Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoeprints That Matter
Allowing us to learn lessons, let go of toxicity, and gain insight, relationship can play a powerful role in our lives. They are formed with people, alcohol, animals, battlefields, diseases, drugs, environments, and even our emotions. Whether toxic or nontoxic, relationships are an integral component of daily living. Author Nina Norstrom lost her child to a disease, but that wasn't the only toxic relationship she endured. In this book, she explores the effects that her relationships with grief, pain, trauma, and forgiveness have had on her life. This tale exposes a mother's struggle to escape her world of toxicity, her journey out of the clutches of diseased relationships, and the shoe prints the experiences have left on her family's history. This story in its raw form projects a remarkable voice to the heroic fight, courage, and bravery gained when striking back to wipe out toxic relationships. Its message reveals that life brings many challenges and that each challenge provides lessons to be learned. This book is not intended to be a blueprint for dealing with diseased relationships. It's about the shoe prints: those symbols of life's journey that are left by our experiences. "Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints that Matter" is an insightful and inspiring personal story of one family's journey through toxic relationships.
1122975797
Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoeprints That Matter
Allowing us to learn lessons, let go of toxicity, and gain insight, relationship can play a powerful role in our lives. They are formed with people, alcohol, animals, battlefields, diseases, drugs, environments, and even our emotions. Whether toxic or nontoxic, relationships are an integral component of daily living. Author Nina Norstrom lost her child to a disease, but that wasn't the only toxic relationship she endured. In this book, she explores the effects that her relationships with grief, pain, trauma, and forgiveness have had on her life. This tale exposes a mother's struggle to escape her world of toxicity, her journey out of the clutches of diseased relationships, and the shoe prints the experiences have left on her family's history. This story in its raw form projects a remarkable voice to the heroic fight, courage, and bravery gained when striking back to wipe out toxic relationships. Its message reveals that life brings many challenges and that each challenge provides lessons to be learned. This book is not intended to be a blueprint for dealing with diseased relationships. It's about the shoe prints: those symbols of life's journey that are left by our experiences. "Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints that Matter" is an insightful and inspiring personal story of one family's journey through toxic relationships.
16.95 In Stock
Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoeprints That Matter

Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoeprints That Matter

by Nina Norstrom
Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoeprints That Matter

Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoeprints That Matter

by Nina Norstrom

Paperback

$16.95 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    In stock. Ships in 6-10 days.
  • PICK UP IN STORE

    Your local store may have stock of this item.

Related collections and offers


Overview

Allowing us to learn lessons, let go of toxicity, and gain insight, relationship can play a powerful role in our lives. They are formed with people, alcohol, animals, battlefields, diseases, drugs, environments, and even our emotions. Whether toxic or nontoxic, relationships are an integral component of daily living. Author Nina Norstrom lost her child to a disease, but that wasn't the only toxic relationship she endured. In this book, she explores the effects that her relationships with grief, pain, trauma, and forgiveness have had on her life. This tale exposes a mother's struggle to escape her world of toxicity, her journey out of the clutches of diseased relationships, and the shoe prints the experiences have left on her family's history. This story in its raw form projects a remarkable voice to the heroic fight, courage, and bravery gained when striking back to wipe out toxic relationships. Its message reveals that life brings many challenges and that each challenge provides lessons to be learned. This book is not intended to be a blueprint for dealing with diseased relationships. It's about the shoe prints: those symbols of life's journey that are left by our experiences. "Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints that Matter" is an insightful and inspiring personal story of one family's journey through toxic relationships.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781939371478
Publisher: Boutique of Quality Books
Publication date: 04/01/2016
Pages: 190
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Nina Norstrom grew up in a small suburban town outside Chicago, Illinois. She received her bachelor's degree from Concordia University. She is a passionate champion for many noteworthy causes, including those battling toxic relationships. When not reading or writing, Nina can be found mountain climbing, taking long walks in a park or alongside a beach, sitting at a concert, supporting an author at a book event, traveling, and jumping in to exert her energy by doing volunteer work at a variety of venues.

Table of Contents

A Tribute iii

Gratitude v

Author's Note ix

Reminiscences of Life xi

Chapter 1 Damaged Goods 1

Chapter 2 Broken Vows 9

Chapter 3 The Birth 21

Chapter 4 A Killer in Our Midst 29

Chapter 5 Dump Him Like It's Hot 41

Chapter 6 Wedding Bells 49

Chapter 7 Splitting Up-And Taking Snapshots 61

Chapter 8 Life alter Divorce 71

Chapter 9 Letting Go to Grow Up 77

Chapter 10 The Diagnosis-Cancer Strikes 81

Chapter 11 Spreading Rumors 89

Chapter 12 Treatment Dazes 95

Chapter 13 Challenges-School Dazes 103

Chapter 14 Exposing the Big "C" 109

Chapter 15 The Marrow Transplant 115

Chapter 16 Closing the Gap 123

Chapter 17 Final Dazes-The Homecoming 131

Finding Peace and Comfort 153

Feelings 159

Appendix A Support Vessels 161

Appendix B Resource Centers 163

Appendix C Awareness Ribbon Colors 167

Appendix D Chain of Connection 171

The Author: Then to Now 175

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews