Hanging on to Hope is a devotional written about Diane Meyer’s true life’s stories.It is for those who are about to give up during impossible circumstances or trials, for those who are tired of circumstances beyond their control and for those who are discouraged. Diane’s original poetry is intermingled throughout which makes this devotional stand out and even more effective.

This ebook is based on Diane's personal journey of healing and self re-discovery. Her dental and facial trauma began in 2004 and climaxed in 2012 with a 10 hour bilateral Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Replacement surgery.Diane leads you through a series of steps, the same steps that she followed in her journey to recovery and answers the important question… How did she get through it all.

Early on the morning of her eleventh birthday, on the beach beside her North Carolina home, Daria Cato receives an unbelievable gift from the sea: an abandoned newborn baby. When the infant's identity cannot be uncovered, she is adopted by Daria's loving family.Now, twenty years later, Shelly has grown into an unusual, ethereal young woman whom Daria continues to protect. But when Rory Taylor, a friend from Daria's childhood and now a television producer, returns at Shelly's reques...

Rising rays pierce fir and cedar shadows,illuminating diamond-dewed websstrung like laundry from fragile twig to twig.…Rivulets of yellow rippling downthe ever-greenèd slopes,and round each outcrop,burning bushes signalwe’re on holy ground.Molten glass reflecting rock and slopes of autumn glory,silent, still, ‘til broken by a dipping paddle stroke.And we, gliding through reflected glory,learn that heaven ...

Heartwarming Stories andEncouraging Research on VolunteerismExperience the Spirit of Joyful ServiceCapture the zeal for altruistic endeavors through lively, inspiring, true accounts and sound bites from over 60 highly-experienced, short-term, trip volunteers interviewed for an encouraging, doctoral study. Discover the documented outpouring of benefits and the overcoming of detractors obtained from humanitarian travel. Fascinating anecdotes illustrate the holistic ou...

Welcome to the first of three incredible volumes of haiku and senryu compiled by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis from Auroras & Blossoms.Feast your senses on a unique collection that is moving, thought-provoking, inspirational, hauntingly beautiful and deeply insightful.This anthology is a delightful showcase of superbly crafted poetry that is extremely easy to get into but handsomely rewards the reader with each subtle nuance and twist. It is like spending time with love...

August 18, 2020, marked the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1920, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee, awaiting the roll call of men who would cast their votes for or against a woman’s right to a voice in government.Though this movement won rights for some women—an achievement to be acknowledged and celebrated—the struggle did not end there. Due to states’ laws and prohibitive policies, ...

Eight-year-old Sophie Donohue just wanted to be like every other little girl. Which is why her mother, Janine, reluctantly agreed to let her go on the weekend camping trip with her Brownie troop. But when Janine arrives to pick up Sophie after the trip, her daughter is not with the others. Somehow, along the forested route from West Virginia, Sophie has disappeared.Sophie is no ordinary eight-year-old. She suffers from a rare disease, and Janine has recently enrolled her in an expe...

Her family's cottage on the New Jersey shore was a place of freedom and innocence for Julie Bauer—until her seventeen-year-old sister, Isabel, was murdered.It's been more than forty years since that August night, but Julie's memories of her sister's death still shape her world. Now someone from her past is raising questions about what really happened that night. About Julie's own complicity. About a devastating secret her mother kept from them all. About the person who went to pris...

Joelle D'Angelo's best friend, Mara, is left with brain damage after she suffers an aneurysm giving birth to her son. Alone and grieving, Joelle turns to the only other person who understands her pain: her colleague—and Mara's husband—Liam. What starts out as comfort between friends gradually becomes something more.Torn by guilt and the impossibility of her feelings for Liam, Joelle sets out determined to find help for Mara, no matter how unconventional the source. Her search leads...

Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the sisters' similarities end. As teenagers, they witnessed their parents' murder, but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from becoming another of the gunman's victims. The tragedy left Maya cautious and timid, settling for a sedate medical practice with her husband, Adam, while Rebecca became the risk taker.After a devastating hurricane hits the coast of North Carolina, Rebecca and Adam urge Maya to join them in t...

Molly Arnette is very good at keeping secrets. She and her husband live in San Diego, where they hope to soon adopt a baby. But the process terrifies her.As the questions and background checks come one after another, Molly worries that the truth she's kept hidden about her North Carolina childhood will rise to the surface and destroy not only her chance at adoption, but her marriage as well. She ran away from her family twenty years ago after a shocking event left her devastated an...