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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(Part One) A bit of insight one reviewer had to say about our journey . . . This review by Quinto has been published. Rating: 4 out of 4! The well known English cliché that experience is the best teacher is well exemplified in the book: Not a Blueprint: It's the Shoe Prints That Matter by Nina Norstrom. It's by far the most well-written memoir I have ever read from the point of view of the potential of a book's capacity to impact positively on its readers. This is because it's hard to read this work and not feel moved by its content. The aforementioned, are some of the fundamental questions that the book addresses. Reading her book heightened my perspective on the importance of not only giving timely advice but also offering a supportive structure to those encompassing physical, emotional, spiritual and mental turmoil. Focusing on the book title, it reflects so much on the theme of the book. It brings out the aspect of individuality towards approaching the theme and problem of toxicity in relationships. It recognizes that there is no one-size-fits-it-all kind of solution to the problem. . . . (Note: it was rather #lengthy I only shared part of it. The link will give more insight. Or just wait 'til next week.) https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?f=24

Book Excerpt

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

God be the glory . . . for walking me through the journey!

We are living in turbulent days, and our culture is clouded with a mass of toxicity. During our lifetimes, every one of us experiences some form of toxic relationship. These relationships aren’t necessarily with people. We can have toxic relationships with alcohol, animals, battlefields, diseases, drugs, environments, religions, and even our own emotions. A toxic relationship, in any form, can destroy us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. But it can also offer us the opportunity to learn and grow. This is my story of those lessons learned and the shoe prints they have left on me.
I’ve been a daughter, sister, mother, friend, worker, wife, and . . . .

My relationships with toxic people, diseases, emotions, religions, and work environments internally destroyed me. There is no doubt toxicity trails us no matter what paths we take. Regardless of toxic relationships, my belief is that God gives us strong shoes to walk those paths.

If we are willing, we can readily learn to distinguish
whether relationships are toxic or non-toxic. My ultimate lesson in my journey has been that healthy relationships require honesty, compassion, strength, and courage. Given the right mechanisms, these traits make maneuvering through lifeless stormy.
Follow my shoe prints . . . the trail unfolds inside these pages.

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

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A Reviewer's Insight

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

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