Healing Ever After


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Healing Ever After: Grieving Your Way Back to Life is a book about grieving in healthy, authentic, and creative ways that lead to a lifestyle of healing after the death of your loved one. Following the death of her six month old son, Cullin's Mama, author Ginny Limer, turned her pain into passion by writing about grieving and healing, encouraging grievers like you to grieve to live, live to grieve, and find your own version of healing somewhere along the way. Healing Ever After was written for those who want to combat the paralyzing triggers of grief with intention and action, in their own way; bereaved moms and dads, mourning daughters and sons, grieving grandchildren and grandparents, siblings, widows, hurting lovers and angst-filled friends. This book is dedicated to grievers everywhere who have taken two or three steps backwards for every step forward yet continue to find ways to dance with life, even in grief. You have survived a nightmare, but you can still dream. Within the pages of Healing Ever After: Grieving Your Way Back to Life you will find: - Three parts, each expanded upon within seven chapters - Reminders that the person in control of your healing is you and you have the tools within you to heal ever after - Each chapter has reflections, connections, and actions - Ideas and activities to add to your grieving and healing repertoires - Encouraging quotes, truth-filled thoughts, and inspirational ideas - Steps to help you rediscover your passions and purpose despite the pain You can grieve so hard that you forget you are living. Have you ever lived so hard that you forget you are grieving?




Healing Ever After


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Ten years into a marriage with her high school sweetheart, author Kristie Addair Guard admitted the “happily ever after” just wasn’t, and it didn’t show any signs of getting there. However hard she tried, the lies she’d been given in childhood held a tight grip. She remained enthralled to those fears—being unwanted, unloved, abandoned, and unimportant. In a last-ditch effort, she walked away in search of healing and happiness on her own, but instead she met Jesus, the one who would deliver her from those fears. She learned that God is always at work in hearts. Through his word, through therapists, through time, and always through his loving, tender, kind presence, he brought Kristie first to her own healing, and then to a marriage that wasn’t what she dreamed of, but one that was exactly the best for her. Healing Ever After shares her story, a story of heartbreak, of healing, and of redemption. It’s a story of Jesus making beauty from ashes—his favorite kind of artistry, and available to you, too, wherever you are.




Rewriting My Happily Ever After


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An uplifting story of gratitude and forgiveness that describes life after divorce and serves as proof that it is possible to rewrite your own happily-ever-after despite unexpected detours.




The Ever After


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“Writing with rawness and realism, Pekkanen doesn’t hold back…Fans of Liane Moriarty and Anne Tyler will appreciate the story’s depth.” —Booklist “In her signature conversational style, Pekkanen uncovers the truth behind the lies as Josie comes to grips with reality vs. the mirage of her marriage.” —Library Journal (starred review) In this intricate and enthralling domestic drama, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Affair, the internationally bestselling author of the “gossipy page-turner” (Glamour) The Perfect Neighbors goes deep into a marriage in crisis, peeling back layers of secrets to discover where the relationship veered off course—and whether it is worth saving. Josie and Frank Moore are happy…at least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous, and sometimes Josie wonders how she became a harried fortysomething mother rather than the driven career woman she once was. But Frank is a phenomenal father, he’s handsome and charismatic, and he still looks at his wife like she’s the beautiful woman he married more than a decade ago. Josie isn’t just happy—she’s lucky. Until one Saturday morning when Josie borrows her husband’s phone to make a quick call—and sees nine words that shatter her world. Now Josie feels as if she is standing at the edge of a sharp precipice. As she looks back at pivotal moments in the relationship she believed would last forever, she is also plunging ahead, surprising everyone (especially herself) with how far she will go to uncover the extent of her husband’s devastating secret. With her “conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters” (The Washington Post) bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen paints a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a marriage before and during a crisis—and of a woman who fears that the biggest secret of all may be the one she’s hiding from herself.




Before the Ever After


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WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed, and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies. Now in paperback. For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that--but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past?




