Using her 10 years of psychology experience, Author Bree Allinson helps others through the constant challenges that arise when an overbearing and controlling mother-in-law is intimately involved in a couple's life. Without the use of intimidating "psychobabble" Allinson points out some common issues couple's face, as well as combining polls, personal interviews, and encouraging professional advice for those constantly at odds with their mother-in-law!

Using her 10 years of psychology experience, Author Bree Allinson helps others through the constant challenges that arise when an overbearing and controlling mother-in-law is intimately involved in a couple's life. Without the use of intimidating "psychobabble" Allinson points out some common issues couple's face, as well as combining polls, personal interviews, and encouraging professional advice for those constantly at odds with their mother-in-law!

Love Won’t Let Me Be Silent is a collection of writings, short stories, and poems, exploring the experiences and trials of parenthood from an African-American gay male perspective and sensitively chronicles Mason’s search for love and self-hood. These masterfully creative writings express candidly the views of countless gay African-Americans who are vibrant with the faith and energy of America's Black Church yet bristling with the pain and anger of America's racial and homophobic injustice. While many still speculate over whether Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would have supported gay rights, Mason boldly points out that it is absolutely inconceivable that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would endorse anything that smacks of discrimination and bigotry against any group since it is opposed to everything he believed in as a humanitarian and Civil Rights leader. Mason is an extraordinary poet who eloquently expands and redefines the traditional idea of the love poem in creative and ingenious ways. Each poem, story, and article is suffused with restoration, history, love, and ferocious courage! He also gives us an honest glimpse into the life of a young “Angel Mason” who experienced the pangs of growing up in a not-so-tolerant world as an African-American gay teen. America has barely smoothed its feathers, ruffled badly last year by the California Supreme Court’s initial decision to lift the ban on gay marriage, followed by a divisive election that reversed the decision and placed the matter again before the California Supreme Court for repeal. These chilling events led to an epiphany that compelled him to write Love Won’t Let Me Be Silent. These electrifying writings are destined to make him one of the foremost voices of the African-American gay experience. We have no doubt that the artistry and enduring vision that Mason demonstrates in this inspiring book will cause a revolutionary awakening in America and continue to influence our culture, reshape our thinking, and touch our hearts and lives for decades.

Love Won’t Let Me Be Silent is a collection of writings, short stories, and poems, exploring the experiences and trials of parenthood from an African-American gay male perspective and sensitively chronicles Mason’s search for love and self-hood. These masterfully creative writings express candidly the views of countless gay African-Americans who are vibrant with the faith and energy of America's Black Church yet bristling with the pain and anger of America's racial and homophobic injustice. While many still speculate over whether Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would have supported gay rights, Mason boldly points out that it is absolutely inconceivable that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would endorse anything that smacks of discrimination and bigotry against any group since it is opposed to everything he believed in as a humanitarian and Civil Rights leader. Mason is an extraordinary poet who eloquently expands and redefines the traditional idea of the love poem in creative and ingenious ways. Each poem, story, and article is suffused with restoration, history, love, and ferocious courage! He also gives us an honest glimpse into the life of a young “Angel Mason” who experienced the pangs of growing up in a not-so-tolerant world as an African-American gay teen. America has barely smoothed its feathers, ruffled badly last year by the California Supreme Court’s initial decision to lift the ban on gay marriage, followed by a divisive election that reversed the decision and placed the matter again before the California Supreme Court for repeal. These chilling events led to an epiphany that compelled him to write Love Won’t Let Me Be Silent. These electrifying writings are destined to make him one of the foremost voices of the African-American gay experience. We have no doubt that the artistry and enduring vision that Mason demonstrates in this inspiring book will cause a revolutionary awakening in America and continue to influence our culture, reshape our thinking, and touch our hearts and lives for decades.

