Anna Dahland’s Hope Diamond is the true story of an unlikely domestic adoption in 1990s Korea. Two-year-old Heejong wasn’t expected to have a great life. She usually stood silently staring into space, unable or unwilling to smile at well-meaning strangers who visited her children’s home. Meanwhile, Anna wasn’t expecting to get a miracle. In a rocky international marriage, with three young children to care for, she still struggled in a country and culture that was not her own. Then a simple photograph changed everything. For once, Heejong smiled. For once, Anna dared to hope. But could the obstacles be overcome?…

When I read and review Rica Ramos‘ Petals of Rain, I was both deeply moved and very inspired by her story. In Nobody’s Daughter, she shares more deeply of her very tenuous relationship with her mother. Book Description Should Rica invite her mother to her wedding? In her early early forties and about to remarry, Rica Ramos realizes that starting over could mean leaving her mother behind. She longs to heal the relationship, but her mother still refuses to acknowledge the sexual abuse Rica suffered at the hands of her stepfather, or her own culpability throughout the years. With old…

A Network for Grateful Living, creators of the best-selling Everyday Gratitude and Wake Up Grateful present The Gratitude Explorer Workbook. This is for readers who want to start a gratitude practice or integrate gratitude into their lives with greater intention and consistency. This interactive package acts as both a guide and a journal for recording thoughts and meditations. Dozens of writing prompts, guided meditations, and exercises for beginning and progressively deepening a daily gratitude practice are paired with quotations and space for writing and personalizing the book. The beautifully designed gift package includes bonus features in the back: 10 quotation postcards, mini-cards for keeping in a…