Happy Ever After


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Imagine lifelong happiness, the sort of happiness that's so rock solid it's not affected by the events going on around you. If that sort of happiness has slipped through your fingers in the past, you're in the right place. Join Christine Bradstreet as she guides you through healing your life and unlocking the secrets to growing genuine, lifelong happiness. As you read Happy Ever After, expect to grow the type of happiness that's felt out of reach for you until now. If you already consider yourself a somewhat happy person, expect to move on to deeper and more permanent happiness with this book. As you read the book and go through its steps, you'll spark a flame beneath your inner happiness. It's the happiness that resides within you, even if you don't feel it today, and even if you've never felt it before. Like fog lifting, your true happiness is going to re-emerge. Dr. Bradstreet will guide you to set a strong foundation for personal growth. You'll learn to see yourself and others differently as you expand your understanding of your true spiritual nature. You'll resolve and heal your past. You'll uncover the reasons behind your unhappiness and the things that aren't working in your life. And, you'll learn to recognize the thoughts, habits, and beliefs that have been sabotaging your happiness until now. There are universal divine principles of happiness, and you'll learn to put them to use in your life. Finally, use the section of actionable happiness hacks to awaken your happiness each day. Also available is this book's companion journal, Hold This Thought, by Christine Bradstreet.




When Happily Ever After Shatters


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With abandonment and adultery, there is no five-step plan for survival, but there can be hope and healing. Birdseye will help readers learn to honor God when there is no hope of restoration, glorify God during a divorce, and walk children gracefully through the crisis as a single parent.




Healing After Loss


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The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss. Daily reflections to find solace in our own lives, and comfort in the connection of sharing these meditations with countless others. After the focus on planning and outpouring of love from family and friends in the immediate aftermath following the loss of a loved one, we are left to enter a new version of our lives where someone important is missing. For days, months, years, the pain of the loss can crash in all at once. It is tempting to push that wave of grief back and soldier on with our new lives, but the loss will never lose its controlling power if we don’t find the courage and love to face it. Meditating on the loss, along with the rush of love that comes with it, gives us a chance to rejoice in the life that was shared, and to look forward in which memories of our loved ones continue to bless us. The short, poignant meditations given here follow the course of the year, but it is not a necessity to follow them chronologically. They will strengthen, inspire, and give comfort for as long as they are needed.




Ever After


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Jude Deveraux’s eagerly awaited third novel in her blockbuster Nantucket Brides trilogy continues the spellbinding saga of the Montgomery-Taggerts, set on an island steeped in beauty and unforgettable romance. Life is anything but perfect for Hallie Hartley, a young physical therapist who has given up nearly everything—even her love life—for her beautiful blonde stepsister, Shelly. Though Shelly’s acting career has never taken off, she has certainly perfected the crocodile tears to get what she wants—which all too often means Hallie’s boyfriends. When Hallie arrives home early from work one fateful day, she makes two startling discoveries that will turn her life upside down: Not only has a mysterious relative left Hallie a house on Nantucket, but Shelly has been trying to steal it. Desperate to put her troubles behind her, Hallie impulsively flies to Nantucket. New trouble, however, has already settled into Hallie’s guest room in the form of her newest client. Hallie is told that wealthy, young James Taggert has injured his leg in a skiing accident. Assuming that the devastatingly handsome man has led a charmed life, Hallie is surprised by Jamie at every turn throughout his recovery. His attentions draw her out of her shell—but he has a dark secret, and is tormented by nightmares that only her presence can keep at bay. She suspects there’s more to his injury than he’s letting on. On this gorgeous island rich in history, magic is everywhere, even in Hallie’s own backyard. As Jamie’s relatives arrive for a wedding gala, something wonderfully unusual is in the air. There’s an aura of romance—enhanced by a pair of matchmaking ghosts and a colorful island legend. In their own little corner of the world, Jamie and Hallie unravel the timeless secrets of their own hearts, and a very special story of True Love destined to last forever after. Praise for Ever After “Wondrous . . . a lovely tale of love, healing and hope.”—Fresh Fiction “A sweet, idyllic love story . . . a romance in the most classic sense.”—RT Book Reviews “Filled with family, friends, ghosts and the magic of love, Ever After is sure to please longtime fans of Deveraux, as well as new readers.”—BookPage “[A] sexy, lighthearted romp.”—Kirkus Reviews “Thoroughly enjoyable.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)




Healing for Damaged Emotions


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Events in our lives, both good and bad, form rings in us like the rings in a tree. Each ring records memories that affect our feelings, our relationships, and our thoughts about God. In this classic work, David Seamands encourages us to live compassionately with ourselves as we allow the Holy Spirit to heal our past. As he helps us name hurdles in our lives—such as guilt, poor self-worth, and perfectionism—he shows us how we can find freedom from our pain and enjoy the abundant life God wants for us.