Follow the journey of one man's climb from the projects to the promised land. Cry as he suffers loss, rejection, discrimination, and defeat. Laugh as he describes the many adventures he and his brothers undertook and the dreams they had as children. Rejoice as he reveals his triumph through his faith in God, hard work and sheer determination to become victorious over his past experiences. From businessman to preacher to law enforcement to politician, Don shares the adventure that has been his life.

This unapproved dissertation explores the correlation between social worker burnout and ongoing agency training. Burnout is one of the greatest threats to workplace safety and is reaching epic proportions. This burnout impacts the social worker’s desire to stay at the job. Higher levels of burnout contributed to social workers’ “intentions to leave” their jobs thus contributing to the high turnover rate. Burnout negatively impacts staff retention, can affect the solutions offered for children’s problems and can impair treatment outcomes and negatively impact the intervention for children and families. This study was a quantitative correlational study to understand if participation in ongoing agency training impacts child welfare social worker burnout by showing a connection between lower levels of burnout and participation in ongoing agency trainings.

Remember the feelings of being a teenager in love - the depth and angst? The feelings you thought would never end and never be repeated. These poems were written during those years of teenage angst.

From two quite different worlds, can Jada and Chance overcome their differences and misunderstandings to find true love?

Jada, from a working-class family, now a social worker trying to make a difference in her world. Chance, born with a sliver spoon in his mouth, looking for something different. Can the two of them overcome their prejudices and assumptions towards the other? Do they belong in the same world?

Follow this sweet romance as it develops between Jada and Chance.

They are inexplicably drawn to one another. But his lifestyle is violent - full of crime, fear, and hate. Hers is not. He lives in darkness, and she is in the light. How can he hope to live in a world of lightness? How can she hope to survive in a world of darkness? If he can just keep their worlds apart, he can keep her safe. He believes they can make it - living between their two worlds. Until the day the two worlds collide.

Online Dating: For Mature Audiences Only is a quick, witty read for those back in the dating game and of a certain age. Read along as one woman describes her dating experience with online dating off and on for over nine years and several different dating sites. She is of a mature age and has both laughed and cried throughout this experience. Enjoy the shared adventure - just don’t expect a fairy tale ending!

There are many feelings and emotions experienced during recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Some of those thoughts are shared here. Follow the journey from dark to light through poetry.

Follow the journey of one man's climb from the projects to the promised land. Cry as he suffers loss, rejection, discrimination, and defeat. Laugh as he describes the many adventures he and his brothers undertook and the dreams they had as children. Rejoice as he reveals his triumph through his faith in God, hard work and sheer determination to become victorious over his past experiences. From businessman to preacher to law enforcement to politician, Don shares the adventure that has been his life.