Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

A Journey Called Life
A Journey Called Life
A Journey Called Life
Ebook234 pages4 hours

A Journey Called Life

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A Journey Called Life is Gladys' story from birth to retirement. She discusses the following challenges during her life: her speech defect, loss of her first child, becoming a teacher, her son's involvement with drugs, her Mom's Alzheimer's, and her daughter's brain surgery. Before the death of her first child, she believed God planned and controlled everything in one's life. However, to her God is loving and caring not a punishing God or one to fear. Why would God take her first baby away from her when he was just two weeks old. After much grieving and soul searching, she changed her philosophy to although God is all powerful, he chooses not to use that power to interfere with nature. God might have a plan for your life. However, everything that happens to you is not God's plan or fault for he allows nature to exist as he created the world. In other words, illnesses and health problems are just a part of our world. God created a beautiful world but it is not perfect because God made people human not perfect. However, God is always there to help you through difficult times.
Wiley's children invovement with drugs introduced her to Al-Anon. There she learned that worry is optional and one can experience negativity or anger without becoming negative or angry. She discovered that detachment is not caring less but caring more for your own serenity. She found out that no situation is too difficult to be bettered or any problem too great to be lessened.
Wiley also writes about her travels to Virgin Islands, Tahiti, Hawaii, out West, and Alaska.
Journaling has become very important to Wiley. She includes ponder questions at the end of each chapter to challenge her readers to think about the meaning of life, journal about their own lives, and grow as individuals.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateMar 14, 2011
ISBN9781456742027
A Journey Called Life
Author

Gladys Wiley

Gladys Wiley who was born in Charlottesville, Virginia June 1945 now resides in Vienna, Virginia. She received a B.S. in mathematics and chemistry from Longwood College in 1967. Gladys was married to James Palmer Wiley June 1967. In 1990, she received a M.Ed. in Elementary Education (Early Childhood Education) from George Mason University. She was financial administrator and teacher at Vienna Baptist Children's Center from 1881-2002. Gladys and Jim's first child, James Joseph Wiley, only lived fifteen days. They had two more children: Joseph Patrick born in 1977 and Mary Rachel born in 1979. They have two grandchildren: Hope Raquel born January, 2004 and David James born November, 2008. December, 2008 Gladys published her first book, Better Parenting Through A Better You, a book on parenting by taking care of yourself and growing not only as a parent but as an individual. Her second book, A Journey Called Life, describes the events of her life, her philosophy, her challenges, and her travels.

Related to A Journey Called Life

Related ebooks

Biography & Memoir For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for A Journey Called Life

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    A Journey Called Life - Gladys Wiley

