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Brenda is a young, pregnant woman who is in her most exciting time of her life. Brenda and her husband are having a baby girl and the journey through pregnancy is shared from finding out to having birth. Brenda pens her ups, downs, struggles of pregnancy all while preparing for motherhood mentally, physically, and emotionally. It isn’t until after she has her daughter that she experiences what so many women in this world go through….postpartum depression. While this can happen before and during pregnancy, it’s a topic that isn’t discussed enough in today’s world and Brenda shares her experience and how she got through it. The start to a series of social issues women face, postpartum depr ...

Lisa is pregnant and having her first child. While this should be the most exciting time of her life, it unfortunately isn’t. She’s sharing her journey not just through pregnancy but of her journey to get maternity leave, have enough time to spend with her newborn child, figure out her finances and start her journey as a mother. Her time is spent more of how much time she will have off and will have to make a big decision when it comes time to return back to the work world. Maternity leave is imperative to a woman, her needs and the United States is one of the worst nations in the world in regards to this. This story delves deep into this, how other countries are ahead of this and how ch ...

Nancy is at a crossroads of her life and she has some important decisions to make. As a woman, she was born into the stigmas of having kids and raising a family. When she makes the decision to not have kids and be a mother, there’s uproar from those closest to her. She goes to great lengths to live her life to the best of her ability but without judgments, backlash from her family and knowing that she has to do what’s best for her. It’s a story that takes a different road to what women decide in their lives and this is something that needs to be talked about more. Sometimes we forget that happiness comes before making others and the world happy…

We are told by the creator of the universe that each of us has been given a gift – or gifts- for a specific purpose. Romans 12:6 describes these wonderful gifts and are part of a collective group of gifts intended to be the answer to a question in our generation. It is Original Truth that we were all created different but equal. The reason for our creation and birth is to solve a problem which exists in the world in a way no one else can solve. Most of us are never taught this fact about ourselves nor are we encouraged to discover, identify, cultivate and pursue these God-given gifts. I find this to be one life’s greatest tragedies and hence, the reason for the writing of this book. ...

Do you ever wonder how many mistakes you can make as a parent without damaging the well-being of your baby? How will your personality affect your child's development and shape his or her behavior? In this fun quick question quiz Janet helps insure your baby's well-being and balance. Janet explains in practical terms how your everyday actions and emotions will guarantee that positive life energy will continue to flow smoothly through your baby's charkas (energy centers). The right answers may surprise you as you ponder, how to not screw up your baby.

I want my kids to understand that it is not enough to just try without a plan. They need to put some thought into what they are doing. Maybe they can improve on our ideas. My hope is that by mapping out our process I can offer my kids some comfort for when they must take on the privilege of raising their own adults. If in reading this you too can draw from the ideas and stories I have shared, then I am grateful.

“Below-level Learners Can Excel in School” provides a research based educational framework for teachers, administrators, and parents designed to transition the struggling learner to perform at grade level and remain on level. Students who begin school with weak academic skills will have difficulty learning. These students will struggle and become below-level learners. Literacy skills are essential for children to learn language arts, mathematics, science and social studies concepts. If a below-level learner is struggling with reading, the struggle will continue in other subjects. Improve reading performance and performance in remaining subjects will improve. Their confidence will i ...

This is a book of flip charts. It contains one large chart and the pages needed to assemble 10 smaller charts. Making it perfect for a classroom. Sometimes it is difficult for a child to remember the sounds represented by each letter. The Art of Reading Flip Chart, which has a picture associated with each letter, will enable them to start reading even if all the letters are not yet mastered. It was specifically designed for dyslexic children, but will speed along the reading process for any child. The dyslexic brain has an art easel rather than a chalkboard. They see pictures not words so a d,b,p,and q will be hard to distinguish. With the flip chart each letter has a picture which will ...