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I Know Now — A Woman’s Healing

I Know Now — A Woman’s Healing

“I know now that there is hope after violence… that can lead to victory. There is healing after trauma… that can lead to truth.” This is a three-part story of survival, healing and profound spiritual awakening. On a cold autumn night in 1981, 19-year-old Cinda wakes to a stranger. He attacks. For three hours, she uses her wits to defend and prevent his multiple attempts to rape and kill her. After she tricks him into leaving, another real nightmare begins. Fear-filled days and weeks of suspense follow as the perpetrator stalks her. Despite the dedicated work of police and a caring detective, attempts to catch him are unsuccessful. After years of...

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ROAR! – The Book

ROAR! – The Book

“When any woman, any mother suffers, we all do.” Every night when I went to bed, I hoped for inspiration. Every night I chanted the words, I felt the words, I fell asleep to the words branded in my thoughts. Every night I wanted to scream out, so the world could hear them too: “WHEN ANY WOMAN SUFFERS, ANY MOTHER SUFFERS…WE ALL DO!” “Do you feel it? Do you feel it?” The single whisper combined with other voices…women’s voices. I heard them. I felt them. They were coming to life. They were giving me a message. They were demanding…demanding that their message be given a voice. The message grew and expanded until it was too big, too much for me to keep inside. I sprang out...

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Tommy T and the Pea That Got AWAY!!

Tommy T and the Pea That Got AWAY!!

  Cinda Stevens Lonsway was inspired to write this rhyming story when her older son, then 2 years old decided he no longer wanted peas with his supper. He sent them flying everywhere. A week later, a random pea found its way back home. “Where have you been?” Cinda wondered and a story was born. When her kids were young, she read this poem for their preschool and kindergarten classes. She would give each child a green puff ball attached to a string for them to toss around and participate in the pea’s adventure. The first printing of this book was a surprise gift to Cinda from her husband—he scored major points with her for doing so. Cinda got her start as a writer...

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