rain and meets an extraordinary talking frog wearing a suit-coat and a tie. At first she doesn't believe her ears, but then her sister Elsa, joins them. Together, they sit in the rain, on the very wet day with water, water, everywhere, while the witty frog tells stories of his adventures as an extraordinary frog.

In Frog's Fourth of July, Allis is not feeling well, and the family car has a flat. Elsa decides to visit Frog, who has his own way of being patriotic. After her visit with Frog and his family, Elsa rejoins her family for s'mores and hotdogs. This is an accompanying book for Water, Water, Everywhere: The Down Pour Adventure on the Very Rainy Day by Tammie Unger.

Frog is back, and he has lost his glasses. He is excited when Allis and Elsa invite him to his first tea party. Allis and Elsa set up the tea party in the carport out of the rain, and Frog makes sure the tea party doesn't get boring.

How can you transform daily life routines into a dynamic way of living? By meditating to declutter your mind and get into a brain/breath connection that will lead to many transcending benefits.

Motherhood is a personal journey of self-discovery. From feeling delight and wonder, to challenged and overwhelmed – often, all in one day! FLOURISH for Mums is your perfect companion to cultivate 21 healthy ways to let go of unrealistic expectations and create space to celebrate your unique parenting pathway. Filled with uplifting anecdotes and supportive strategies, while busting big misconceptions – this is personal, yet universal in its strong, yet gentle message.

Connect and Thrive is a comprehensive guide to improving all areas of your life through meaningful relationships. From family and friends to romantic partners and professional connections, this book provides practical strategies for cultivating healthy and fulfilling relationships.

Collaborative divorce is an option for divorce outside of court that minimizes conflict, improves family relations and co-parenting, give couples more say in the outcome of their settlement and prevents the costs and stress associated with a court trial. However, for collaborative divorce to be effective a thorough understanding of the process, the misconceptions, and risks involved are needed to ensure a kinder, more collaborative outcome.