Bøger af Kathy Mcclure

Some places capture the heart and the mind. This book is a close-up, personal story told in verse and pictures about the author's love affair with such a place - Santa Cruz a town on the beautiful California Central Coast.

My Mormon grandmother, Amoret Eliza Draper died when she was 28 leaving behind four small children. Her short journey took her from farm to city and from love to abandonment as she struggled to understand the changing landscape of her life. Through books & letters, poetry & gardens and the dark secret her father wouldn't share, Amoret discovers the meaning of sorrow and strength, betrayal and hope. In a time and place where women were voiceless, in her darkest hour of despair, she finds a journal and learns her father's secret and a way forward to redemption.

The 1960s was the time of Viet Nam and Woodstock, men walking on the moon and free love. It was a time of pulling away from old traditions and a foreshadowing of what was to come for women's rights. For girls in Utah the choices were few besides marriage and motherhood. The author lived in Salt Lake during that restless time. She dreamed of a college degree, an exciting career in Archaeology and most of all Billy, the high school boy who had captured her heart. But life and fate had different plans, taking her on a twisted and sometimes lonely detour, a journey of forced marriage, husband and children and eventually forbidden love. Along the way she realized that each place she lived, each house she inhabited, taught her something and each took something away. But amid her wandering she always strived for Maternal Love - a way to keep her children safe. She traded a university dormitory for a tiny, castaway house where, untried and inexperienced, she struggled to become a wife and a good mother. Then she moved to the edge; the edge of the desert, the edge of adulthood where she forged bonds with young friends but came face to face with the fragility of life and death's dark permanence. In the valley of the golden trees she discovered that beauty was deceiving and the people and creatures who lived there could be both noble and cruel. Through the struggle to hold on to what was hers, to keep her children safe, she fought those forces and in the effort found her strength and her voice. And finally, before her 30th birthday she came back to the beginning - back to the city where she was born and the view of the mountains she loved and her long ago dreams turned into violence.

As a mom of eight children, Bonni has learned from experience what not to do as a mom and a wife. Over time, she has found an easier way. Follow along as she shares countless mothering tips and secrets with you, to help you find an easier way in . . . discipline teachable moments potty training finding humor whining a better marriage trusting God and more . . . More resources can be found at www.mombyexample.com, where Bonni blogs, and www.frugallancaster.com, where Kathy blogs.

Fluffy belongs to the McNabbs who lives on the same block as Katrina. Katrina looks forward to coming outside to play with Fluffy all day long. He protects the community from any harm and danger. All the neighbors love him.Keep animals happy by playing, giving them plenty of water, feeding, walking them, and keeping up with their visits at the Veterinary (pet hospital).