Ergebnis für "Lifer" in Geschwister

Parenting, teaching, or caring for children is messy, unpredictable, and often exhausting. There are tantrums over toys, endless reminders about chores, and classroom moments that make you feel more like a referee than a guide. And yet, in the middle of the chaos, there are also sparks of connection worth holding onto.

Life with Louie is a collection of coming-of-age stories about growing up with a brother who happens to have been born with Down syndrome. For the author, Mia Rotella-White, having a sibling with a disability never created hardship. The opposite is true. Growing up with Louie meant Mia’s days were full of disco balls, group hugs, fashion shows and dance parties. When adversity struck, and it did, the siblings reminded each other how ridiculous it was to think any tragedy could ever be bigger than their love.

This book is about one mom's journey in raising a child with special needs. Her daughter Lydia has Down syndrome. This is the story of their life together. Kerry Lynn Patton shares the blessings, trials, and what their family has learned by having Lydia in their lives. This is not meant to be a “How To” book for raising a child with special needs, but rather a book to encourage moms, dads, family, and friends. This delightful book is written in whimsical and heartfelt “snippets" for the listener to enjoy a little at a time or easily in one sitting.

It took less than four hours for Sarah Bailey and her younger brother Curtis to lose everything they knew. She lost her school, her mudpie stations, her church, her father, and her name. Everything they own is packed in garbage bags as they are moved to a new foster home. It’s supposed to be a safe haven for them, but as Sarah—now called Anna—learns, their so-called safety comes at a horrific price, as she is groomed and abused by her new foster mother.

This audiobook is dedicated to the "cool" aunts of the world. The aunts who step up in the world.

They say that raising a child is difficult. If you ask us, you have to be more specific. First, raising a baby and a child are two completely different things. From the moment your baby is born to when they reach an age they can follow what you are saying, the journey is not that difficult. The road that comes after that is treacherous filled with temper tantrums and unreasonable requests. Not to mention the imaginary friends and the blanket or stuffed toy they are not ready to let go of.

Meet Veronica, a woman who ran out to chase the life of her dreams. With new friends and family, she has left her poor and miserable life long back in the past, but couldn't leave her sister, April - her lifeline - back in the past. With April gone missing, Veronica is out on a wild hunt searching for her sister, pulling in old strings and finding every clue, while April fights her own little battles. Will the two sisters meet? Will April be able to fight her little battles alone? Will Veronica find her before it's too late?

A brilliant, genre-defying work—both memoir and epic poem—about the struggle for wisdom, grace, and ritual in the face of unspeakable loss “A bruised and brave love letter from a brother right here to a brother now gone . . . a soaring, unblinking gaze into the meaning of life itself...