Recommended Books to Read: Thinking About Love, Part 2 by Audrey Rich

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Two teenagers. One life changing decision. Heartache and joy rolled into one bundle.
Trina Weber believes she has the perfect life: model looks, great friends, and plenty of college credits right before she enters senior year at Stonehaven High School. Her plans to become a family doctor are set. 

Even her relationship with Stuart Grant, her amazingly gorgeous, college boyfriend, is on track. They will blaze through and take the world by storm...together.
But everyone knows that life isn’t perfect.

The consequence of her one spontaneous decision disrupts their lives, forcing her to make choices that can bring them love or force them apart…forever.

Recommended Books to Read: Love on a Limb by Laurie Lewis

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Love on a Limb by Laurie Lewis

Matthew Grayken is young, successful, and dying, which is why he’s about to propose to a total stranger. He isn’t interested in love. He needs a caregiver, a companion, and someone to be his legal voice when he can no longer speak for himself.

Lonely, compassionate nurse Mikaela Compton is intrigued by Matt Grayken’s tender request, but when their friendly marriage turns into love, she rejects the inevitability of Matt’s death and prays for a miracle instead.

Mikaela succeeds in reigniting Matt’s will to fight, but his body is losing the battle and he is suffering. She recognizes that her urgent need to save Matt has caused her to betray the fundamental promise she made him--to help him die peaceably.

Matt needs a miracle, and Mikaela believes one is attainable, but she will need to leave him at the hour of his greatest need. She's about to learn that while love sometimes draws you close, it sometimes requires you to go out on a limb.

Recommended Books to Read: All the Things We Lost by Kayla Tirrell

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After her mother’s death, eighteen-year-old Katie finds herself in a town she never thought she'd see again. Lost in turmoil and sadness, a ray of hope shines when she comes face to face with Julian for the first time in years.

However, he isn’t the same boy she left behind. Reserved and covered in bruises, everyone in River Valley avoids him. Rumors of his activities run rampant.
Despite his cold attitude toward her and her own sadness, Katie can’t keep her thoughts from straying to her childhood friend.

Julian is barely keeping it together. He’s the sole provider for his family after his dad leaves. His dreams to go to college are ruined. Even his relationship with his older brother leaves its mark.
But Katie’s back in town and is stirring feelings in him he thought were lost forever.

Can they find hope and love in each other, or will the struggle to survive their desperate situations prove too much?

All The Things We Lost is a young adult contemporary romance perfect for both teens and adults. It is the first in a series of books, each revolving around a different couple living in the same, small town.

What Are Flu Symptoms?

Frustration about “The Flu”

There was a story on the news tonight about the dangerous flu outbreak across the country. Never once did the news story list the SYMPTOMS of the flu!

Why does this frustrate me? Because I hear people say (all the time) they ‘had the flu’ or their whole family came down with ‘the flu,’ or their child came home from school with ‘the flu’. Ask these people what their symptoms were… mostly they say vomiting and diarrhea. THOSE ARE NOT SYMPTOMS OF THE FLU!!!

If you don’t believe me, ask Google!

Flu Symptoms:

Fever, chills, muscle aches, cough, congestion, runny nose, headaches, and fatigue. People may also experience pain in the muscles, dehydration, flushing, loss of appetite, body aches, sweating, chest discomfort, head congestion, shortness of breath, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, and (really low on the list) nausea.

There are other viruses and bacteria that cause stomach symptoms, but they are not Influenza. That flu shot you got at the beginning of flu season was for Influenza. I’m pretty sure there are no shots to prevent ‘stomach flu’.

Best way to stay healthy: wash your hands frequently! If you’re sick, stay home. Nobody else wants your illness no matter what the symptoms.

But please, for the love of sanity, get the terminology correct!

Rant over.

Sincerely, Grammar Nazi