Life, Love and Books

My Dating Journey: Meeting My Hubby  I did not start dating till I was twenty years old, my first date was with a guy that I had met thru a mutual friend. I truly enjoyed going out on the date with this guy, but we did not hit it off very well. I was told by the mutual friend that I talked to much. It was a year before I went on another date with a guy that my boss had wanted me to meet. He was interesting, but he did not like that I was focused on volunteering as an EMT/FF. I even went on a few blind dates, each of them ended up not calling me back. One of my rules for dating was I only went out once with the guy and if I did not feel a connection with him I did not go out with him again. I struggled with being single and not having someone to be with. I dedicated myself to volunteering with my local fire and EMS company. Also I spent my weekends volunteering at a dirt racetrack with our ambulance. It was not till I was 30 did I meet the guy that would sweep me off my ...

You're Already Amazing "Life Growth Guide" by Holley Gerth With this interactive guide to her book You're Already Amazing, Holley Gerth brings us a guide to help us embrace who we are.  Each of these six sessions have a exercise to go with each one, the sessions are: 1. Who God Created Us to Be 2. What's True No Matter How We Feel 3. Our Amazing Journey with Jesus 4. God's Plan for Our Relationships 5. God's Purpose for Our Lives 6. How We Can Thrive for a Lifetime If you are looking for hope that you can cling to, this is the book for you. This book will help every woman to embrace who she is, from the relationships inn our lives. To the work we do from day to day, to the dreams we are pursuing in our lives.  Being able to embrace the women that we are is every womens longing, this is a book to help all of us become who God wants us to be. I received this book for free from Revell for a honest review.

Catch A Star by Tamika Catchings Growing up all Tamika Catchings wanted was to be able to fit in with others. Born with moderate hearing loss, she had to wear hearing aids that made things more difficult by other kids bullying her for being different than them. With her parents getting a divorce gave her another challenge in her life to overcome. Preserving thru the obstacles in front of her, Tamika pushed her way up the ranks to become a WNBA star. Tamika had a dream and she rose thru so much to catch a star of her own.  I would recommend this book to any parent that has a child that is struggling with bullying and anyone that is struggling to overcome life's obstacles.  As a child I struggled to overcome many obstacles in my life, several people was placed in my life to help me get thru and become who I am. Tamika chose to become a light to young boys and girls who are struggling as she had struggled. I hope to do the same for girls around me. This bo...

Change of Heart by Courtney Walsh Evelyn Brandt's life has been carefully constructed for her from the time she married her husband. One day her life is thrown into chaos when the FBI crashes her society lunch with the news of her husband being arrested for an embezzlement. She soon realizes that everything she thought he was, was truly the opposite of the man she thought she fell in love with. Choosing to walk away from the facade of a life, Evelyn withdraws from everyone and everything around her. The Valentine Volunteers  are not willing to allow one of their own to wither away and become a loner. Teaming up they make big plans to use Evelyn's long forgotten talent to re renovate the iconic lamppost hearts. By doing so Evelyn will be forced to work closely with her Ex-husband's best friend Trevor Whitney. Although Trevor has came to her rescue and offered her a place of refuge; his uneasiness to be a...

Room For Hope by Kim Vogel Sawyer Neva Shilling has carried the most of the responsibility of raising her two kids, while her husband Warren travels to neighboring communities selling items from his wagon. She ran the mercantile all on her own, working her hardest to keep their business going in the midst of the Depression. Late one evening a wagon pulls up, rushing out to shower a warm welcome on her husband after his long trip; Neva and her kids are met with bad news. A deputy had come bearing the news that Warren and his wife had died and left behind three young children that he wanted to live with their "Aunt Neva".  Shocked by the news of her husband's death and betrayal of their marriage vows, Neva chooses to pick up the pieces of her life and continue her life without her husband. Knowing what it was like to live in an orphanage, she does not want these little ones to have to go thru the struggles she went thru growing up.  By taking her husbands ...

Annabel Lee by Mike Nappa Fourteen miles east of Peachtree, Alabama; a secret is hidden  from everyone. Stowed away in a deep underground military-style bunker, Annabel does not know why she has to stay hidden. All she knows is to not let anyone in except for her uncle and that the guard dog that is left with her to guard her.  Miles away in Atlanta Trudi Coffey, a private investigator is visited by a very interesting older man. This man who calls himself  Dr Smith knows about the secret hidden in Peachtree. Calling on the help of her ex-partner Samuel Hill, the two will have to join forces to unravel this mystery. This book is not a book I would read, when I started to read it the first paragraph turned me off. It takes alot to make me not want to read a book with crime, trauma and stuff like that. But this book turned me away at the first page. This book was received for free for a honest review by Revell. 

A Powerful Secret by Dr Kevin Leman and Jeff Nesbit As the middle child Sean Worthington has fought to find favor in his father's eyes all of his life. When his older brother su suddenly abandons the Senate race without a warning, Sean is faced with alot of questions with no answers to them. When things seem to be bad it turns worse for Sean, a powerful secret is revealed bringing everything crashing down around him. Not knowing where to turn, Sean does the only thing familiar to him; he goes off the grid.  When the Worthington family can not get a hold of Sean for a few days, they start getting concerned. As news comes to light that a man has jumped off  of a local bridge and the description matches Sean. As the days pass the family is filled with sorrow at the loss of a family member, until hope comes in the form of a pair of sneakers.  Will Sean find his way back into the fold and will the family be able to find closure for the pain in their ...