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Laurie and Matt Krieg are in a mixed-orientation marriage: Laurie is primarily attracted to women—and so is Matt. With vulnerability and wisdom, they tell the story of how they met and got married, the challenges and breakthroughs of their journey, and what they've learned about how marriage is meant to point us to the love and grace of Jesus.
Sachi is an unusual looking woman. 29 years of age and single, tattooed, solo traveler. She wanders away to places her heart craves for, in search of meaning or in search of nothing. She is about to hit 30 and comfortable with it. She is currently single, which wouldn't have been, besides a cruel stroke of fate. In an unusual place where she goes to travel, she meets a man many years older to her. This man makes her feel curious about his existence and his presence in the small town where he lives. He shouldn't be living there, going by the way he looks. But he is there. She wonders about his life. It is a quaint small town where people bond with each other for love. It hadn't been always so but events happened which gave the town its very essence. The people of the town now speak collectively a single language-the language of love. Unexpectedly, Sachi has an argument with the old man while still on the trip and that leads to a conversation with him that wouldn't have happened otherwise. He does something she would not expect and that irritates her. The man would come into her life again at some point in time.When the trip gets over and she gets back to her home town, she meets her mother, who has had a tough life. Many a time, she wishes that her mother's life wasn't as difficult but there was nothing she could do to help it. Her parents never really loved each other. They had an arranged marriage. People don't really love each other in arranged marriages, Sachi grows up to believe. In the office, she meets her friend and colleague Sapna who introduces her to someone new in the office. The new person seems familiar to her but she doesn't understand the reason behind the familiarity for a long time. They start working and things begin to happen. The man does something totally unexpected one day. It takes Sachi by surprise and she doesn't know what to do. Later, he apologizes to Sachi for the incident and confesses that he has started falling for her. Sachi dismisses his advances and tells him to back off. But, he persists. This is not a man who would give up on love so easily. He wants to know the reasons why Sachi isn't interested to have a conversation and he persists. Sachi doesn't want to talk about it. She has her reasons. She doesn't talk about it because she is scared of love. She is scared of what might happen if she would allow her vulnerabilities to get better of her, once again. She is scared of love not reaching its worthwhile end. It has happened to her before and she doesn't want it to happen to her again. She craves to be loved but she is also scared of the consequences. But, he persists. Raga is an unusually determined man. He is brave and he has his reasons. He belongs to a family where courage is a tradition. His parents did something during their lifetime which has become a landmark memory in his mind and he gets his life references from their lives. He doesn't believe in giving up on love, whatever be the consequences. Therefore, no matter what Sachi says, he doesn't give up on her. Sachi wonders, if this would be another impossible relationship, like her last one.
Mitch and Sonja's marriage faced challenges unlike most. Mitch fell in love with Sonja from their first meeting, but despite the passion between them, Sonja's harrowing struggle with bipolar disorder created roadblocks to their happily ever after. Written by the couple's own daughter, An Impossible Wife, is a raw, honest look at everything it takes to love a partner with a mental illness and proves that even friendly fire can draw blood. This true story crafts a compelling and heart-wrenching narrative about love, mental health, and the difficulties that emerge when the two are combined. An Impossible Wife takes an intimate and poignant look at a man fighting for his wife and marriage among the challenges and heartbreaks that go along with mental illness.
Defining the narcissistic/borderline couple as "individuals who, when they are together, form a shared couple myth that gives rise to many collective fantasies," Lachkar explicates the network that underlies this type of relationship and demonstrates how two theoretical constructs--self psychology and object relations--can be integrated to create an effective conjoint treatment of marital pathology. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A bit of magic, a sprinkling of adventure, and a whole lot of heart collide in All the Impossible Things, Lindsay Lackey's extraordinary middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs. "Wise and wondrous, this is truly a novel to cherish.” —Katherine Applegate, New York Times–bestselling author of Wishtree An Indies Introduce Selection Red’s inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby “Red” Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can’t figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red’s heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she’s quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother’s chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs.
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel
Gripping True Story of War and Romance, Hope and Miracles When the odds are impossible, love goes to work. In this thrilling true-life story, readers follow the path of friendship that grows into a romance that spans continents and survives devastating hardship. Craig Keener, a respected white scholar, was cautious after a broken relationship. Médine, a well-educated African woman, met Craig through a campus ministry and the two became friends. Long after they parted for their respective worlds, Craig realized his love for her and began the arduous--and often supernatural--journey to be reunited. Médine faced terror and disease as a refugee in the war-torn Congo; Craig did not know most days if she was alive or dead. Their tender story of love beating the odds inspires readers to believe that God's own great love for each of us will always overcome.
In A Couple After God’s Own Heart Interactive Workbook, Jim and Elizabeth George build on the content of their book, A Couple After God's Own Heart, to create a companion guide that leads husbands and wives through a fascinating study on God’s plan for marriage. Through a unique blend of Bible study material, questions for thought, and “What Can I Do Today?” applications, couples will grow a closer and deeper union as they... learn from the successes and failures of key couples in the Bible discover the essentials to a better marriage participate in discussions designed to stimulate communication with each other set and apply goals that help husbands and wives be all God designed them to be determine how to make the best of the strengths and weaknesses in their relationship This friendly and practical study offers life lessons from a variety of well-known couples in Scripture, and will equip spouses to experience more and more of the incredible bliss only God can bring into a marriage.
This perceptive new book looks at couples therapy from a unique point of view--that of couples who are themselves actively involved in therapy with couples. The authors are all engaged in both the process of their own coupling and of helping others move towards effective coupling, providing this volume with a balance and insight not found in many other works on the same subject. With couples working in therapy as teams, problems such as gender bias can be greatly reduced--the male and female points of view are represented by both patients and therapists. Chapters include the works of seven different couples, including well-known therapists Stephen and Carol Lankton, and emphasize stages in the process of intimacy and healthy coupling. Also included are important chapters on the use of Eriksonian therapy with couples, couples therapy in Jungian terms, and the awareness that the therapists themselves are as much a part of the therapy process as the clients. An exciting and innovative book, Couples on Coupling will be valuable to both beginning and more experienced mental health professionals who work with couples. Social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, pastoral counselors, and marriage and family counselors can all increase their effectiveness by reading this remarkable volume.
Every couple wants a happy relationship and a meaningful career but how do we balance both? In Couples that Work, Professor Jennifer Petriglieri shifts away from the language of sacrifice and trade-offs and focuses on how couples can successfully tackle the challenges they will face throughout their lives--together. The book explores key questions like: - Can you and your partner have equally important careers or must you prioritise one over the other? - How can you juggle children or family commitments without sacrificing your work? - Does every decision require compromise or can you find solutions that benefit you both? Identifying common triggers and traps, and presenting engaging exercises to help you avoid and overcome them, this book will help every couple design their own unique way to combine love and work at every stage of their journey. 'Hugely insightful. All couples must read this now' Susan David, author of Emotional Agility 'Managing one career is hard enough; two often seems impossible. In this book, Jennifer shares what she's learned about how couples can not only survive but thrive' Adam Grant, author of Originals