Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook232 pages2 hours
A New Day One: Trauma, Grace, and a Young Man's Journey from Foster Care to Harvard
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Rodney faced incredible hardships in the foster care system and coping with family drug problems and violence. But through sheer determination and the support of some key mentors, Rodney was able to reach for new heights as an Ivy League scholar and award-winning entr
Read more from Rodney Walker
Wounds You Can Not See: A Guide to Cultivating Risk and Resilience Among At-Risk Youth The Write Direction: The Ultimate Guide to Writing your Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to A New Day One
Related ebooks
Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ali’S Story: To Live or Die—The Choice Is Mine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShattered to the Core: How I Made Peace with My Past and Reclaimed My Future Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cycles of Nicholas: A Memoir of Raising a Child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Find a Place for Me Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Am Nobody: Confronting the Sexually Abusive Coach Who Stole My Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne in Ten Thousand: For the Love of Lee, a mother's story. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings"It's Chyckxn!" The Unculinary Way I Made Life Palatable: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCan't Someone Fix What Ails Me? 21 Stories of Chronic Illness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSaving My Sister: How I Created Meaning from Addiction and Loss Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLoving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Illusion of the Perfect Profession Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Secret Mother Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Monsters, Mice and Mercy: A life redeemed from abuse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNatasha's Not My Name: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReinventing Life: My Journey into Ptsd and Back Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSowing in Tears: A Mother’s Sorrow in Infertility and Joy in Adoption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Know It in My Heart: Walking through Grief with a Child Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen I Wished upon a Star: From Broken Homes to Mended Hearts Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Two More Years Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPatient 71: An inspiring true story of a mother's love that fueled her fight to stay alive Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fostering: A Memoir of Courage and Hope Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Journey of Hope: One Child’S Battle with Cancer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHold On, Let Go: Facing ALS with courage and hope Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTangled Violets: A Novel of Redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Joey Song: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Daddy's Special Little Girl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaregiver Confidential: Stories of Living with My Husband's Alzheimer's Disease Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Girl Who Lived Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Teaching Methods & Materials For You
Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Jack Reacher Reading Order: The Complete Lee Child’s Reading List Of Jack Reacher Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Edition: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour: Mind Hack, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Inside American Education Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Principles: Life and Work Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Closing of the American Mind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Personal Finance for Beginners - A Simple Guide to Take Control of Your Financial Situation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Tools of Learning Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Three Bears Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Take Smart Notes. One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A study guide for Frank Herbert's "Dune" Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How To Be Hilarious and Quick-Witted in Everyday Conversation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Speed Reading: How to Read a Book a Day - Simple Tricks to Explode Your Reading Speed and Comprehension Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (10th Anniversary, Revised Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Easy Spanish Stories For Beginners: 5 Spanish Short Stories For Beginners (With Audio) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything You Need to Know About Personal Finance in 1000 Words Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
