Marti Eicholz
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"The Extended Hand" is the first-person story of how a sixty-plus year old woman came to the point of having to tell the man she loved that she had lost all of their worldly goods, without giving him a warning. Only in retrospect did she understand why she, the daughter of a charismatic fundamentalist preacher with a need to control his family, was driven to excel and perform perfectly. As an adult, she found it hard to love herself–when her first...
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An Angel with Secrets is a novel, dealing with human experience and imaginary characters.
When Mary takes the fall for her boyfriend Luke and goes to jail, she has no idea her fate is not the only one at stake. She's pregnant, and she gives birth to her daughter Angel behind bars, where Mary raises her for the first eighteen months of Angel's life, until Luke takes Angel from the prison. However, Angel quickly discovers that living with Luke and...
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Are you frustrated with the pace at which you live and despite the rapid pace, you don't seem to be getting any closer to your dreams? Do you exhibit any of these classic symptoms that indicate a life out of balance: anxiety, depression, irritability, insomnia, hopelessness, and even chronic physical ailments. Are you wishing to establish a healthy lifestyle that will last a lifetime? Then you are ready to hear the messages of the giant oak tree....
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'The Braiding of Diverse Lives' is a moving story that follows two very special girls. Mitsy is the daughter of a busy preacher and a distant mother. Angel is the daughter of lovers who are drug addicts. At the story's outset, Luke looks on as the culmination of Mitsy's lifelong dream, her refuge for homeless, abused, and orphaned children, goes up in flames. Luke recalls his relationship with Mitsy and these streets during his adolescence. Now, Mitsy...
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An educator from Indiana moves to California, a new culture, to start a new life. She soon finds she is ill-equipped for her new surroundings, but rises like a storm to overcome or conceal any deficiencies. She is arrogant and self-confident, becoming a high society lady hosting lavish events and outlandish parties. She and her husband travel world-wide. They have multiple homes. They care for their family. They entertain their friends. They give...
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This is the story of a child born into a conservative fundamentalist preacher's family in Indiana.
Her journey through thirty tumultuous years was:
*within the strict regulations of the church community
*within the confines of a love-starved home
*within an unbelievable marriage
During the journey, she:
*moved quickly through school, graduating and becoming a teacher at age 19
*became a leader in the educational community
*found the true love she...
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When Mary Turner entered the world, she was already her parents' least-favorite child. Filled with ambition but always seeming to be lacking some crucial skill, Mary left home immediately after graduating high school and set her sights on the endless horizon before her. Mary had had a difficult childhood; when she was young, her grandparents had died in a tragic accident that left the entire family—especially her father, Kenneth—shrouded in a...
8) The Dynamics of You and the Child: A Handbook for Parents and Caregivers of the Child, Big or Small
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'Every day as you guide and nourish, you have new chances to get things right, to sow seeds of love, acceptance, appreciation, encouragement and confidence.'
Although the parent-child relationship is perhaps the most obvious example of care giving, opportunities for this type of support and guidance abound in everyday life. By taking time to reflect and consider our own childhoods, we may become better equipped to understand and relate to others–especially...
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This book will help you find the secrets of your innermost self. Following a set of practical exercises you'll discover the actual traits that make you unique. Then you will evaluate those traits to decide if your profile represents your ideal self–the self you seek to be. Knowing Yourself...or Not explains; what makes you special. What makes you not so special? Why you act the way you do? How you like to be treated? What settings make you most...