Abigail's Gift to Baby Jesus is about a young girl's experience as she met baby Jesus and shared her God‐given musical talent as a special gift, just from her, to baby Jesus.
If you know me, you know about my love of the critters that come visit me almost every day.
Of course, I am closest to my sweet friend, "Little squirrel" that visits me every night at 5:00pm for his peanuts. The minute he hears me shake the peanut bag he knows it is "din din" time and all but trips over his own little paws to get to the tree where I place the peanuts on a concrete block that sits at the bottom of his tree! He loves watching me as much as I enjoy watching him!
I also have 2 feral cats; a little gray kitten and a big ole' long haired black cat with a white chest that looks very handsome and formal in his "tuxedo" when he comes to eat each day. He always looks like he is bored with life when he looks at me with his large deep set orange eyes.
Little gray kitten just loves picking on him too! These two are so funny! They always keep me amused.
Oh! I have the cutest bunny ever that hops through my side yard every day (especially when we plant our garden!). My bunny is so adorable! He looks just like a precious brown and white Easter Bunny!
And I can't forget my redheaded woodpecker. He is HUGE! He is either up in a tree pecking on the bark, or working on the tree stump in our side yard; helping us take it to the ground. He is a handy fellow to have around!
With this being said, the sweet little characters in my book are written after real ones that visit me each day in my yard. They make my front porch my happy place!
I hope you enjoy reading "OH My Little Squirrel" and following my Little squirrel's adventures as much as I enjoyed writing about them!
Prisons in our country are dark places that can either transform a person into a monster or even a healer of the hurt and damaged, who live behind the high walls topped with razor wire and gun towers.
It has been many years since I underwent my own personal transformation. It was a time when I often struggled finding workshops, or even materials to help me turn my life around. I made myself a promise to find some way to help others holding on to hope, not to struggle to find what they needed to make change happen in their own lives in the best way I could. Prison life can suck the hope from your soul if you let it.
See, a long 38 years ago, I made a choice that was not only wrong, but also cost a person his life unnecessarily, and me the last 38 years of my own life locked away in a California prison. I live with this shame and regret every day, committed to being a better person, worthy of redemption.
I was looking at life in prison, and I knew I could not continue to life a life of chaos, even though I lived in an environment full of chaos. Something had to change. It started with me.
I watched many in prison struggle with their own process of changing, just as I had. Education gave rise to a field of knowledge that helped me understand how and why we make the choices we make. I wanted to reach out to the many that ask themselves this very question; "why do I make the choices I make?"
In prison it is well understood that hurt people hurt others, while healed people heal others. I owe a debt that can never be repaid in full, yet. I know I must try. I owe this to those whose lives I have impacted by my past choices. Everyday, I do what I can to make a positive impact in the lives of others, whether through teach, writing books and designing programs, or simple conversation. It is no longer about me. It is about others who may be struggling in their journey through life.
I found that when we have no understanding of our place in the world, or meaning in life, we struggle. We make faulty choices and we can make some mistakes in life's journey that are very costly. Understanding Choice Theory can help us find some answers we need to turn it all around.
I felt it was important to have a body of knowledge available to help all those who struggle in their own search for answers; another tool in your cognitive tool box to help you make your transformational process a reality, so that you can live your best possible life regardless of your situation.
Take a moment and learn a little about how we can find that; "meaning in life's journey," while putting "Choice Theory" to work in our own life.
You do not have to struggle to meet your needs in life. However, you do have to understand that your choices have consequences and affect more than just you.
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We live in times of great question and unrest. Societies around the world are asking themselves; "what is the meaning of my existence in life?" and "what choices do I have in my current journey through life?"
While we struggle to satisfy those questions in a meaningful way, we are pressed with some hardcore challenges filled with chaotic messaging on what the future holds.
We can only control how we choose to respond to any given situation by the attitude we take in life. Choice theory gives us a look into how we make the choices we make. If you want better outcomes in your life, understanding the Dynamics of Choice Theory can help you be your best possible self.
But who knows, you may have been put in a place for such a time as this."
-Esther 4:14
Have you ever wondered why we have to suffer? It has been said that life isn't always a walk through a rose garden. But at times, a grueling stroll through the storms of life leave some devastated and others constantly jumped over hurdles while striving for the finished line.
This book, a culmination of years of personal self-reflections of actions, emotions, motives, and regrets is how the author responded when she felt an exhilarating mountain top experience, only to be thrown off the cliff to a strenuous dark valley encounter. God represents unconditional love and never tempt us, but He does allow trials and tribulations to take place in our life to help shape and mold us into the person He intended us to be.
For Such a Time As This will open our eyes to Satan's tactics, encourage you through personal life storms, and remind us of the importance of continuing to have faith, give praises, offer up prayers and trust God, the author and finisher of our life.
