Celebrate Love, Good People, and other Links I Love

Posted on January 19, 2017 by SloanParker

Every month I gather some of my favorite links, real-life stories, and other items that I’ve seen on social media and share them with you. I hope you find something to make you laugh, smile, or just go awwwww.

CELEBRATE LOVE

Learning English – If you haven’t seen this charming video yet, you’ve got to check it out.
First Date With A Man – An adorable story of a chance meeting.
For True Love – He was madly in love, and thanks to a note taped to a window, he got to see his sweetheart again.
Daughter asks for pride flag for Christmas, her dad does her one better – what a great dad!

TOO FUNNY

Student Emails Her Teacher While Hopped Up On Drugs After Surgery – My favorite part: love you bye.
39 Hilarious Mom Fail Photos – I’m not a mom, but I’m so forgetful and a total disaster that I just know if I had kids I’d make these lists ALL THE TIME.
The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week – If you’ve never caught The Huffington Post’s Funniest Tweets series, you should check it out. They make me laugh every week.

NOW THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE

A cat with cerebellar hypoplasia and his loving family. – CH is a non-life threatening condition and is not painful for the animal. My dad’s cat has a mild version of CH, and she’s as happy as can be. You can also see more from this cat and his family on Instagram.
Someone has invented this amazing shake-resistant, smart spoon – a life changer for many people.
One good thing – I loved the one question this mom asked her kids every day.
Woman tracks down stranger who hugged her in saddest moment of her life– the world needs more people like this.
Homeless people are reconnecting with their loved ones thanks to this startup – I absolutely LOVE this idea.

ADORABLE

This guy was deployed in Afghanistan when he met a loving stray dog — and knew he had to find a way to get him back home. You can follow them on Instagram.
Cat Found Protecting Kittens Left in the Cold, but the Cat is Not Mom at all.
17 Of The Most Hilarious Cat Tweets Of 2016.
Just otters – because they always make me smile.

Fear, Pain, Loss… And Still I Rise

Posted on January 17, 2017 by SloanParker

Almost 40 years since this poem was first published, and it’s still so relevant today. Maya Angelou’s introduction in this reciting offers me comfort. The nobleness of the human spirit does go on, continues to rise each and every day.

If you can’t view the embedded video above, you can watch it on YouTube.

Quote I Love: Dream New Dreams

Posted on January 12, 2017 by SloanParker

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I have so many plans for this year (both personally and professionally), and after a rough 2016, I can’t tell you how excited I am about the possibilities ahead.

I hope each and every one of you find new dreams to dream this year!

All Romance eBooks is Closing as of 12/31/16. Download your books!

Posted on December 29, 2016 by SloanParker

All Romance eBooks announced yesterday that they are shutting down operations as of 12/31/2016.

If you have purchased books in your library that you didn’t back up, be sure to download them before the site goes dark in just a couple of days.

Also, if you have ebooks bucks left in your account, try to use those as soon as you can. Some people have said their ebook bucks have been frozen, but my wife was able to use hers last night. She had to make sure the total of her order was smaller than the amount of ebook bucks, then she was able to see the option to use her available funds.

The All Romance site has been overwhelmed with traffic since it announced its plans to close and completely shut the site down. It seems somewhat better today than last night. However, if you have purchased any of my ebooks and were not able to download them from the All Romance site, send me a copy of your receipt, and I will email you the book.

I will be leaving my self-published titles up for a little while longer so that anyone with gift cards can select my books if they’d like.