Family Work

Set sail to new adventures and escapes with eight best-selling authors in the exciting new Sail Away series! Single and over sixty... Those are the only boxes Jennifer Golden needs to check to be eligible for a ticket on the Silver Sails cruise line. She's taken a few solo trips with women her age, and she knows how to pack what she needs for a 2-week vacation in a single carry-on. She's never done a cruise quite this long or quite this nice, but with her daughter now moved out of the house she's been renting from Jennifer for a decade, a son who's stopped talking to her, and the man she's ...

Strong Hands, Stronger Faith A novel inspired by a true story of quiet obedience and lasting impact. Elias Creed Thatcher was never one to seek the spotlight. From the moment of his birth—just after midnight in a quiet Oregon hospital—he carried with him a calmness that would define his life. Born into a ministry family and raised in a home rooted in faith, Elias grew up as the quiet shadow to his older brother’s boldness. He watched. He learned. And though his presence was rarely loud, it was always steady. As he grew, Elias chose a life of humble labor and spiritual devotion. He ...

With 10 children, Debbie Bowen quickly learned the advantages of actively involving all the kids in the family's daily routines. Delegation has been a key part of the Bowen family's efforts to maintain an organized, happy home and a key to their success. In this delightful book, she explains the formulas and techniques she's discovered, and she explains that work truly provides wonderful opportunities for raising responsible kids.

Every missionary matters to our heavenly father. After becoming ill with a life-threatening parasite and being sent home after serving for only six months, Kristen Danner Reber has experienced firsthand the struggles that come with being released from a mission early. Perfect for returned missionaries, their family, and their leaders, this audiobook will help you navigate through the mixed emotions of an early release for any reason and press forward with faith.

Each of these areas are a part of our daily life in some way, yet we so often fail to see them as holy, sacred, and considered worship by God. Make Good Tables will help you to see that all of life is sacred, holy, and full of God's goodness, beauty, and love.

Navy veteran Mike Schindler, Founder and CEO of Operation Military Family, tells the stories of our returning heroes so that we might gain a true understanding of life for returning vets and their families. While addressing some of the hardships of returning vets, Schindler also reveals another side of America's heroes - the side that celebrates the triumphs and hirable qualities offered by our veterans.

Do you want harmony in your life with minimal drama? Would you like to take comfort in the guidance of the word of God? Do you want to achieve balance and maintain healthy relationships? Boundaries are such an essential part of having healthy relationships with those around you and staying in control of your life. They reduce disagreements and establish internal harmony within yourself and your relationships. Be guided by this book that uses the word of God to help you understand how to set effective boundaries over several aspects of your life.

Would you like to know how to calm your toddler with minimal stress and transform yourself into a happy parent? Unlike other guides on baby care, this step-by-step guide shows you the way to ease your baby's stress and prepare you for motherhood. Ultimately helping you and your baby live in joy, it will help you to strengthen the natural parent-child bond. In just a few minutes from now, you can begin to ease into parenthood and go on a journey with your loved ones to become a smiling happy parent.

Never before have working parents had so many demands on their time. Overworked. Overstressed. Under-resourced. The weight of it all can steal your joy, complicate your family and friendships, and even impact your mental and physical health. But help is here for working parents. In Maintaining Work-Life Balance: An Essential Guide for Busy Parents, the author, a parent to four and a hardworking nurse gives real-world insight into the signs and symptoms of stress and offers strategies and solutions in easy-to-digest chapters.

Mixing personal history, interviewee voices, and academic theory from the fields of care work, the sociology of work, medical sociology, and nursing, Taking Care of Our Own introduces us to the hidden world of family caregivers. By taking a multidimensional approach, Sherry N. Mong seeks to understand and analyze the types of skilled work that family caregivers do, the processes through which they learn and negotiate these new skills, and the meanings that both caregivers and nurses attach to their care work.

Jo said good-bye to peace and quiet when she got pregnant at 19, but now she has a chance to hit refresh. A partner she loves, five amazing kids and a house by the sea. But life is never simple and there is more than a little emotional baggage coming along for the ride. Starting with that t--t of an ex-husband who doesn't pull his weight. Then there's the untrained puppy, the work/life balance, a custody battle for the children and all the everyday ups and downs and chaos of being a patchwork family.

