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This is the inspiring, heartwarming story of a mother and daughter’s 50-year journey through the world of cystic fibrosis. Leslie’s medical prognosis was that she wouldn’t live to be seven. Although people with gene-based diseases don’t have spontaneous remissions, Leslie had one. And, despite the odds, she lived a fully functioning life to the age of 50.

Journey to Safe Harbor covers three generations of a family where the personal and emotional sacrifices made in the name of mission, commitment and duty, aiming "to do good in the world", ended with unintended tragic consequences for their children. It is about a professional family, educated, religious and idealistic, but did they understand love?

God in a Backpack is a gem of simplicity that brings us all on the same page with our Creator. By the time we are done listening, we realize–our heart is the access door to heaven here on earth. Everybody has immediate and equal access. No money in the world will buy us an advantage. Heaven cannot be bought but can be lived and experienced through love. God in a Backpack is a simple discovery of our true nature.

No one remains unchanged after they've been touched by God. Through experiential encounters with our loving God, we gain intimate knowledge of how much he really cares about every detail of our lives. As we seek to know him in a more personal and meaningful way, we discover that he is beside us in every situation, which changes us forever.

I was a California girl. My children were unofficially forbidden to move more than an hour and a half from their mother. How did I end up in Arkansas? I blame Erik Estrada! After purchasing our new home in Arkansas, it was a full year before we could actually move. We endured the comment “You're moving where!” and the looks that went with it by our California friends for that entire year. So this started out as emails to friends and family to let them know all the strange and amusing differences in our new world.

I had the honor to teach elementary school in three states and in three countries. In my 30 years of teaching, I told true life stories to pass on wisdom and truth to my students. This book is a compilation of some of the humor and courage themed favorites I have shared over the years. This book was written to bring a smile to your lips and hope to your heart. May these stories help to illuminate the wisdom and truth in your own life.

Forty-nine-year-old Tricia Buenvenida, a marketing executive who has launched multiple products within the beauty industry, gives advice on how to stay and look youthful based on her own life lessons. Listeners will be inspired to adopt these practical tips to forever change their lives and embrace a positive, empowering life outlook that will keep them young in body, mind, spirit, and heart.

Susan Richards is a writer who never seems to meet a deadline, even when her job depends on it. When she loses two jobs in short order due to her tardiness, she decides it’s time to do something drastic. Susan turns to her cousin Mindy Winters, a Christian living in New York City, and asks to come and stay with her until she gets on her feet. Maybe New York will provide the opportunity she needs to build a new career as a writer.

A bored six-year-old Ben decides one morning not to go to school any more. He would rather stay home in his comfortable surroundings at home. What shall Mom do on this routine morning rush to make Ben get ready for school and herself for work? Find out what happens.

My interest in understanding man, cultural development, and finding the purpose of life began in 1963 with a desire to heal my husband. My desire for him to be well was so great that I began to investigate alternative healthcare. I volunteered my services to care for sick people for years so I could learn more. I met people who were ill and also young children who accessed knowledge beyond their five senses. I had so many unusual experiences and deeper questions that I began to study the role of the mind.

Let me introduce you to Buck, a beloved pet dog owned by a rural family in Louisiana. Buck is the main character in this story entertaining a multitude of people who pass through his life during the endless journey to survive hurricane Katrina and find a forever home. The Brown family’s lives are about to be turned upside down too and filled with unforeseen challenge and misery. The onset of a category five hurricane changes the lives of thousands of people and animals in the immediate area of Louisiana and Mississippi.

In Beautiful Lady, author Geri Maroney shares her story to inspire other women who are also battling cancer’s grip on their lives. Filled with honesty and humor, she offers a resource for growth of spirit and evolution of mindset packed with essential tools and new perspectives on age-old beliefs that may weigh heavy on the heart of cancer patients.

After living an average life in Buffalo, New York, author Lisa Marie Runfola gave it all up to marry her paramour and live abroad as an expat - only to return a few years later to support her ex-husband and children through his cancer and eventual death. In A Limitless Life in a Powerless World, she tells the story of a woman who changed her life after a lightbulb moment, having no idea her new life would change her in turn.

We're not going to let men make the rules for women anymore. We're going to make our own rules and laws. If you are a quiet revolutionary and don't know what to do, this audiobook is for you.

You may know the Christmas story by heart, but did you ever stop to think about that innkeeper who sent the savior of the world into a stable?

It is 1969 when two young boys approach Casey Hammond in the airport, alone and scared and lost in a country not their own. She agrees to help them get to their uncle - but she has no idea of the danger and intrigue she will soon encounter. It seems there are foreign nationals in pursuit of the children, which risks the safety of the entire group. When an arrogant but handsome young man comes to their rescue, she soon learns he is the children's older cousin.

Debut poetry collection by Winifred Roemer-Sabajo, Full Circle: Love, Hope, and Healing Poems describes the simple joys and struggles of life, as well as, transcendent experiences, dreamscapes, and journeys to inspire your heart, nourish your soul, and help you reconnect.

A young cage fighter is diagnosed with a strange genetic disorder that requires a bone marrow transplant. It happened so quickly that the matter is now one of life and death; he has 24 weeks to live. Martin needs a relative for a donor, but his parents died in a car crash and he has no siblings or other close relatives. A mixed-raced man he casually met at Nandos, who later became a friend, volunteers to go for the test and is found to be a match. Leroy feels there is more to his relationship with Martin than just friendship.

A four-year-old girl loses her parents to murder-suicide and develops a mental disorder because of the lack of help. When she becomes an adult, she opens a car door while going 40 miles per hour with five children in the back and doesn't sleep for an entire week! Her son dedicates his entire life to helping her.

Hope is about a woman who lives in a drowned world and is going through a silent ruin, and finds comfort in believing that her own self exists as another being, and confides her innermost secrets to her. It all started with a dream, advancing to a nightmare that then became a reality. Hope plays a lonely game in silence, until her dreams turn to dust. She lives her life through an illusion that ends with capturing her own light, making that moment an unforgettable day. This novel reveals in detail how a woman suffers from depression, and how it rules and guides her life through her journey in finding solace.