Love Won’t Let Me Be Silent is a collection of writings, short stories, and poems, exploring the experiences and trials of parenthood from an African-American gay male perspective and sensitively chronicles Mason’s search for love and self-hood. These masterfully creative writings express candidly the views of countless gay African-Americans who are vibrant with the faith and energy of America's Black Church yet bristling with the pain and anger of America's racial and homophobic injustice. While many still speculate over whether Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would have supported gay rights, Mason boldly points out that it is absolutely inconceivable that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would endorse anything that smacks of discrimination and bigotry against any group since it is opposed to everything he believed in as a humanitarian and Civil Rights leader. Mason is an extraordinary poet who eloquently expands and redefines the traditional idea of the love poem in creative and ingenious ways. Each poem, story, and article is suffused with restoration, history, love, and ferocious courage! He also gives us an honest glimpse into the life of a young “Angel Mason” who experienced the pangs of growing up in a not-so-tolerant world as an African-American gay teen. America has barely smoothed its feathers, ruffled badly last year by the California Supreme Court’s initial decision to lift the ban on gay marriage, followed by a divisive election that reversed the decision and placed the matter again before the California Supreme Court for repeal. These chilling events led to an epiphany that compelled him to write Love Won’t Let Me Be Silent. These electrifying writings are destined to make him one of the foremost voices of the African-American gay experience. We have no doubt that the artistry and enduring vision that Mason demonstrates in this inspiring book will cause a revolutionary awakening in America and continue to influence our culture, reshape our thinking, and touch our hearts and lives for decades.

Shared Stories from Daughters of Alzheimer's is a support group in print for those escorting a loved one on the Alzheimer's journey.

Nine women map the passage of a parent through Alzheimer's disease, describing the evolution of their own emotional responses to the disease and the changes it effects in the patient and in her relationship with family members. The book invites the reader to take a first step in healing from Alzheimer's ripple effect by beginning to journal about the experience.

"Use the stories here as tools to understand your own painful situation. Employ them to help you empower yourself, sort through your emotions and begin to heal. Seize upon that which makes sense to you and disregard that which seems irrelevant. Then, pick up your favorite pen and notebook and 'talk' about what is going on in your journey with Alzheimer's disease. We wish you well."
-Persis Granger, Editor, Shared Stories from Daughters of Alzheimer's

"An enthralling, ambitious and much-needed effort...most definitely the sort of work on Alzheimer's that needs to get public notice."
-Karla Morales, People's Medical Society

Shared Stories from Daughters of Alzheimer's is a support group in print for those escorting a loved one on the Alzheimer's journey.

Nine women map the passage of a parent through Alzheimer's disease, describing the evolution of their own emotional responses to the disease and the changes it effects in the patient and in her relationship with family members. The book invites the reader to take a first step in healing from Alzheimer's ripple effect by beginning to journal about the experience.

"Use the stories here as tools to understand your own painful situation. Employ them to help you empower yourself, sort through your emotions and begin to heal. Seize upon that which makes sense to you and disregard that which seems irrelevant. Then, pick up your favorite pen and notebook and 'talk' about what is going on in your journey with Alzheimer's disease. We wish you well."
-Persis Granger, Editor, Shared Stories from Daughters of Alzheimer's

"An enthralling, ambitious and much-needed effort...most definitely the sort of work on Alzheimer's that needs to get public notice."
-Karla Morales, People's Medical Society

Is there life with your kids once you’ve raised them? In this groundbreaking book, a best-selling author and psychologist (and the mother of grown children, too) shows you how to keep your family together for a lifetime. Dr. Spock didn’t tell you about Postparenthood, but Jane Adams does—in this wise, warm, witty, commonsense guide to creating a close, loving relationship with your grown children.

You raised your kids to be independent, strong, and think for themselves. So once they’re grown, why is it so hard to let them do it? Jane Adams interviewed over a hundred mothers and fathers of young adults to learn how they’ve created closer, more authentic relationships with their kids than they had with their own parents. She offers practical wisdom about how to keep families together even when distance tugs at the ties that bind. Sensible tips on holding them close to your hearts while getting them out of your house. Good advice about helping them start their careers. And first-hand strategies on getting along with their mates, giving or lending them money, offering or asking advice, being a great grandparent, coming to terms with their lifestyles, and preparing both generations for the future.

Is there life with your kids once you’ve raised them? In this groundbreaking book, a best-selling author and psychologist (and the mother of grown children, too) shows you how to keep your family together for a lifetime. Dr. Spock didn’t tell you about Postparenthood, but Jane Adams does—in this wise, warm, witty, commonsense guide to creating a close, loving relationship with your grown children.