It’s Take Your Kids to Work Day at school, but Harold and Martha Spyder are spies. They can’t take their three kids to work with them—it's too dangerous! That would be bad parenting! But maybe this year they could make an exception and take Gracey, Curt, and Thaddeus on a spy mission for the day. After all, what could possibly go wrong?

Después de Somos la leche, Destete y Mucha teta, llega Lactancia y trabajo. ¿Cómo volver sin morir en el intento? En este manual, más necesario que nunca, Alba Padró no solo ofrece recursos, testimonios y toda la información posible para que puedas bregar con la vuelta al trabajo, sino que demuestra lo difícil, cuando no imposible, de la conciliación familiar. Porque, además de tener que demostrar que sigues siendo la misma en el trabajo, tú, mamá, te enfrentas a dudas, preguntas y miedos.

Clementine sammelt Omas und Opas wie andere Leute Briefmarken. Sie hat schon einen ganzen Sack voll davon. Das kommt daher, dass Mama und Papa sich getrennt und neue Freundinnen und Freunde gehabt hatten. Mine - so wird sie meistens genannt - hat inzwischen viel mehr Omas und Opas als alle anderen Kinder, die sie kennt. Und sie darf sie besuchen, wann immer sie will. Das ist lustig, für Abwechslung ist gesorgt. Mine rollt Knödel mit Opa Knödel. Sie macht Klimmzüge mit Opa Klimmzug.

A wounded Marine returns to Hawthorne Harbor years after the woman he was married to for exactly one week before she got an annulment...and then a baby nine months later. Can Hunter and Alice make a family out of past heartache? Hunter Magleby hasn't been back to Hawthorne Harbor in nine years. His parents have moved from the small beach town, but Hunter feels called to return to his roots after a career-ending injury overseas. He limps, literally, back into town, some unfinished business between him and the wife he left all those years ago. Alice Kopp got an annulment only a week into the ...

Talking to your teenager shouldn't be hard, but sometimes it's the most difficult thing in the world. Healthy, open, non-judgemental conversations with young people can be - literally - life-saving. From minor matters (tidiness, homework, sleep) to big and important ones (relationships, mental ill health, drugs and alcohol), teenagers and their parents often struggle to talk to each other. A well-timed conversation, a listening ear, a non-judgemental and receptive attitude - all these can make an enormous and lasting impact on how safely and happily a teenager navigates this crucial stage.

Do you want to stop the arguments with your kids in only seven days? I, like you, want to be the best parent possible. But it’s difficult isn’t it? It’s difficult to remain calm when there’s mess and toys everywhere. Or when your child takes the car but you need it. Have you ever suddenly found yourself in conflict? Conflict with your child. The one with whom you have unconditional love. The one for whom you would sacrifice everything. Were you shouting? Well, maybe not shouting, but once again maybe you were not who you wanted to be.

Zahara compone un relato a dos voces sobre la conciliación romántica y profesional de una generación en la que está mal visto enamorarse, en la que el trabajo es la prioridad y el desapego familiar la norma. Una sociedad en la que mantener una relación es tan difícil como sostener en pie un castillo de naipes.

A Work of Heart: Connecting with Kids in a Chaotic World is an emotional - and necessary - book for adults who guide our most valuable resource: our children. Each chapter of this pause-resister builds with momentum to motivate parents, teachers, coaches, scout leaders, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, and anyone who interacts with youth to model the book’s concept of real-time mentorship. Simply stated, real-time mentoring is the immediate gift of guidance and support for those in need of a positive and trusted role model.

Ambition Redefined is a timely alternative to current women's business books that define professional ambition and success as climbing the corporate ladder. In fact, this is not a path that all women want or should feel pressured to follow. Sollmann's focus is on the more critical and widespread workplace issue for everyday women - to always work in a way that fits their lives alongside their two major caregiving roles: for children and aging parents.