Author: Sarah-Jane Cavilry
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312818654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The true story of a mother's journey toward her dream: adopting a child with Down syndrome.
Expanding the Rainbow: My Road to Adopting a Baby with Down Syndrome
Author: Sarah-Jane Cavilry
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312818654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The true story of a mother's journey toward her dream: adopting a child with Down syndrome.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312818654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The true story of a mother's journey toward her dream: adopting a child with Down syndrome.
An Uncomplicated Life
Author: Paul Daugherty
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062359967
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A father’s exhilarating and funny love letter to his daughter with Down syndrome whose vibrant and infectious approach to life has something to teach all of us about how we can better live our own. Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day they brought her home from the hospital, her parents, Paul and Kerry, were flooded with worry and uncertainty, but also overwhelming love, which they channeled to “the job of building the better Jillian.” While their daughter had special needs, they refused to allow her to grow up needy—“Expect, Don’t Accept” became their mantra. Little did they know how ready Jillian was to meet their challenge. Paul tells stories from Jillian’s mischievous childhood and moves to her early adulthood, tracing her journey to find happiness and purpose in her adult life, sharing endearing anecdotes as well as stories about her inspiring triumphs. Having graduated from high school and college, Jillian now works to support herself, and has met the love of her life and her husband-to-be, Ryan. In An Uncomplicated Life, the parent learns as much about life from the child as the child does from the parent. Through her unmitigated love for others, her sparkling charisma, and her boundless capacity for joy, Jillian has inspired those around her to live better and more fully. The day Jillian was born, Paul says, was the last bad day. As he lovingly writes, “Jillian is a soul map of our best intentions”—a model of grace, boundless joy, and love for all of us.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062359967
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A father’s exhilarating and funny love letter to his daughter with Down syndrome whose vibrant and infectious approach to life has something to teach all of us about how we can better live our own. Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day they brought her home from the hospital, her parents, Paul and Kerry, were flooded with worry and uncertainty, but also overwhelming love, which they channeled to “the job of building the better Jillian.” While their daughter had special needs, they refused to allow her to grow up needy—“Expect, Don’t Accept” became their mantra. Little did they know how ready Jillian was to meet their challenge. Paul tells stories from Jillian’s mischievous childhood and moves to her early adulthood, tracing her journey to find happiness and purpose in her adult life, sharing endearing anecdotes as well as stories about her inspiring triumphs. Having graduated from high school and college, Jillian now works to support herself, and has met the love of her life and her husband-to-be, Ryan. In An Uncomplicated Life, the parent learns as much about life from the child as the child does from the parent. Through her unmitigated love for others, her sparkling charisma, and her boundless capacity for joy, Jillian has inspired those around her to live better and more fully. The day Jillian was born, Paul says, was the last bad day. As he lovingly writes, “Jillian is a soul map of our best intentions”—a model of grace, boundless joy, and love for all of us.
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
Author: Jana Wolff
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836221862
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
While books about adoption proliferate, none of them addresses the subject of open and interracial adoption like Jana Wolff's personal and frank account does in [i]Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother[/i]. Often irreverent, always insightful, surprisingly funny and stunningly honest, [i]Secret Thoughts[/i] tells it like it is: How it feels for a woman to look nothing like her child and to know the woman who does. This fiercely honest and funny book answers questions no one dares to ask: What if I don't like the child I get? Will she want the baby back? If this is the happiest day of my life, why am I so sad? Am I too white for a kid this black? Chapter titles include: "The Myth of Bliss," Friendly Racism," "Meeting Your Child's Mother," and "Adopted Poop Doesn't Smell Any Different."
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836221862
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
While books about adoption proliferate, none of them addresses the subject of open and interracial adoption like Jana Wolff's personal and frank account does in [i]Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother[/i]. Often irreverent, always insightful, surprisingly funny and stunningly honest, [i]Secret Thoughts[/i] tells it like it is: How it feels for a woman to look nothing like her child and to know the woman who does. This fiercely honest and funny book answers questions no one dares to ask: What if I don't like the child I get? Will she want the baby back? If this is the happiest day of my life, why am I so sad? Am I too white for a kid this black? Chapter titles include: "The Myth of Bliss," Friendly Racism," "Meeting Your Child's Mother," and "Adopted Poop Doesn't Smell Any Different."
Everything You Ever Wanted
Author: Jillian Lauren
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142181633
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A Best Memoir of 2015, “This memoir is compulsively readable and full of humor and heart.”—AdoptiveFamilies.com “A punk rock Scheherazade” (Margaret Cho) shares the zigzagging path that took her from harem member to PTA member… In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei’s harem, an experience she immortalized in in her bestselling memoir, SOME GIRLS. In her thirties, Jillian's most radical act was learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian child with special needs. After Jillian loses a close friend to drugs, she herself is saved by her fierce, bold love for her son as she fights to make him—and herself—feel safe and at home in the world. Exploring complex ideas of identity and reinvention, Everything You Ever Wanted is a must-read for everyone, especially every mother, who has ever hoped for a second act in life.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142181633
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A Best Memoir of 2015, “This memoir is compulsively readable and full of humor and heart.”—AdoptiveFamilies.com “A punk rock Scheherazade” (Margaret Cho) shares the zigzagging path that took her from harem member to PTA member… In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei’s harem, an experience she immortalized in in her bestselling memoir, SOME GIRLS. In her thirties, Jillian's most radical act was learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian child with special needs. After Jillian loses a close friend to drugs, she herself is saved by her fierce, bold love for her son as she fights to make him—and herself—feel safe and at home in the world. Exploring complex ideas of identity and reinvention, Everything You Ever Wanted is a must-read for everyone, especially every mother, who has ever hoped for a second act in life.
The Family Nobody Wanted
Author: Christopher Sergel
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583421192
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Playbook.
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583421192
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Playbook.
Red in the Flower Bed
Author: Andrea Nepa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981461991
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A tiny poppy seed is dropped on to dry ground where it will not be able to grow. Carried by the wind to a flourishing garden, in due time it thrives, sprouts, and grows into a beautiful red blossom, completing a rainbow of floral colors. A lovely analogy of interracial adoption.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981461991
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A tiny poppy seed is dropped on to dry ground where it will not be able to grow. Carried by the wind to a flourishing garden, in due time it thrives, sprouts, and grows into a beautiful red blossom, completing a rainbow of floral colors. A lovely analogy of interracial adoption.
The Christian Life
Author:
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Category : Unitarianism
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
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Category : Unitarianism
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
English Mechanic and World of Science
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Sketches of Representative Women of New England
Author: Julia Ward Howe
Publisher:
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Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Cultivator & Country Gentleman
Author:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
The farm, the garden, the fireside.
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
The farm, the garden, the fireside.