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Walnut Street Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"55 and Counting gently but pointedly looks deeper and wider at the many parts of life that will be affected by retirement: Identity (who am I now?). Sharing the house and days on end with a now-present spouse. Discovering new purpose. Finding true community. Deciding where to live. Exploring family stories and history to dispel any clouds or mysteries. Preparing for losses. This book is a guide for Pre-Retirement, adjusting and putting things right...
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The average age of the people living in the Morning Glory condominium is sixty-two. Together in the well-used recreation room, watching movies, playing cards, holding an art show, or a wake, these seniors are, finally, 'really' living.
Mary is busy with her daughter and pregnant granddaughter, while Alice desperately wants more time with her family. Phil and Helen's affair is discovered, Paul and Sandra agree to become friends with benefits and Lise...
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Eileen weaves 18 non-fiction and fictional stories that bring generations together in friendship, fun, love and sometimes sadness. There is the pain of a parent's early death, a caring relationship between a nurse and a young hospital patient and then fun and games on a Manhattan street. She creates a montage of fictional stories showing love lost, an advertising executive longing for another life, a distraught homeless woman begging on the streets,...
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Blood Is Thicker Than Water is a modern take on the age-old dilemma faced by many heroes and heroines throughout the ages-when faced with the life-and-death choice of family you're born to versus family you choose, what's your decision? Lisa is a happily married African American woman whose dysfunctional family creates constant upheaval, which culminates in their pressure on her to save the life of her drug-addicted brother instead of her loving husband...
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Aging is part of God's plan, says author Missy Buchanan-and it's a gift, not punishment. Buchanan reminds us that aging is a matter of perspective-if we fix our eyes on negative images of growing old, we will miss the treasures right before us. But when we focus on God, we will discover an abiding joy that comes only with a long life. Aging Faithfully is divided into four weekly themes: Accepting the Challenges of Aging, Finding God's Purpose in Aging,...
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Pivotal events in Clarissa P. Green's childhood altered the trajectory of her family relationships, personal life and career. Within the course of one year, her youngest sister passed away within seven months of her birth, and both her father and grandmother suffered near-fatal heart-attacks. In the 1950s, silence was considered an appropriate response to tragedy. Green writes, "my parents believed the right way to handle misfortune was to 'turn the...
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Every year, millions of Americans transfer their finances to their children or other family members because they reach a point at which they can no longer manage them alone. For those who are about to start managing the finances of their parents, it is important to know exactly how to protect their assets, manage their taxes, and live up to their wishes. This book has been written to do just that, providing a comprehensive walkthrough of what you...
8) Now and Then
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items about self, childhood, travels, 2 marriages; famous people and current retirement and widowhood.
9) MayaDan
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About 1200 B.C., a gentle warrior's soul was born. Follow Mayadan (my-a-dan) from boyhood to beyond the grave. He, his sister, mother and father are a family full of love and beauty.
Their lives were changed when tragedy, death and a quest for survival became reality. He moves from boy, to leader, to father, to peacekeeper, as he traverses through jungles, barren land and rivers to another land where he finds his love and a new home.
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Richard L. Morgan has carved a niche as a bestselling author and an authority on older adult ministries and concerns. Now, he chronicles his own transition to a retirement community. Morgan speaks frankly about the losses and realities as he approached his own not-yet-frail "fourth quarter" (after age 75). Drawing from his journals of those sometimes-agonizing months, he takes us through his decision to move to a long-term facility and the first year...
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A young child tries to understand why her grandparents are becoming forgetful. She wants to know why her friends' aunt will be moving into an assisted living facility. She's determined to help her grandparents any way she can to keep them from moving into an assisted living facility but learns to understand is not as bad as she thought.
12) Empty Nest
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Empty Nest was created because I never understood what an "empty nest" really meant. After a long awaited thirty years, I finally had my firsthand experience.
Empty nest? Or was it not? I finally found the answer for me and wanted to share my experience with you.
I hope you find this book to be helpful as you begin your own journey through an empty nest.
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Did I Kill My Brother is the story of Jeff Bell's experiences he wishes to share with as many as possible. He went through great trials with his older brother, Rod, being an invalid from a jobsite accident and from diabetes. It was heartbreaking for Jeff that he couldn't do more for Rod who had done so much for him in his life. Jeff takes you through the final situation of Rod's life leading to his death. Because of Rod's condition, Jeff decided to...
14) Paradise for Men
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Have you noticed that your sweet little son has become rebellious and impossible to manage?
Is it becoming increasingly difficult to reach an agreement and every misunderstanding turns into a fight?
Don't be scared, your son is becoming a Teenager.
Like any parent, you find it hard to accept that your little baby is growing so fast. Until a few years ago you were able to keep him under control and he was the most obedient child in the world.
But...
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So you thought you'd never have to live with Mom again? Think again. As the population ages, elderly parents everywhere are moving in with their children and changing everything. Making room physically, emotionally, and financially for an elderly parent can push families to their limits. This book helps family members deal with the far-reaching implications such a move can have on every aspect of a family's life. Written by an acclaimed expert and...
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Deutsch
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In diesem Buch hatten wir versucht, die verschiedenen besten Punkte zu behandeln, die bei der Überwindung des Alterns helfen können. Dieses Buch hat ungefähr 10000 Wörter. Die Hauptüberschriften in diesem Buch sind wie folgt geschrieben: - Was ist an uns, dass wir nicht besser auf uns selbst aufpassen? Es gibt zwei Arten von Menschen auf der Welt. Sind Sie über dem Alter von 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, oder sogar mehr als das? Menschliche...
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Deutsch
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In diesem Buch berichten Ehrenamtliche des Malteser Hospizdienstes, die schwerkranke und sterbende Menschen begleiten, von ihren Erfahrungen. Diese Begegnungen sind sehr unterschiedlich, einige dauern nur wenige Stunden, andere Monate oder sogar Jahre. Geprägt sind sie von der Nachdenklichkeit über das Vergangene und über das Sterben. Es gibt aber auch das befreiende Lachen, die tief empfundene Freude und den Trost, den man gibt und empfängt....
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My step-mother, June, lived alone until her nineties, but over time fell into the depths of dementia. With no biological children of her own, I was the one left to guide her down the path toward the end of her life. Haunted by my father's last words to me to take care of his Junie, I couldn't walk away from this difficult task.
In 2008, the recession hit. I was laid off from my job and my husband, Richard and I moved 150 miles away to start anew....
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Español
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Con el envejecimiento, independientemente de la etapa de la vida de la que estamos hablando, se está produciendo una metamorfosis. En verdad, asusta al ser dentro de todos y cada uno de nosotros. ¿Por qué? Porque no sabemos cómo hacer esto llamado envejecimiento. Preferiríamos practicar la NEGACIÓN probada y verdadera. ¿Quién quiere admitir a sí mismos, o a cualquier otra persona, el grado en que se sienten impotentes e indefensos sobre lo...
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Anne Kulis Marcin has just passed her 100th birthday and in this work she talks about facing the end of a good life. She was born in Queens, New York in a time when there were still farms in the backyards of her Lithuanian and Russian neighbors. She witnessed the pivotal events that formed our times: the election of Herbert Hoover, the stock market crash, and the sad state of Stalin's Russia.
Her young life was a time of silent movies, horses pulling...
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