<p>Who was this girl now looking so much like my daughter and yet so different from the child I had raised, loved and argued with? Author Janie Smith takes you behind the scenes with her family after their teenage daughter Tanya is involved in a fatal auto accident. Tanya is revived in the Life Flight helicopter-only to face an even greater life challenge. Experience a mother's agony and fears as her daughter awakens to the realization that she has sustained severe brain injuries. Doctors are unable to give a definite prognosis and advise that she may live in a nursing home for the rest of her life. Janie bravely travels into the unknown along with her husband, a career soldier in the U.S. Army, and their two teenage sons. Read as she watches her daughter struggle to piece together the shattered pieces of her memory. As Tanya's frustrations mount, intense anger and violent episodes surface, and the family feels as if they are living in a war zone. Janie fights to keep her family together while everything around her is falling apart-including herself. This incredible story is about an ordinary mother and family who faced extraordinary challenges and helped one another survive . . . and eventually thrive. Janie writes of lessons learned with candor and honesty. She is open about her mistakes and failures, and shares how she picked herself up and started anew. Janie watches her youngest son deploy to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan again and again as he serves six tours with the U.S.Army. She tells of the difficulties soldiers and families face when they return home from the war zone. Today, Janie's passion is to help others along their own personal journey. She founded HOPE Beyond Trauma and wrote a mother's journey to help, coach and mentor anyone who wants to move beyond trauma in their lives. This terrifying and triumphant life journey is one you do not want to miss. Recommended by James Malinchak, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the College Soul. And featured on ABC's Secret Millionaire. "If you are someone who has gone through trauma or you know someone who has gone through some loss or trauma, you have got to get this book and learn from my friend Janie. She is fabulous. Her heart is in the right place; she cares about helping YOU get through a difficult time..."" -James Malinchak Janie Smith has helped start several brain injury support groups, taught life skills to adults with brain injuries, worked as a Red Cross Hospital Recreation Worker at Walter Reed in Washington D.C., and founded Hidden Treasures Travel Agency for people with disabilities. She is a teacher, coach and speaker living in Ohio with her husband and their dog Rudy.</p>

Hope Beyond Trauma...a Mother's Journey

Smith, Janie

Biographies & Memoirs

FastPencil, Inc.

<p>The story of a person's life can be the history of a country and so it is with the life of Dr. Raymond L. Smith. Born in 1917. Ray's 101 years on earth witnessed the events that made the United States what it is today. This biography tells the tale of a remarkable man who went from a small isolated Maine village to become the eventual President of Michigan Tech. a university known for excellence in engineering. Due to Ray's leadership skills, the student enrollment at Michigan Tech of 3500 in 1965 had by the 1979/80 academic year increased to nearly 8000. Ray's methods of achieving this is a story in itself. The adventures of Ray, from riding the rails as a hobo in the Great Depression of 1929, to working as an aide in a prestigious mental institution, to venturing to the then wilderness of Alaska and then eventually to his Presidency of Michigan Tech validates the American dream that anything is possible. In the world of the present, Ray's story is an inspiration that it is best to never underestimate what life has to offer.</p>

The First 100 Years: A Life's Journey

Historical

Outskirts Press

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Hope Beyond Trauma...a Mother's Journey

The First 100 Years: A Life's Journey