Grandma Kathy Has Cancer


Book Description

Cancer is a very frightening and mysterious disease from which children are often sheltered because parents are uncertain as to how to deal with it. This book draws upon real life episodes between a grandmother and her granddaughter to help children better understand what happens when family members are afflicted with cancer. The message it conveys is one of hope, love, and caring. Colleen Buckley resides in New Jersey with her husband. She has two married children and two grandchildren; she has been a nurse for over 25 years. Cancer is no stranger to Colleen, who has lost her father, her grandmother, and two of her sister-in-laws to this disease. Her husband, mother, and another sister-in-law are cancer survivors. Colleen's inspiration for this book has been her sister, Kathy's, ongoing fight with ovarian cancer. Colleen is currently working on a second children's book about cancer. Kim Sponaugle has illustrated "The Adventures of Beatrice" books and the "Anna Banana" and "Corey's Story" series for young readers. She resides in Salem County, NJ with her husband Jerry, son Josh and feisty little westie, Casey.




Lead Me, Guide Me


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Father Dan Begin spent thirty-five years ministering among those who lived in the poorest neighborhood in one of the poorest cities in America—Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of thirteen children, full of stories of growing up in the fifties and sixties in a hardscrabble household of thirty-seven people on Cleveland’s West Side. He was a white priest who was welcomed into the homes (and church communities and funeral homes) of African-American families, as well as those of celebrities and athletes. Father Dan was irreverent, articulate, and wise. When he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2016, at the age of sixty-seven, the meaning of his life and ministry came into sharp focus. “Watch me through this,” he told his family, friends, and parishioners. Just as he had always showed us how to live, at the end he showed us how to suffer and die with grace. In Lead Me, Guide Me, author Kathy Ewing describes the friendship she had with Father Dan and the profound effects his life had on her and hundreds of others by simply being an ordinary man who possessed extraordinary goodness and love.




The Middle Finger Project


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Fresh, funny, and fearless, The Middle Finger Project is a point-by-point primer on how to get unstuck, slay imposter syndrome, trust in your own worth and ability, and become a strong, capable, wonderful, weird, brilliant, ballsy, unfuckwithable YOU. "Don't worry, this isn't a book about God, nor is it a book about Ryan Gosling (second in command). But it is a book about authority and becoming your own." --Ash Ambirge After a string of dead-end jobs and a death in the family, Ash Ambirge was down to her last $26 and sleeping in a Kmart parking lot when she faced the truth: No one was coming to her rescue. It was up to her to appoint herself. That night led to what eventually became a six-figure freelance career as a sought-after marketing and copywriting consultant, all while sipping coffee from her front porch in Costa Rica. She then launched The Middle Finger Project, a blog and online course hub, which has provided tens of thousands of young "women who disobey" with the tools and mindset to give everyone else's expectations the finger and get on your own path to happiness, wealth, independence, and adventure. In her first book, Ash draws on her unconventional personal story to offer a fun, bracing, and occasionally potty-mouthed manifesto for the transformative power of radical self-reliance. Employing the signature wit and wordsmithing she's used to build an avid following, she offers paradigm-shifting advice along the lines of: • The best feeling in the world is knowing who you are and what you're capable of doing. • Life circumstances are not life sentences. If a Scranton girl who grew up in a trailer park can make it, so can you. • What you believe about yourself will either murder your chances or save your life. So why not believe something good? • You don't need a high-ranking job title to be authorized to contribute. You just need to contribute. • Be your own authority. Authority only works as long as you trust that someone smarter than you is making the rules. • The way you become a force is by being the most radically real version of yourself that you can be. • You only have 12 fucks a day to give, so use them wisely.




Life After


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LIFE AFTER A Life Story of Faith, Relationships...and a Few Lesser Things MARY JO HOFFMAN lived an extraordinary life not because of what she said, but because of who she was. Her words were like thunder because her life was like lightning. Life After tells her inspiring story of faith and courage. It begins on the rolling prairie of an Iowa farm, shifts through the corridors of power in Washington D.C. and ends with what Mary Jo called the Cancer Diet. But it doesnt really end there. As her husband, the author, writes "Mary Jo Hoffman was admired for her beauty and talent, but she was beloved for her faith and kindness." She left a legacy of faith and relationships, and her story continues to inspire all who read it. Life After is a story of faith, relationships...and a few lesser things. It inspires and enlightens with every turn of the page.




