Recently someone said to me, "I don't think they realize the responsibility they are taking on, teaching without professional training. If someone gets hurt on their watch from doing it wrong, it can be life…
I am not someone that enjoys focusing on the hard things in life. They are there. They exist. This is not a happy tale, but instead a sharing of how I have chosen to live.…
It is no secret that we have all been under stress lately. No, just me? Ok, well, this is awkward. If you have not experienced stress lately, pass by this post. I never realized that…
We all have troublemakers in our lives. But occasionally, even the best of us become a troublemaker. But why, you might ask? Sometimes it can be when something happens to stimulate us into action. …
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description Numbed by grief and harboring shameful secrets, Lt. Adler Paxton ships to England with the US 357th Fighter Group in 1943. Determined to become an ace pilot, Adler battles the…
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description The daughter of a Mohawk mother and French father in 1759 Montreal, Catherine Duval finds it is easier to remain neutral in a world that is tearing itself apart. Content…
It is cliche to be sure, but it is hard to even narrow it down to the top ten, so I decided to go with top twenty and then changed my mind and went back…
"I am at the end of my rope!" "I just can't do this anymore." "This isn't working for me." Statements. These are statements that while some of us might not say them aloud, we have…
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description After a revealing conversation with the first children of her age she’s ever met, curious eight-year-old Alice Chattoway realizes that one ought to have a father … and she doesn’t.…
"No More Quiet" A bumper sticker that our local library gives out, loudly proclaimed the message of change, but the carefully penned words underneath gave voice to the way some of the users felt about…
