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My canvas is emptyuntil it is streaked with linesof the worldof my heart.In Finding Poetry, Finding Me, author Rebecca P. Bruckenstein explores the world around her and the relationships we have with ourselves and each other. She allows the musicality of poetry to infuse the way she walks in the world, stepping in and out of the past, present, and future. Through her work, she hopes readers will turn inward to discover a roadmap to finding their own personal connection to poetry. The poems in this collection range from childhood memories to the residual effects felt after the global COVID-19 pandemic, telling the story of life, friendship, pain, and self-discovery. This illustrated poetry book showcases that poetry can be found everywhere around us.

Nicholas said a conversation about gender equity without men did not meet the criteria for inclusion. Blake said equity is essential and will happen when we acknowledge that men face challenges too.In Men-in-the-Middle, author Kori Reed interviews men across corporate America about gender equity in the workplace. This is a topic men can influence, as they hold nearly 75 percent of C-suite positions, but they don't talk about it at the office. As it turns out, men have a lot to say! They are aware of the issues and the impacts and, at the same time, unsure of what to do. This uncertainty renders Men-in-the-Middle, even though they may be supporters, on the silent sidelines of gender equity.Combining interviews with insights from secondary research, Reed seeks to provide a framework to understand this "silent majority" and shine the light on new perspectives and topics that often go undiscussed.Men-in-the-Middle: Conversations to Gain Momentum with Gender Equity's Silent Majority invites men and women to cultivate conversations by providing an orientation on perspective-taking and laying a foundation to move gender equity forward in a new inclusive way.

Sometimes you need to be completely broken to find the most powerful part of yourself.A gloriously warm summer afternoon in February 2013 suddenly turned into a nightmare from which there was no escape and no respite. In one horrifying moment - the moment every mother dreads - Jami Yeats knew her life would never be the same again. When the ambulance took young Sam away there was still the tiniest sign of life. But Jami knew from the first scream that her baby was gone.That is where this story begins. But it also begins long before that, and is a story that will never end. Sam & Me and the Hard Pear Tree is both a personal account of a mother's ultimate loss and a universal message of growth and hope. Sam's tragic death forces Jami to confront other personal truths about herself, her life, and Sam's older, special needs brother, Jack. Jami shares her story with searing honesty and a wry sense of humour. It is a book about grief and grace, self-discovery and synchronicity, and fear and faith. Faith that Sam is still with us; faith that death is not the end; faith in the kindness of strangers; and faith in herself and the strength of her family. Jami ultimately learns that love truly can survive the separation between this world and the next.

On the 24th of February 2007, my husband Stuart drowned himself at sea, leaving me widowed with two young daughters, aged six and four. I knew it wasn't an accident, even though the medics and police never suspected suicide. Stuart had been talking about ending his life for a year. His most recent suicide attempt had been only three weeks earlier. Afterwards, he described that day as the most peaceful day of his life. Sitting next to the dam, he smoked his last cigarette. He drank a hundred sleeping pills and did a final check to make sure everything would look like an accident. The last thing he remembered was swimming out into the crystal-clear water. He said that he was no longer scared of dying, that there was nothing scary about it. Living was the scary thing.It Rains in February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss is the true story of a husband's depression and obsession, not only with another woman but also with ending his life. In this honest and heartfelt narrative, Leila Summers weaves a compelling tale of the year that led up to Stuart's suicide and the grief, profound loss, and self-discovery that followed. Although each suicide is unique, this book gives the reader an insider's view from one perspective by way of authentic letters and email messages.