Brave is the New Beautiful: Finding the Courage to be the Real You is a book that, to me, gives a new look at what truly is beautiful. So many of us are focused on thinking that beauty is defined by expensive clothes, jewelry, trips to the nail and hair salons, staying thin and looking gorgeous on the outside. This book looks beyond the appearance into the beauty that is within everyone--waiting to be tapped and shared. Author Lee Wolfe Blum has beautifully chronicled stories in this book from ...
Review of Yours Sincerely Giraffe
I delight in fun books for my kids. Yours Sincerely, Giraffe, was one of those. Author Megumi Iwasa has done a wonderful job integrating words that are intelligent yet speak to a child's mind. Reading along to my three-year-old son was very engaging, and even at his age, he could understand what was going on in the story. My son was taken in by the storyline so much that he wanted to "read" it to me as well. He built on the giraffe's story, using the pictures to guide him. It was a very ...
The Love of a Grandparent – My Memories
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. ~ Proverbs 17:6 I have been blessed to have grown up with all of my grandparents. It wasn't until in recent years that things changed. My grandparents lived really close to me growing up, and that was a blessing. I was able to see them frequently most of the time. When I moved away to go to college, I remember feeling really homesick for everyone. I missed borrowing books from Mamaw, I missed seeing what ...
