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Need a quick pick-me-up? A brief communion with God? Bestselling author and gentle humorist Karen O'Connor offers simple-yet-beautiful prayers that reveal God's heart and the blessings he gives. Each uplifting meditation helps you talk with God about your needs and thank him for his love and provision.
Thank you, Lord, that it's never too late to dream a new dream, to start a new job, to repair an injured relationship, to make a new friend, to draw...
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Popular author and humorist Karen O'Connor reveals that life after 50 is great! Most people have raised their families, established careers, and chosen lifestyles they enjoy. Now they look forward to times of cozier living with less stress and more joy, simplicity, and relaxation. Drawing on real-life experiences, Karen shares stories, biblical principles, and innovative ideas for augmenting the upside to midlife, including:
• whittling belongings...
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Speaker and humorist Karen O'Connor (Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps, more than 245,000 copies sold) takes a lighthearted look at the perils of growing older. In this engaging collection of short stories, Karen shares what she and her fellow senior citizens have experienced that make the golden years an enjoyable time of laughter with a touch of humorous chagrin. These stories, that include ordering a Coke and fries at the bank drive-thru to having to...
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With delightful wit, tongue-in-cheek humor, a good-natured sense of fun, and truths based on living, author, speaker, and humorist Karen O'Connor provides 365 great reasons that life gets even better when the senior years hit. One-line entries celebrate that "getting old ain't so bad because..."
• you can take naps whenever you feel like it
• you have time to visit places you've always wanted to see
• you're free to try different hobbies or...
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While growing older certainly has its benefits, its downside poses big challenges. Physical decline; loss of spouses, relatives, and friends; memory lapses; feelings of inadequacy or uselessness - such things can give us those "senior moments" that sidetrack us with fear and worry. In this sequel to her bestselling book, Karen O'Connor brings even more encouragement to people in their golden years, prompting them to reflect, laugh, play, and take...
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Getting older is portrayed in the media as something to dread! We use Botox, color our hair, dress younger, go on special diets...anything we can do to put off the inevitable. But rather than fearing aging, it's time to embrace it, says popular speaker Karen O'Connor. We can handle the aging process and its blessings and burdens with grace, gratitude, and grit! By looking at seven areas of life - faith, family, friends, finances, fitness, food, and...
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Humor and joy abound in this entertaining look at senior life. From handling day-to-day foibles to connecting with your kids and grandkids, gentle humorist Karen O'Connor keeps you smiling, laughing, and appreciating the wisdom that comes with experience. My Favorite Senior Moments encourages you to look on the sunny...and funny...side of the street and enjoy the benefits of living long, including...
• chuckling at how God uses children to remind...
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Your later years can be golden! Humorist and bestselling author Karen O'Connor offers brief, daily prayers to highlight the joys of living while gently poking fun at the humorous moments we all experience. These insightful prayers of gratitude, grace, and good humor will inspire you to take life in stride and look for the positives:
• Good thinking, Lord! Thanks to you, I remembered to take my mailbox key when I went to the post office.
• Jesus,...
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Like it or not, senior moments happen. We might as well laugh about them and thank God for the way they add interest to our lives. After all, what would life be without the phone ringing faintly from where you left it in the fridge? Some senior moments are more heartbreaking or embarrassing than funny. But in every case, we can take them to the Lord who cares for us. Each of the 90 short pieces in this encouraging book contains a note to God about...
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Bestselling author Karen O'Connor offers humorous senior moments from the digital world to make you smile. These short stories, fun quotes, insightful Scriptures, and brief prayers encourage you to keep laughing while you figure out all the new gadgets that come along. Have you...
• looked for the "any" key after being instructed to "press any key"?
• kicked up a fuss when the printer didn't work...only to find it wasn't plugged in?
• talked...
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Every day is filled with opportunities to seize joy. Yet true joy cannot be forced. It springs from the hearts of those who are content, grateful, and at peace with themselves, with others, and with God. Though trials and challenges are a part of every life, joy can be developed, cultivated, and then practiced on a daily basis. Karen O'Connor offers seven keys to finding true joy in Squeeze the Moment. Learn how to look at life in a fresh way, full...
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Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number!
Popular humorist Karen O'Connor (over half a million books sold) shares inspiration and practical insight, drawing from her own experiences to help you glide through your golden years with grace, humor, and anticipation. Join Karen as she shares funny yet poignant personal anecdotes to encourage you to make new choices, accept new challenges, take new chances, and open new chapters in your life.
Each story concludes...
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Inspirational storyteller Karen O'Connor offers a brand-new collection of truth-based vignettes to warm the heart. These upbeat, short stories stimulate faith in God by highlighting His wonderful love and provision-that often seem to come just in the nick of time. Readers will discover God's help and timing are always perfect:
• a destitute family huddling together for warmth is surprised when an anonymous donor sends furnace fuel
• a couple ready...
14) Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps: Inspirations and Stories to Warm Your Heart and Tickle Your Funny Bone
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Speaker and author Karen O'Connor urges her post-fifty friends to "laugh and love all the way home to the Father's house." With humor and wisdom, Karen shares personal and gathered stories about the blessings of surviving and surpassing middle-age.
Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps overflows with candor and helps the boomin' baby boomer market celebrate with:
• funny stories of the antics and adventures of getting older
• "conversations with God" for...
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From the bestselling author of Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps (more than 300,000 copies sold) comes a funny, heartwarming look at being a grandma. More than 80 stories based on real-life experiences express the wonderfully humorous joy of interacting with grandkids.
Karen O'Connor, grandmother of 14, says, "Grandkids keep us youthful, humble, and wide-awake! They also keep us praying!" Each two- to three-page story ends with an encouraging Scripture...
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Karen O'Connor, author of the highly popular Getting' Old Ain't for Wimps (more than 260,000 copies sold) tunes into the hilarious, surprising, and sometimes insightful things that grandchildren say.
Funny quotes and vignettes celebrate the candid comedy that children bring to our lives. Among offerings provided by other grandparents, Karen shares personal stories and showcases themes for laughable moments:
• Paying Attention-there is happiness...
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Humor Is the New Fountain of Youth
If you're thirsty for a good chuckle, drink up! Stay forever young with these whimsical, slice-of-senior-life stories from bestselling humorist Karen O' Connor. These amusing anecdotes on aging celebrate the hilarious highs and laugh-out-loud lows that can only come from decades of experience. Maybe you'll see a little bit of yourself as you encounter
• medication mix-ups
• code cracking chaos
• diet dos-and-don'ts
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This second volume of Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps celebrates the most beloved stories of acclaimed humorist Karen O'Connor. These funny and relatable tales of fellow Baby Boomers navigating their Golden Years will encourage you to cherish every antic and adventure that comes with growing older.
Gettin' Old Ain't for Wimps Volume 2 is a heartfelt, joyful reminder to keep living to the fullest, no matter how much life you've got behind you. In addition...
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