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A Journey of Self-Healing After Grief and Loss

Self-Help, Grief & Loss

Date Published: April 20, 2022

Publisher: Westbow Press

Have you ever thought that you were alone in your struggle to have children? Maybe you have gone through a season of depression and anxiety, feeling alone and isolated, needing support. It is time to talk about the truth and the struggle to overcome grief, sadness, and disappointments in our lives.

Nothing makes us grow more than allowing our old ways to die and burying the emotional baggage that we hold on to: the past and the pain. We want to own it because we know nothing else. It is familiar, despite the messiness. We carry these hard-hearted matters like heroes carrying a victorious flag. To declare to you that the tangled narrative of my life will bring healing to your life is certain. You choose to partner alongside me because you wish to heal, and this is the initial step. Someone once declared, trust no one who does not walk with a limp. Don't trust someone who hasn't experienced a storm. Today, as I write these words, I walk with a physical lean, as I am recovering from two knee surgeries. These fractured parts of my knee, my meniscus, gravely damaged that it had to be removed, were the first of many ailments. My ACL ligament, the one that had to be sewn back together with a hamstring graft, is the source of my limp. Wandering around with this limp has humbled me, only the Father knows. I own this truth of being broken and sewn back together. More significantly, the divine surgeon has healed my past.

About the Author

Morene S. Lim is a wife, the home-educating mom to two boys, educator, and encourager. Morene loves taking afternoon walks, salsa dancing with her husband, and playing with her kids, believing that there are infinite gifts each day to be thankful for.

 

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Book Review: All the Pretty Lies by M. Leighton

New Adult Romance

Date Published: 11/11/2013

“Live, no regrets”

Her…
Sloane Locke has led a sheltered life. However, with a history like hers, she can understand why her brothers and her father want so much to protect her. She has gone along with it for twenty long years, but those days are over. For the girl who never makes promises, Sloane has made a pact with herself that things will change on her twenty-first birthday. So when the clock strikes midnight, Sloane strikes out to spread her wings and break a few rules.

Him…
In addition to inking skin, Hemi Spencer possesses many talents. Controlling himself has never been one of them. It’s never had to be. He’s lived a life of indulgence for as long as he can remember. Right up until tragedy struck. Now, he’s nothing but controlled. He’s a man on a mission, one who will let nothing and no one stand in his way.

Them…
Nothing in their lives could’ve prepared Sloane and Hemi for what they’d find in each other—distraction and obsession, love and possession. But the one thing they can’t find is a future. Neither one has been totally honest. And they’ll soon learn that the devil is in the details. In the details and in the lies.
How far will two people go to live in the now when the now is all they’ve got?

My Rating: 4 *'s

My Review:

Okay wow, this book will knock your socks off. I absolutely adored Hemi and everything about him. At times his she's too good for me, I'm not going to go there attitude really got on my nerves, but I understood it. 

This is really a emotional story for Sloane. She lost her mother at such a young age and has been sheltered by her father and brothers, who are all police officers of course. This was really about her spreading her wings and becoming her own person. Her journey of self-discovery is really at the forefront of this novel and it overshadows everything for me making it super emotional. 

Now the romance, that comes in a close 2nd. ; ) Hemi and Sloane have an undeniable connection and while it is a slow building relationship, it is a believable one. 

Surprises... this novel definitely has them. Both main characters have secerets and when they come out it hits you hard. 

Book Review: Sweet Home by Tillie Cole

New Adult Romance

Date Published: 10/13/2013

At age twenty, Molly Shakespeare knows a lot.

She knows Descartes and Kant.

She knows academia and Oxford.

She knows that the people who love you leave you.

She knows how to be alone. 

But when Molly leaves England's grey skies behind to start a new life at the University of Alabama, she finds that she has a lot to learn — she didn't know a summer could be so hot, she didn't know students could be so intimidating, and she certainly didn't know just how much the folks of Alabama love their football.

When a chance encounter with notorious star quarterback, Romeo Prince, leaves her unable to think of anything but his chocolate-brown eyes, dirty-blond hair and perfect physique, Molly soon realises that her quiet, solitary life is about to dramatically change forever...

Mature New Adult novel — contains adult content, highly sexual situations and mature topics. Suited for ages 18 and up*

My Rating - 4 *'s

My Review:

Wow, this one was so not what I was expecting. With the whole Romeo and Juliet comparison, I was thinking this would be something I just wasn't in the mood to read, but I'm glad I gave it a shot. 

Molly and Rome are soooo different, but there is some unknown force that calls them to each other. I think it was great that while they have an instant connection, it wasn't insta-love. You could feel Molly's heartbreak every time she thought Rome wasn't interested, yet you could feel his interest plain as day. 

This story really has an underlying theme that is great for the genre. College age is a time where everyone is trying to figure out who they are and who they want to be and Rome's family life and eventual realization that he needs to take a stand really appeals to this age group. Do what makes you happy, not what's going to make someone else happy. 

This is a well written, sweet New Adult Novel. I really enjoyed it!