    oNabook_preview_excerpt.html\ےǑއ#CKZ2 G9 Qjf豀.2 ا=9U] dBwWe/_c/}[5&vơz\~~<|򶓟i=[+yG7;}_'w1''>|aC<}o}wpgj_ZmS(g_X80j.Mx<%ntmo\ /^X.|8ywF_ݭE Mzױ=[鑰lş.m.?Cwl/.1ݍ'~t$g2R˞=2(O߇3ռ:4YusMl7䒆Tg؇bw)_|s\,uYua裫gO{͙^}SeK NC[9ťU?U?:4vfx|۫}/*`{Ɲ}\at=<X bE]]b|xoWſ\Ww+?Datz_ةu~Zy CmA/j354d!^7 SﯫwBbt}9ډI&gc 0+z:׈gƑZˡݖvUC/0֋=\c{Wc'%n=碠^5.N۝|; '&Wlup {9/Nֻ_p*xW]deg\u p ;8sNdSA xOra绞~tO>z9HnUFa൸8(GhK(С05QЉ굱OK%uރr}#T=] \W;N$J7P-^bm$i;7V8UkQb+״͊IT{ZzG"x|f`(z_}?Į->-%zQ)b܆%Yxdg1[h5u1/dPtC T]NY;S4)u+$FNv~9|jq7!p;'wBNi<ůpis:3A [^tw4y*x+!U 'ϣST!CPcFNW\?xE&Zœm6 p]m 5-`?8V%2gykceCeRfR]jeVǓ5DՒ5F8 I{%"O܋(n81-I앬_#A i/[罪~}_CAmw9[:@aпxǢ>q\wcGfwjߋp w"j Vz&ꫛ0RFU(U 2|F%Ns/qP(FF'dnhz ֒XH_83SM0fNWRzAvGqC/;졌B7b-A[N z.8ȖTAժԝA_je"*{ȏ$.t3F OL>A?u]8.CS e-wZڮ)$< \Nl-3[)6ƒCtMH}bcpIIrym;/]!p-'F['q}W(ί8fB WGKV>o5=Umnn'%["Fj(uET*aQq7H[7NZlA%bj|ɁH,/'IYW}ToQoGG+vyX_rRRV-ý\0v1*+ֵtʵK{k`XA}?vAc2Iy^cu's@ m?L7fUb>SS^B2o<_i]GԈtF:@.h<N*2wDNiL~K&OFsy {C5-A+x4P2k+I\+DP6׶fk}jemawkϺz'^DgȕÃ(z:q dmάelAZ`UZObn:rҬ/4SLZS}م.Ge@ 1pjnTkvhViC Ҭ*i{jQVMT{k; Dp9kH@">/c9O^5s_\V  N9F)E+Ή\GAB$ɡ:u]D%Ɛ, ZC`@y@BN\kx]IWx)Ѣά(7ZG.B$tbsvy圬+B6S?r}LyBw.$Sgue/$xFdey/rYz%gE * =B%#|Tg""eB}qJ \2HHOJ،Ɨ]F1PdeŻFdh Ae#BS̄dPR6[A2YoZ"hl7/ЉQuM煜֗t:ut $7yRetF ٬b9)⭛ЮeC@4"4Xw݃(%*Uh FhKKXg>px:l~7;0!\QSA}-q3S$;(@;KTЄ ΍;2^1ocۈq eSi*eB’6QCnAsFwbQL,'fgO}+W F=+z^##[B6@RyHyscqp#,az3'>4eheX}\YK (Tþ/BR+SpEtnkgqN0p.d:ceJúq6Ўn ~r>s3dչpT-nQV1ks=e4k?lEYTH_bAq` 3WyiX ~\J7 Youaj[ytX|`L MJJO9[GQL} 2~ _\`^{삕'QPr8&dFV칥AO:ӆ8xjc&(mwdTO EHaBӃ+ZƱ]& - [4uMb $fm{@)U$9R1,C OVh(s3@ OL4nlcGN\?4J>h?ЀQ2 P!kdcy \\H_(>֢ycOϴ /7Ef5gPY>N 6[_Dĩw0% ʪGF𫭀^ &AiE";/K-,EVPU/3 $[q(gݝ50{ 'lPF;[q4,#x1czNC4HzHMD7QY⻯Omh * T!7#.fͭ'jrDǂQo'QooJT_&s5)EUDBbbK%JUBꤦ,"K !kr!U< jB)7a2l316ɳ!R. }oJ?xF a̹q |}=l\MW(GJ{HM3Sv`ecK@2Oޝn\w\}g񷧣Α$/p~MV4EVM"04LP&JmA'[R`2y16ž]%O׉MeږbAX|P1rBd8O,3R|^6 +o+O\D8;#CϦZڛ {{MM͉#N }czFL>1-вz6)!Rsن2-|U0v*ܛ) [RM~^${M]|~:բeE_ ?thiA蜤7׾K3XQa\ˣpuTvE0RLoRc-_?EWK@xї/>R#9 šRB!w.ۄrWQvsEW:t9D#8JN ϊZk&I5h ت' ̕E5Y++s2Ͷ%.pUj!Sk!I };6OܴCʯpTՍUj-J+G OU>H}D\ :\{\~R8-Zݙ 1F\K:k^4zFNuAT t#JD@w¹GATp"O&hu>eFKxĚypOPKgo C^o˳'HrcaOV ڤntnl!_r Жnb~9\ e.o\ZشIܢݬ)Aәf/={$ƽxx]5 QKX&`xiҀ~\ZrQcE^ҒT]cwut;L~ =H&ɗ2LHޗwѺL^W5i# %mK sG)OiɲdѵX}4˻q<Lox=:?ojJ z1inAv Z&jkI@/@8Aǎ7tVs d,y:- ̝s f9$t\L[Zǜc_*8]^:#%<5u5e0: {3&cFM#slxzb"6^Mr^a$*g qXY{/ d'ZIb̰[ Jt8.p,vr8Ey3I@sbpʊ\*Q@б#KOL}."TxdIl8< 6]m^[ >$ez.9,VX|]+ 5uFA7$O[&i>dБ&W[ tFJJqlɑ%5i[rDٝ~^M#O9=,{ŋZ3Lpj3R)P"q{#+@y7Mݓ0,ԑOxָeqFhA\ G;KFZ ЇqE61jj͑aBeMϰp`/c&8SI֣-OEE^=cNs| [=EvF݃zjW1Q!fag'늋j oxUaM T|N_,BUX <{)de7OOa~'>1Y% ׫\e4dMe8b5= X8,FEe C3 [BD~FS, h0_DA_"㲉QdƧ3Qdu1i4I8d}FzFACцcﬧt{!,늁-гT$5h*.R p0Y '3'O8J_#cn&xg9.qS: ^`;qBK6Y8cs#^=rY{ v+CΏE7(!ζNЫXkI9Hǿ$R {f95R{55WJڃa{t\Fo7:,tWdD?lydn=\W9 I2+ӠHVHQ. ]n/8BsLy/Iؘ7#XldݽT;ynaϸ?N#g ?uFkE(P(I}SW_":cW9hLIJƕaf+^sIX es]9f8 $)Sxٌ4ܱ0%.˷ó^Ccz餂t1Q
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1