The Road To Me- I Now Know Why That Caged Bird Sang, is an exploratory autobiography of a woman who has known abandonment, cancer, abuse, domestic violence, foster care, love and loss in many forms. Jessica Angelique is a very special woman. She has been to the depths of pain and loss and yet she has not built her life on dispair. She has also known love and life; and yet, she has not had a smooth storybook ending. This is a woman who deserves a great two- sided love which will be built out of mutual respect, admiration, decency and purpose.
Her life as a young child can be described as, one horror after another. Her definition of family was redefined by her experiences. She considers one certain foster family to be her parents and that would be Barb and Dave. Jessica considers their children Tony and Alyssa her brother and sister.
They were a foster family that had the care of Jessica within their family for one blissful year. They accepted her as their own until the foster care system decided to end her stay there. The tragedy is that she doesn’t know their last name or, what city in Indiana that they lived in. To top it off…the system will not allow her to try to trace them or contact them. It would be an amazing miracle to find them after all of these years. Her heart aches to reconnect with them and to tell them of their impact on her life. They gave her gifts that they may not realize that they bestowed upon the young girl who had never known unselfish love and acceptance. How different would her life have been had she been allowed to put down roots in this family and grown to flourish and flower? Read the rest of this entry…
Steve & Me is a great peek into the life and drive of the wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin. The book is written by his soul mate Terri Irwin, his wife and the mother of his two children. Steve lived his life in the pursuit of protecting animals and their habitats. He lived his life on fast forward as he suspected that he would not live into old age. There was much that he wanted to accomplish in his life time. He felt the clock ticking so he lived each moment to it’s fullest.
He earned the name of the Crocodile Hunter by filming his everyday life in the protection, and education of the world surrounding the crocodile population. He began as a humble child of two small zoo owners. They raised him to cherish life and to be a teacher to others so that others would respect the wildlife around them.
When he met and married a young American girl…he found a soul mate who shared his dreams and his passion. Together they began a family with the desire to raise another generation of passionate conservationists toward the animals of the world. Their children continue the legacy that Steve and Terri instilled in them…which began with their grandparents.
This book is a wonderful tribute to Steve Irwin, and his legacy, who was taken from this life much too soon in a freak accident with a stingray. The world fell in love with him and his family and their mission. This is a book that is a joy to read. It was copyrighted in 2007 and published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment.
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