You raised your kids to be independent, strong, and think for themselves. So once they’re grown, why is it so hard to let them do it? Jane Adams interviewed over a hundred mothers and fathers of young adults to learn how they’ve created closer, more authentic relationships with their kids than they had with their own parents. She offers practical wisdom about how to keep families together even when distance tugs at the ties that bind. Sensible tips on holding them close to your hearts while getting them out of your house. Good advice about helping them start their careers. And first-hand strategies on getting along with their mates, giving or lending them money, offering or asking advice, being a great grandparent, coming to terms with their lifestyles, and preparing both generations for the future.

Life journey can take us to many places. Walter traveled many paths in his life. He made good and bad choices. His bad choices led to bad consequences. Your life is what you choose it to be. Walter had goals in life. However, his bad choices scattered his dreams. Although, he had constantly said, “One day my mom will be proud of me.” He exhibited faith and determination. Walter was given a second chance in life. If you have made mistakes in life and given a second chance, take advantage of it. Pressing towards your goals in life will help you achieve your dreams.

Son ”I” got your back. Is about a father who in raising his kids try to instill in his family that in growing up they are going to face some challenges in life from, teenagers to adulthood. And when in doubt never let the thought of fear being embarrassed cloud there judgment as to what’s right and what’s wrong mixed up with what can save your life. Keahnard experience a situation most teens try to avoid in HIGH SCHOOL. Keahnards father goes to great links and even endures embarrassment to make a point. And that is when all has failed and friends have turn the other shoulder “SON I GOT YOUR BACK.”

Son ”I” got your back. Is about a father who in raising his kids try to instill in his family that in growing up they are going to face some challenges in life from, teenagers to adulthood. And when in doubt never let the thought of fear being embarrassed cloud there judgment as to what’s right and what’s wrong mixed up with what can save your life. Keahnard experience a situation most teens try to avoid in HIGH SCHOOL. Keahnards father goes to great links and even endures embarrassment to make a point. And that is when all has failed and friends have turn the other shoulder “SON I GOT YOUR BACK.”

Marilyn McCullough has had two husbands, five children, two stepchildren, six dogs, three cats, and two goldfish. In this memoir, she provides a humorous look at all aspects of her life—from the everyday trials and tribulations of family, friends, relationships, and aging to the not-so-ordinary topics of toe fungus, flatulence, gargling, and moth killing. In this, her second published book, McCullough has gathered articles previously published in an Illinois newspaper and has combined them with reflections about events both current and past. In addition to her uncanny and often comedic essays on at life, she has included a collection of short stories geared toward children. Through the stories, observations, and experiences presented in One Brick Loose—Not Missing, But Who Cares? McCullough communicates her life’s philosophy—live life with a certain amount of gusto, enjoy the good, and accept the bad.

Marilyn McCullough has had two husbands, five children, two stepchildren, six dogs, three cats, and two goldfish. In this memoir, she provides a humorous look at all aspects of her life—from the everyday trials and tribulations of family, friends, relationships, and aging to the not-so-ordinary topics of toe fungus, flatulence, gargling, and moth killing. In this, her second published book, McCullough has gathered articles previously published in an Illinois newspaper and has combined them with reflections about events both current and past. In addition to her uncanny and often comedic essays on at life, she has included a collection of short stories geared toward children. Through the stories, observations, and experiences presented in One Brick Loose—Not Missing, But Who Cares? McCullough communicates her life’s philosophy—live life with a certain amount of gusto, enjoy the good, and accept the bad.

Marilyn McCullough has had two husbands, five children, two stepchildren, six dogs, three cats, and two goldfish. In this memoir, she provides a humorous look at all aspects of her life—from the everyday trials and tribulations of family, friends, relationships, and aging to the not-so-ordinary topics of toe fungus, flatulence, gargling, and moth killing. In this, her second published book, McCullough has gathered articles previously published in an Illinois newspaper and has combined them with reflections about events both current and past. In addition to her uncanny and often comedic essays on at life, she has included a collection of short stories geared toward children. Through the stories, observations, and experiences presented in One Brick Loose—Not Missing, But Who Cares? McCullough communicates her life’s philosophy—live life with a certain amount of gusto, enjoy the good, and accept the bad.