Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. IV, No. 4) November 2012 Recovering The Self is a quarterly journal which explores the themes of recovery and healing through the lenses of poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fiction, humor, art, media reviews and psychoeducation. Contributors to RTS Journal come from around the globe to deliver unique perspectives you won't find anywhere else! The theme of Volume IV, Number 4 is "Animals and Healing". Inside, we explore physical, spiritual, and mental aspects of this and several other areas of concern including: Equine Assisted Therapies Animal Totems Encounters with wild animals Pets rescuing owners Benefits of animal companions for chronic illness Wisdom of nature Animal communication Stories of cats, dogs, rabbits, goats... ... and much more! This issue's contributors include: David J. Roberts, Eva Schlesinger, Sam Vaknin, Nora Trujillo, Candace Czernicki, Kimberly J. Brown, Valerie Benko, Bernie Siegel, Bonnie Spence, Soleil Sky Cosko, Trisha Faye Pamela J. Lee, Craig Kyzar, Telaina Eriksen, Natalie Jeanne Champagne, Ghenrietta Gordon, Ernest Dempsey, Joan Haywood Heleine, Sweta Srivastava Vikram, Patricia Wellingham-Jones and others. "I highly recommend a subscription to this journal, Recovering the Self, for professionals who are in the counseling profession or who deal with crisis situations. Readers involved with the healing process will also really enjoy this journal and feel inspired to continue on. The topics covered in the first journal alone, will motivate you to continue reading books on the subject matter presented. Guaranteed." --Paige Lovitt for Reader Views Visit us online at www.RecoveringSelf.com Published by Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com

Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. IV, No. 4) - Animals and Healing

Parenting & Relationships

SIEGEL, BERNIE

Faye, Trisha

Family Relationships

Loving Healing Pr

Mothers of Angels 2 is the second anthology that pays tribute to a few (of the far too many) children that have left our lives much too early. The stories were written by mothers, fathers, grandparents and friends – trying in one small way to tell the tales about the beloved children and keep their memories alive for just a bit longer.We're members of a club that none of us asked to join. The membership dues are steep – they require the loss of a child. And unfortunately, there’s just too many of us in this organization. Ask any of us and we'd tell you that we'd give anything in our power to take our child back and resign, gladly forfeiting our membership. Alas, being powerless to have this greatest wish granted, we do what’s second best. We keep living, we keep loving – despite our pain and sorrow. Some days are bleak and filled with tears, and on other days we put one foot in front of the other on our journey towards finding a new normal. Along the way we find some joy, tinged with sadness, as we revel in any chance to share our story and keep our child’s memory alive. In Mothers of Angels 2, over twenty authors share their tributes to children who no longer walk this earth. They’re gone too soon – whether they never drew a breath in our arms, never learned to walk, never finished school, or never lived long enough to grow into old age. Being your child doesn’t come with an expiration date. Once they’re grown, driving, and having children of their own, they’re still our babies and we still grieve losing them to death.In our grief and despair, we’ve also learned to lend a welcoming embrace to others as they enter our ranks. We share, we offer shoulders in consolation and share our resources as we step forward and help others learn to live and love again. Come join us as we share our children with you, honoring their memories in whatever way we can. If you’re a member of this growing group too, we hope you find some words of solace amidst the pages.In Finding Your Voice Telling Your Stories Carol LaChapelle writes, “…people die twice: when they physically die, and when we stop telling stories about them.” This anthology is our effort to keep the memories alive as a solace since we couldn’t keep them here with us in life.

Mothers of Angels 2: Living and Loving after the Death of a Child

Independently published

We're members of a club that none of us asked to join. The membership dues are steep - they require the loss of a child. And unfortunately, there's just too many of us in this organization. Ask any of us and we'd tell you that we'd give anything in our power to take our child back and resign, gladly forfeiting our membership. Alas, being powerless to have this greatest wish granted, we do what's second best. We keep living, we keep loving - despite our pain and sorrow. Some days are bleak and filled with tears, and on other days we put one foot in front of the other on our journey towards finding a new normal.Along the way we find some joy, tinged with sadness, as we revel in any chance to share our story and keep our child's memory alive. In Mothers of Angels, over twenty mothers, a father, aunts, and grandmothers rallied together to tell the tale of children gone too soon. Some were miscarriages or early births, and the child never drew a breath or walked this earth. Others were young and the carefree days of bicycle riding, skateboarding, and just being a kid were their final days, never getting the chance to find out about getting old. Others were grown. Their driver's licenses said they were adults, but they were still our children. Being a child doesn't come with an expiration date. They're still our babies and we still grieve losing them to death.In our grief and despair, we've also learned to lend a welcoming embrace to others as they enter our ranks. We share, we offer shoulders in consolation, and share our resources as we step forward and help others learn to live and love again.Come join us as we share our children with you, honoring their memories in whatever way we can. And if you're a member of this growing group too, we hope you find some words of solace amidst the pages.

Mothers of Angels: Living and Loving after the Death of a Child

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Where did most of us learn to cook? From our mothers – who learned from their mothers. Grandma Jones is the matriarch in our family that passed down her traditions of simple, yet tasty, down home cooking. In Grandma Jones’ Kitchen, family favorite recipes are shared – many from Grandma Jones and a lot from other family members too. Some recipes date back to the 30’s and 40’s. Others are treasured recipes gathered over more recent years. Included here are almost 70 recipes including: • Copper Pennies • ‘More’ • Marshmallow Delight • Aunt Melba’s Lemon Cake • One Egg Cake • Pear Honey …and more! We can’t share our hillbilly heritage without talking about moonshine and how a moonshine legacy started this whole branch of the family. Papa Goss and his little side business from the holler in Arkansas is the magic ingredient that got Bea and Casey together – and the prodigious numbers of offspring are grateful for that. Cooking on a wood stove…that’s how Grandma learned to cook. That’s her stove that’s on the cover. Also included is Hazel’s Spice of Life - a Vintage Daze Short Story. If you like old time cooking, or reading family memories, you’ll enjoy this tribute to Beatrice Jones (1917-2003), the Grandma Jones we all love and miss.

Grandma Jones' Kitchen: Old Time Cooking and a Hillbilly Legacy

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

In Celebration of Sisters rejoices in the dynamics of sisters of all phases: sisters that have had a falling out and been reunited, sisters from another mother, sisters we have lost too soon, and even loving thoughts from brothers about their sisters. Overall, whether the sisters don't see eye-to-eye, whether they were born from another mother, or whether they're the best of friends, the message is as Isadora James claims - sisters are the golden thread to the meaning of life. Come take a peek as over forty authors share their stories of sisterhood in essays, reflections, and poetry. On some you'll laugh. On some you'll cry. But on all your heart will feel the warmth and love as you read the tales of sisters.

In Celebration of Sisters