Résultats lu par "Lynn Benson" dans Développement personnel, relations et parentalité

Interconnected in the 21st century, the first edition of Conversations in Communication is a series of publications which started as a project during my graduate studies at the University of Hartford's School of Communication. The goal of the series is to tackle major themes in the field of communication and offer new perspectives on each theme. This collection of essays examines corporate communication, branding strategies, cultural communication, strategic communication, and emerging social media systems.

Bad news travels fast, even more so today. The families heard about the crash almost immediately...even though it happened almost 1,000 miles away. The surviving families were devastated. The public and this writer wondered just one question: "Why?"

This story is so short, to tell anything about it would be to give away the ending....

A compelling true story, The Bastard Child is the autobiography of the founder of NAVA FUND, Leroy Allen, born and raised in the Chery Hill section of South Baltimore. Growing up on the streets and in a culture of survival, his lifestyle was extremely dysfunctional and included lots of adversity. Loved by a mother and fiercely protected only she lacked skills and resources to support the family.

All older people want to do... is feel alive again. Sometimes, it takes an angel. Welcome to an eighteen year old one. A friend of mine.

Come along and catch a glimpse into a world you rarely see. Perhaps you've seen a hint of it out of the corner of your eye...but it's better to ignore it. Isn't it? In this instance, it all starts out under a Magnolia Tree...And ends where?

The stranger came over to where I stood. I wish he hadn't. He told me a story. And now I tell you....

"I lost a big battle this morning. The battle was whether to stay in bed and take it easy all day or tell you about Bill Klase and Jack Swift. It is the Summer of 1972 and I am with two of the most wonderful guys I have ever met. It is Florida, St. Petersburg, a beautiful, sunny day. I am at Bill Klase's house and Jack Swift is there. We are standing next to Jack's shiny new sports car, and Bill is smiling, and I am smiling, and Jack Swift is smiling. All is well and wonderful in the world for that one moment...."

Have you ever known someone briefly...then they were taken away suddenly? It's not like a family member. It's different. But still leaves you hurting.

A 12-year-old is depressed. He is confined to his wheelchair for a lifetime. He wants another gun. He has 10 already. What do you do? And.... It's Christmas. You love your three-year-old more than anything else in this world. Would you buy him or her...a real gun? One family did.

Following his near-death experience, one simple shift in awareness tripled David Neagle's wages - his annual income then became his monthly income.... The Millions Within documents David's journey from high-school dropout to multi-millionaire entrepreneur. And, while David's rise to financial freedom began as a dockworker, his dedication to learning and applying the universal laws were at work behind his unlikely success.

What do you do when you see children whose lives are so bad it breaks your heart? One woman took a risk. What she saw was none of her business. But to love...was her business. From the author of a Top-100 Free eBook for Kindle, "Killing of Train-Man Brown" and "The Christmas Mirror: Santa's Last Letter to a Wonderful Child" (number-one in two categories in both the US and UK).

From the author of a Top 100 Free for Kindle Story "The Killing of Train-Man Brown" comes As An Angel Might Sleep: Never Turn Away.

A lost love story...brought together again in a beautiful snow....

From the author of Slow Foreplay On a Fast Bus comes All The Heart's Fault. There is a knock on the door. It is the silence of the night. You come awake slowly. The knock won't go away. You realize it is time again. Death is at the door once more. Also by the same author, The Killing of Train-Man Brown and Send Me a Friend and many, many more short stories.

Jezebel "Jessie" Bizzard has a big problem. Her father. She will be alone with him for three days. Will she survive?

From the author of a top 100 Free for Kindle eStory "The Killing of Train-Man Brown" and "Then Her Wig Fell Off" and "Send Me a Friend", "Slow Foreplay on a Fast Bus", and many, many other stories comes... "Carabella: Beautiful Face of My Father - My Mental Breakdown on I-65 South." A short memoir of a family that must have been out of their minds to do what they did - be completely spontaneous for one brief moment in their lives... describing the adventure it took them on... And the memory it created that lives on in one son's heart.

Have you ever done anything incredibly stupid? But someone comes along and with an incredible act of kindness...and without judging you...helps set your world right again? Meet "The Bread Man". He is not what he seems.... And what he does will surprise and inspire you...and give you hope...that no matter how bad a situation you get yourself into...someone cares.And that someone...just might be a perfect stranger.

"Let the Dog Drive" reached number one in the Free Category "Dogs" in Germany, and number four in the same category in the US., January 7, 2012. Thanks to all who made that possible - wb. Nine months is a long time. Even love forgets. From the Author of "The Killing of Train-Man Brown", "Send Me a Friend", and "Then Her Wig Fell Off", comes..."Let The Dog Drive", a very short story. But one that will tug on your heart.

What you are about to listen to is part of an unpublished novel, based on the absolute worst time of my life: The Winter of 1988-89. It was such a bad time, so many bad things happened all at once, that I am very surprised that I did not kill myself, or someone else. I seriously thought about doing both. As God only knows if I will ever finish the whole novel, I wanted to share at least part of it, this part, with the world. What you are about to read is true. I was so bad off I was seeing and talking to "Jesus" at the time.

This short article that you are about to read has become, without my intending it to be, the most controversial thing I have ever written. It is about a bus trip I took to the Gulf of Mexico, sponsored by my kid's school - with about fifty pre-teens and first-year teenagers on board - as well as three or four parents and teachers... who all made the mistake of sitting in the front of the bus, where they were blind to what was going on behind them. I was the only one who sat in the back, and who had a clear view ahead of everything that was happening.....