Very often we are forced to retract our staunchly held positions after confidently vouching for the truth of what are really opinions and beliefs masquerading as facts. In this book Nellie and Jacob begin by exploring how our interpretations of what we individually perceive and conceive must coincide if we are to speak meaningfully about what is in our world: tables, minds, colours, processes, etc.

They consider basic ways of knowing and their relationship to what is out there and what is in our minds. They examine the validity of our inferences and predictions: why q does not follow from p as the newspaper editorial alleges, and why we can anticipate tomorrow's sunrise. They ponder the gap between the language of time and the logic of time and why now cannot be a split instant during which nothing can happen, but must be a certain period during which some things do happen.

They inquire into how our moral choices relate to their perceived causes and effects, and how our lives are built around our predictions and our knowledge of apparent causes and effects. They also discuss the bodily and mental natures of their own identities, what meanings to attach to the different stages of their lives, and the possibility of life after death.

This unique and easy to read book gives amazing insights into what birth is like from the baby’s point of view. It follows the path of the child on their journey from the world of spirit through conception and birth and explains the physical and energetic changes a woman must make to facilitate this incredible process. It also offers surprising insight and understanding about infertility, miscarriage and adoption.

• Contains a step by step guide to easing grief following a miscarriage.

• Discover the process a baby undergoes to select his or her parents via natural conception, IVF or adoption.

• Learn why pregnancy is easy for some while difficult for others.

• How to increase support from family and friends during your pregnancy and after delivery.

Every woman has stories to tell about her mother. The mother she has, the mother she wants, the mother she misses, the mother she didn't know. We carry our mothers with us. Sometimes we carry her in our hearts, in our heads-or on our backs. Sometimes we are connected to our mothers with the thick, strong cords of intertwined love and true acceptance; other times the bonds are stretched thin and taut, scratching against our consciousness, rubbing raw the sore spots in our souls.

But we are always linked to our mothers: both to the dreams of the mothers we wish for and the realities of the mothers we have. Even if our mother has been gone for years-for decades-the relationship is still very much alive.

Mom is still with us: offering advice, encouragement, criticism, appreciation, rejection, solace. What we daughters do with this ongoing commentary-whether we unknowingly incorporate it into our reality, or consciously and carefully review it, deciding what to keep and what to put away-is fundamental to how fully we lead our own lives.

In Dear Mom: Women's Letters of Love, Loss, and Longing, you meet women who have stripped away pretenses, societal constraints, and basic fears to uncover and express their most private truths about their relationship with their mothers. You get to peer over the shoulders of the women, share in their laughter, and experience their struggles. You see how other women cast light on this most complicated, rewarding, and sometimes frustrating relationship. You witness women at different stages of their lives reflecting on the legacies their mothers (knowingly or unconsciously, but always powerfully) left them. You hear how other women experience the glories and the scars, the hurt and the healing that make up this most primal of connections.

You also get to meet the women behind the letters, since each Dear Mom letter is followed by a profile of the contributor. You learn about the surprises, satisfactions, and challenges they faced in writing down their most private truths. The 25 Dear Mom contributors include women from a variety of backgrounds, careers, religions, and lifestyles.

They include (present and former) teachers, business owners, homemakers, real estate agents, artists, secretaries, social workers, journalists, and government officials. Some are accomplished professionals, well-known in their fields and public figures in their communities. They are married, single, divorced, widowed. Many, though not all, are mothers themselves. Many contributors are baby boomers, in their 40s and 50s. Others are in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. (The oldest contributor is over 90; her conversation with her mother continues!)

This unique and easy to read book gives amazing insights into what birth is like from the baby’s point of view. It follows the path of the child on their journey from the world of spirit through conception and birth and explains the physical and energetic changes a woman must make to facilitate this incredible process. It also offers surprising insight and understanding about infertility, miscarriage and adoption.

• Contains a step by step guide to easing grief following a miscarriage.

• Discover the process a baby undergoes to select his or her parents via natural conception, IVF or adoption.

• Learn why pregnancy is easy for some while difficult for others.

• How to increase support from family and friends during your pregnancy and after delivery.

This book relates the daily challenges faced by children as they learn to categorize different objects around them and to use concepts like 'truth', 'good', 'death', 'time' and 'soul'. In the process they come to realize the unlimited scope of their simple question: "what's that?"

The child's simple logic says Melissa's big sister, Sally, does not wear pull up diapers because only little girls wear those kinds of diapers. Deceiving appearances like mirages and dreams teach children to examine critically all their perceptions, so that they can know how to separate true perceptions from false ones. Recognizing the difference between believing and knowing that two and two make four also helps them in their search for truth as they learn to think about what is believed or known to be in the world.