The Diary of Jasmine Grace: Trafficked. Recovered. Redeemed. – 728 100% found this document useful486. Heal PTSD & Trauma using this Psychotherapy Technique with EMDR Therapist Tammy Valicenti 0% found this document usefulPSP 197: How to Not Accommodate Your Child’s Anxiety or OCD with Eli Lebowitz 0% found this document usefulS6 E3 | Families: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 0% found this document usefulAnne Wilson Talks About Her Jesus 0% found this document usefulPSP 310: My Top 5 Podcasts & Youtube Videos for When Your Child is Just Diagnosed with OCD. 0% found this document useful2. My Diagnosis Story | Living With Bipolar Disorder & OCD 0% found this document usefulEp #02: Finding Joy Through Pain with Ashley LeMieux 0% found this document usefulPSP: 267 Helping Kids with Emetophobia | The Fear of Throwing Up with Dawn Huebner 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Dirty John: Terra Los Angeles TimesArticle
Dirty John: Terra
Oct 9, 2017
9 min readThe Murder Of James Bulger 30 Years On Woman's OwnArticle
The Murder Of James Bulger 30 Years On
Feb 7, 2023
This week marks 30 years since two-year-old James Bulger was abducted and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. James would be in his 30s now. Would he be married? A father? With a career? All that was snatched away from
4 min readOut of Control GuidepostsArticle
Out of Control
Feb 1, 2024
5 min read“My Online Shopping Habit Is Out Of Control” PsychologiesArticle
“My Online Shopping Habit Is Out Of Control”
Aug 3, 2021
3 min readA Different Kind of Grief GuidepostsArticle
A Different Kind of Grief
Apr 25, 2019
8 min readThe Rewards of Caregiving GuidepostsArticle
The Rewards of Caregiving
May 28, 2021
4 min read‘OCD Didn’t Beat Me’ Woman & HomeArticle
‘OCD Didn’t Beat Me’
Jul 2, 2020
2 min readFAMILY FEUDS & HOW TO SURVIVE THEM MEGAArticle
FAMILY FEUDS & HOW TO SURVIVE THEM
Dec 1, 2019
7 min readSeparated At Birth The Australian Women's WeeklyArticle
Separated At Birth
Sep 11, 2019
8 min readFitness Trackers: Good at Measuring Heart Rate, Not So Good At Measuring Calories NPRArticle
Fitness Trackers: Good at Measuring Heart Rate, Not So Good At Measuring Calories
May 24, 2017
3 min readMother-Daughter Memoir Of Autism Exemplifies The Power Of Language NPRArticle
Mother-Daughter Memoir Of Autism Exemplifies The Power Of Language
Apr 13, 2021
3 min readMy Story My Journey Out Of Darkness The Australian Women's WeeklyArticle
My Story My Journey Out Of Darkness
Mar 24, 2021
5 min readSex Abuse Victims Struggle to Lose Pounds Put on as Protective Measure Chicago TribuneArticle
Sex Abuse Victims Struggle to Lose Pounds Put on as Protective Measure
Nov 9, 2017
3 min readStocking Full Of Coal Angels on Earth magazineArticle
Stocking Full Of Coal
Oct 28, 2021
3 min readThe Retrograde Shame of The Biggest Loser The AtlanticArticle
The Retrograde Shame of The Biggest Loser
Jan 29, 2020
6 min readFamily Room® GuidepostsArticle
Family Room®
Oct 1, 2021
Pastor and best-selling author Sarah Jakes Roberts (3 Questions, page 22) reflects on her incredible journey in her new book, Woman Evolve: Break Up With Your Fears and Revolutionize Your Life. She shares the in securities she had as a teen mom and h
3 min readIt’s a Blessing to Bear Your Friend’s Burden The AtlanticArticle
It’s a Blessing to Bear Your Friend’s Burden
Mar 3, 2019
5 min readHappily ever AFTER Pick Me Up SpecialArticle
Happily ever AFTER
Oct 31, 2019
5 min readMonday, July 3 Mornings with JesusArticle
Monday, July 3
Jun 16, 2023
ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS is when I see my little children climbing onto my husband's lap or snuggling by his side. Even though my youngest kids are ten and eleven years old, they want to sit near him, especially during family movie night. They like
1 min readIn His hands Angels on Earth magazineArticle
In His hands
Oct 28, 2021
2 min readThe Broken Road Angels on Earth magazineArticle
The Broken Road
Jun 24, 2023
5 min readMy San Francisco Angel Angels on Earth magazineArticle
My San Francisco Angel
Aug 27, 2021
3 min readThe Black Yearbook The AtlanticArticle
The Black Yearbook
Aug 4, 2020
1 min readMysterious Ways GuidepostsArticle
Mysterious Ways
Sep 26, 2023
I celebrated my fortieth birthday by going on a getaway with a few close friends. We had a great time, but I kept wishing that my dad, who’d passed away three years earlier, could be there to celebrate with me. I yearned to know what he would have sa
2 min readComfort & Reassurance GuidepostsArticle
Comfort & Reassurance
Nov 26, 2022
In the middle of the night, I felt a sudden heavy presence on the mattress. The bed listed like a foundering ship. It took me a second to understand: Gracie, my 70-pound golden, had joined me. She’s not a bed dog. She gets too hot and objects to my s
1 min readDirty John: Forgiveness Los Angeles TimesArticle
Dirty John: Forgiveness
Oct 5, 2017
8 min readLukewarm Faith in the Church Today JOY MagazineArticle
Lukewarm Faith in the Church Today
Nov 25, 2022
Last month I led a biblical pilgrimage tour to Turkey with JOY! Travel. We visited the sites of the 7 Churches of Revelation. At each site we received relevant teachings from the group pastor about the letters written to the churches in the book of R
1 min readSomeone Cares GuidepostsArticle
Someone Cares
May 26, 2023
I stepped outside to retrieve a package from my front porch and called out a thank-you to the postal worker who’d delivered it. He smiled and waved as he headed down my steps, and I couldn’t help but notice that he looked hot and sweaty. I glanced up
2 min readKatherine Heigl WHAT I KNOW NOW WHOArticle
Katherine Heigl WHAT I KNOW NOW
Feb 18, 2021
4 min readGot That Blah Feeling? The Australian Women's WeeklyArticle
Got That Blah Feeling?
Jul 14, 2021
3 min read
Reviews for A New Day One
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
A New Day One - Rodney Walker
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1