Frank Carlson Library

Shalita O'Neale embraces the little girl inside, Muffin, to help others navigate through their healing journey; regardless of the type of trauma suffered. Through childhood and early adulthood, Muffin endures abuse, false perceptions, losses, and more that stripped away the security of self-awareness. Through this story and guide, the reader will nestle up to Muffin and learn how to recover their pure selves, develop healthy coping mechanisms, spiritual...

Amelia: young, naive, in love. Geoff: charming, narcissistic, intelligent. In a decidedly European affair, a young couple consummates a courtship destined for differences. The resultant pregnancy provides a haunting yet charming backdrop for the challenges of love and its often unwanted decisions. In the first person and in a creative journal style, author Abigail Calkin explores three choices that Amelia can make-give birth, give the baby up for...

What does a typical three-year-old think about and feel? What can you anticipate from your five-year-old about to begin school? What does it mean that your eight-year-old seems to lie regularly? Your Child takes you step-by-step through the developmental milestones of childhood, discussing specific questions and concerns and examining more troublesome problems. From choosing your baby's doctor to dealing with steep problems, from helping a child...

Al crecer, no creían que tendrían un futuro. Juntos, están construyendo un futuro para siempre. Alexis Black perseveró durante la muerte de su madre y el encarcelamiento de su padre. Y tras escapar de una relación larga y abusiva, la joven universitaria les prometió a sus padres adoptivos que no saldría con nadie durante al menos un año. Pero cuando se encuentra con un estudiante de primer año durante el primer día de su programa de becas,...

Open-Eyed Adoption presents a compassionate look at uncovering the mysteries of the adoptive parent/adoptee relationship. Open-Eyed Adoption is written for the purpose of supplying a resource for those who have adopted children as well as those who are considering the possibility of doing so. Often adoptive parents are ill-prepared and uninformed as to the unique challenges that raising adopted children presents. For instance, the earlier a parent...

An orphan, abandoned and alone. A family, comfortable and secure. A shaky step of faith. An unprecedented complication. A heartbreaking separation. An unyielding quest. A love story that is every Christian's story. Bringing Lucy Home shares the compelling drama of one family's relentless pursuit to bring hope into the life of an orphaned baby girl. In itself, this account would merely duplicate the narratives of other adoptive families. However, Jennifer...

This is the emotional story of a woman's struggle to acknowledge her origins. Grace, a Native girl adopted by a White family, is asked by her birth sister to return to the Reserve for their mother's funeral. Afraid of opening old wounds, Grace must find a place where the culture of her past can feed the truth of her present.

The complexity of Surrogacy is arguably made even more so by the very nature of it being a decision many families reach due to the greatest of emotional challenges. There are so many opportunities for things to go wrong, but also the greatest of happy outcomes for so many families too. As a specialist surrogacy lawyer and a surrogate in 2018, Sarah Jefford has observed many surrogacy teams both flourish and struggle, and that has led to this very...

Vous qui aimez les poètes, haïssez-les !Ce titre, ne vous dit-il rien? Ne vous rappelle-t-il pas les cris d'espoir noyés dans le désespoir? Dans ce livre, l'Auteur voit les maux s'affecter. Le jour au jour, ils s'empirent. Il n'y peut rien. Pourtant, il peut faire quelque chose. L'Auteur songeait à faire ce qu'il pouvait, mais il n'a pu rien. Les yeux levés vers le ciel, il ne pouvait que prier. Il se confiait et passait tous ses jours à contempler...

Running from her past, Blue finds herself crashing right back into it in this exciting and emotional finale to the Vox Oculis trilogy. Vox oculis ability allows Blue and Will to delve into the hidden thoughts behind people's words and emotions, but what happens when that insight leads them astray? Blue's unexpected encounter with Babineau's bodyguard causes her to disappear in the belief that it is the best path to protect herself, her friends, and...