Their simple concepts of induction and causality help them to anticipate the results of their activities: windows break when baseballs are thrown around carelessly; chairs will not disintegrate when we sit on them if they have not done so on many previous occasions. Children should learn to live with the unpleasant consequences of their unwise choices. Their childish but puzzling questions about time are also addressed: how time is supposed to move, why it is sometimes said to move slowly or fast, and why time is said to be one, but different in different localities. They discover that helping others and spreading happiness around gives meaning to their lives and to the lives of other people, and they learn to appreciate all of nature.

Very often we are forced to retract our staunchly held positions after confidently vouching for the truth of what are really opinions and beliefs masquerading as facts. In this book Nellie and Jacob begin by exploring how our interpretations of what we individually perceive and conceive must coincide if we are to speak meaningfully about what is in our world: tables, minds, colours, processes, etc.

They consider basic ways of knowing and their relationship to what is out there and what is in our minds. They examine the validity of our inferences and predictions: why q does not follow from p as the newspaper editorial alleges, and why we can anticipate tomorrow's sunrise. They ponder the gap between the language of time and the logic of time and why now cannot be a split instant during which nothing can happen, but must be a certain period during which some things do happen.

They inquire into how our moral choices relate to their perceived causes and effects, and how our lives are built around our predictions and our knowledge of apparent causes and effects. They also discuss the bodily and mental natures of their own identities, what meanings to attach to the different stages of their lives, and the possibility of life after death.

Every woman has stories to tell about her mother. The mother she has, the mother she wants, the mother she misses, the mother she didn't know. We carry our mothers with us. Sometimes we carry her in our hearts, in our heads-or on our backs. Sometimes we are connected to our mothers with the thick, strong cords of intertwined love and true acceptance; other times the bonds are stretched thin and taut, scratching against our consciousness, rubbing raw the sore spots in our souls.

But we are always linked to our mothers: both to the dreams of the mothers we wish for and the realities of the mothers we have. Even if our mother has been gone for years-for decades-the relationship is still very much alive.

Mom is still with us: offering advice, encouragement, criticism, appreciation, rejection, solace. What we daughters do with this ongoing commentary-whether we unknowingly incorporate it into our reality, or consciously and carefully review it, deciding what to keep and what to put away-is fundamental to how fully we lead our own lives.

In Dear Mom: Women's Letters of Love, Loss, and Longing, you meet women who have stripped away pretenses, societal constraints, and basic fears to uncover and express their most private truths about their relationship with their mothers. You get to peer over the shoulders of the women, share in their laughter, and experience their struggles. You see how other women cast light on this most complicated, rewarding, and sometimes frustrating relationship. You witness women at different stages of their lives reflecting on the legacies their mothers (knowingly or unconsciously, but always powerfully) left them. You hear how other women experience the glories and the scars, the hurt and the healing that make up this most primal of connections.

You also get to meet the women behind the letters, since each Dear Mom letter is followed by a profile of the contributor. You learn about the surprises, satisfactions, and challenges they faced in writing down their most private truths. The 25 Dear Mom contributors include women from a variety of backgrounds, careers, religions, and lifestyles.

They include (present and former) teachers, business owners, homemakers, real estate agents, artists, secretaries, social workers, journalists, and government officials. Some are accomplished professionals, well-known in their fields and public figures in their communities. They are married, single, divorced, widowed. Many, though not all, are mothers themselves. Many contributors are baby boomers, in their 40s and 50s. Others are in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. (The oldest contributor is over 90; her conversation with her mother continues!)

"Child You Ought to Listen" is a collection of quotations, short stories and poetry that will warm the hearts of its readers, but also will remind them of the teachings and guidance instilled i nthem from their mothers. For some of us our mother figure may have been an aunt, grandmother, sister, or friend. But through their instructions and diligence we were taught about the values of love and family, courage, loyalty, and spirituality.

"Child You Ought to Listen" demonstrates that learning never ends (no matter what age you are). It shows that learning can come from many different avenues including: ancestral sayings, hand-me-down quotations and stories told from generation to generation.

Since learning is an adventure you will embark upon throughout your lifetime, this soul inspiring book, filled with love, pain and other tidbits, is a great place to start another exciting, fantastic journey. Recommended to all individuals whether you're eight to eighty years of age. There is something in this book for everyone.

This book is written in a simple, down-to-earth language and offers wisdom and lessons on how to live your dreams and may inspire you to never give up hope for a better tomorrow. This book can be a gift that you give to someone you care about. It will keep on giving and teaching life's lessons on a personal level. Remember, "You have to go through some things to grow through some things!"

Last of all, these stories are meant to uplift, inspire, entertain and motivate any "Child or adult that just might listen."