Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints That Matter

Parenting & Relationships

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Synopsis

Symbolizing a Journey ─ Learning Lessons ─ Letting Go ─ and Gaining Insight . . . tools that lead to relationships. Relationships are formed with people, alcohol, animals, battlefields, diseases, drugs, environments, and even our emotions. Whether toxic or nontoxic they’re an integral part of daily living. Follow Author Nina Norstrom through the journey as she peels off those toxic relationships. The story takes you through the experiences of grief, pain, trauma, and forgiveness. The story weaves lies with love, betrayal with deception and drama with murder. As the shoe prints are molded in and out of a variety of unhealthy relationships, they’ll leave behind a blazing trail of lessons. Teaching an ultimate lesson for the meaning of relationships, that builds honesty and compassion. The story in its raw image projects a remarkable voice to the heroic fight and bravery gained when striking back to wipe out the toxicity of deadly relationships. Through its reading, you will discover the importance that life brings many challenges, and that each challenge provides lessons to be learned. Inside the Excerpts, are sneak previews of what's bubbling: Preorders are available for April 5, 2016 DETAILS ABOUT THE JOURNEY Why is the topic so important? What we do in our everyday experiences brings about important life lessons. We’re living inside the topic each day we inhale anew breathe. In These days and times, toxicity has settled in the environment. Just think about it: every day we wake up we’re on the battlefield fighting a war. And just feeling where there’s: good against evil; sons against fathers; daughters against mothers; nations against nations; drugs against diseases; and the list goes on and on.

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Author Biography

As an award-winning author, Not a Blueprint: It’s the Shoe Prints that Matter is a @bookexcellence Award Finalist! Check it out here: www.bookexcellenceawards.com Over three decades, Norstrom has unmasked the levels of relationships: pain; abuse; emotions, diseases; work environments; trauma; and its poison of unforgiveness. In the artistic world, it is those literary creations that demonstrate a measure of personal growth that magnifies those hurdles conquered - from darkness to survival, even her release from incarceration. While growing and blossoming, she has maintained a healthier lifestyle . . . staying free of unhealthy relationships. Through her experiences, Norstrom has encountered a complete metamorphosis ─ releasing one identity for another. Living inside this transitional lifestyle she states, “I see myself as that long-blooming, rich flower waiting to attract those butterflies. It is there, I’ve come full circle having realized the dangerous effects of toxicity."

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Author Insight

Living Inside Toxicity

Yes, Dad was “Damaged Goods” during his existence in this life. And I'm sure he was not the only male species. Nor did his actions cripple the love I had for him. In his world, being toxic was a way of LIFE. Perhaps, that's why I named Chapter One, "Damaged Goods." It was a good fit. But I still miss him so. Does that seem crazy or what? Apparently, some of his traits (the #toxic side) found its way into my circle. 'Cause during my years of romancing, it was the only type of men I seem to attract. So you see, life is not always that bed of roses, you dream of!

Book Excerpt

Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints That Matter

I couldn't forget Dad and the close relationship we shared. Dad was gone. He was gone forever and wasn’t coming back. I cried so hard. I isolated myself from my family. Learning of his death was emotionally challenging — as if life had robbed me. Something inside me was broken. My emotions were exploding all over the place. I felt unprotected, angered, lost, totally abandoned, and relieved. He’d given me so much and would’ve done anything for me. I’d always miss hearing him say, “I love you unconditionally.”

He loved me, yet he left me. It was the first time someone I bonded with and loved had died. Sure, Dad had his way of acting out, but that had never taken away my love for him. On the other hand, I felt a sense of relief knowing Dad would discover his true inner being in another place and time. God had given Mom back her life to find peace and a healing from her wounds. Dad’s demise left me with many damaging scars to carry in life. It has been said that in a family, when one leaves this earth, another life is born. And so it was - . . . I was pregnant.

Mom took the news calmly when I blurted out, “Guess what, you’re . . .

Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints That Matter

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Nina Norstrom

Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints That Matter

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Author Biography

Author Insight

Living Inside Toxicity

Book Excerpt

Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints That Matter

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