Our Pathways to Eternal Life


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Do you know that you can rewrite your life right now? Yes you can! It takes you by the hand from where you are to where you should be. It is not just a fantasy but a proven path that God can use to give us the lift we so greatly desire. You can turn your life around with the information that you find in this book which is packed with nuggets of information that will help you to live the life of your dreams both now and for eternity. You can open your world to deep mysteries that give answers to long standing issues of your life. Never forget that each encounter with destiny comes along for a reason that will both aid and comfort you. The first series on Preparing for Eternal Life, Our Pathways to Eternal Life is not just an answer to the questions you have in your life, especially when caring for your loved one, clients, friends or others who are experiencing suffering or end of life issues. It can also be applied to a vast array of issues and situations such as your marriage, your life, your finances, your family, your relationships, and other challenges. This journey will bring out the genius that makes all of us special. The book is based on the insight and experiences of the Author and has its roots in the Word of God. It comes to terms with the realities that one faces and offers options for a way out of each predicament. Our Pathways to Eternal Life is an excellent road map to begin this process. (Pastor Adam Bernal, Jubilee Christian Center, San Jose) Our Pathways to Eternal Life can bring help when struggling with end of life issues. (Pastor John Headley, GateWay City Church, San Jose)




Talking with My Treehouse Friends about Cancer


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This activity book, written by the founder of The Children's Treehouse Foundation, is designed to help children cope with the news that their parents or grandparents have cancer. The diary provides age-appropriate explanations and allows kids to express their feelings through drawing, coloring, pasting, and writing.




God Stories


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God Stories is filled with inspirational events that show how God can powerfully impact your life in the present moment. Through real life stories of answered prayers, Ron Coby points out that God’s ability to help us is limitless if we only have the faith to believe. God Stories will show you that God can not only communicate directly with us through His Word, but in our most desperate of times, God can create miracles, even instant miracles! The contents of God Stories is about God displaying His awesome power in unpredictable, and oftentimes, unimaginable ways. The divinely inspired events outlined in this book describe Ron’s exciting spiritual journey with God. God Stories is for anyone searching for a deep and meaningful relationship with God, and His Son, Jesus Christ. Ron’s conviction that Jesus listens to our prayers and responds to them in a direct and personal way will inspire you to take your relationship with God to an entirely new level of joy in your spiritual life.




When Women Were Birds


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In 54 chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams creates a lyrical and caring meditation of the mystery of her mother's journals in a book that keeps turning around the question, "What does it mean to have a voice?"




Grandma Tell Me a Story


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Most children love to hear stories, especially at bedtime. The favorite story of my two sons was told them by their father, over and over again, of which they never tired: HOW HE CAME OVER TO AMERICA FROM SCOTLAND ON A BIG BOAT. My purpose in writing this story now, of my voyage to Africa on a freighter, is that my grandchildren and great grandchildren might enjoy hearing of some of my experiences, which in the providence of God, have taken place in my life. Some statistics and a little information was acquired from the library before leaving for the various countries. This has been interwoven in my travelogue all of which was written on board ship.




Now What?


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All the information you need after mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery so that you can focus on what matters most: healing and staying well. Why am I so tired all the time? What about these drains? Should I worry about lymphedema? Your mastectomy (with or without reconstruction) doesnít end when you leave the operating room. In Now What?, Amy Curran Baker, an occupational therapist who has had a double mastectomy and direct to implant breast reconstruction, and her co-authors, two registered nurses, answer all of your post-surgery questions in this comprehensive and empowering guide. Now What? helps you: Consider your options and make the decisions that are best for you Deal with frozen shoulder syndrome, wound care, swollen lymph nodes, and other side effects of mastectomy Organize the nitty-gritty issues of wound management post-op care with helpful charts and logs Hear real stories from other breast cancer survivors who have had a mastectomy