Record details

• ISBN: 1611213487
• ISBN: 9781611213485
• Physical Description: print
  381 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
• Publisher: El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, [2017]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Off to great places -- Reality check -- Back to his roots -- Waiting is the hardest part -- The adventure begins -- Sun on my face, song in my heart -- He put a ring on it -- The hills are alive with the sound of marines -- Going to the chapel -- Go forth boldly -- If you can't be safe, be deadly -- This is war -- Freedom isn't free -- Down with the sickness -- Going back to cali -- Keep calm and aloha on -- Together is a wonderful place to be -- Creating a new destiny -- A beautiful gift -- Into the fire -- Seeds of friendship -- Weeds in the garden -- Calling in reinforcements -- Monster-in-law -- Darkest before the dawn -- Happiness is homemade -- Pain is baby leaving the body -- Back to the grind -- Double the diapers, double the fun -- In a van down by the river -- Discovering rock bottom -- Stranded in the desert -- The cost of imperfection -- Broken crayons still color -- No distance is too far -- War torn Afghanistan and the Taliban -- The best way out is through -- War pigs -- Let go or be dragged -- Every picture tells a story -- They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm -- Turning the page -- Girl: a giggle with glitter on it -- Smile because it happened -- Grab a straw-because you suck -- Hey I just met you and this is crazy. But she's my momma and I'm your baby -- Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters -- Don't look back "you're not "going that way: -- Create the thing that you wish existed -- Let the wild rumpus begin -- Let's meet in our dreams -- These sweatpants are the only thing that fit me now -- The girl who smiles when her heart is broken -- A rainbow of chaos -- Run wild my child -- Hold the vision, trust the process -- The secret to getting ahead is getting started -- Courage, dear heart -- Be the voice for those who cannot speak -- Purpose and a plan -- There's no education like adversity.

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