Lena Land Books releases The First Day of School Blues

Newest Release from Lena Land Books: The First Day of School Blues

For children ages 6 and under

The First Day of School Blues was written for all children who are shy, a little scared and not sure what to expect when going to a new school or a new grade.  This is also about the separation anxiety a parent feels sending their child to school for the first time.

Damon Davies is one of those kids and he wants to share his story with you!

My name is Damon Davies and today I start the first grade.

I’ve got butterflies in my tummy but mommy say’s I’m very brave.

New faces, new teachers and a new lunch lady too.

I hope they pile on the tater tots like Ms. Pearlie use to.

At lunchtime I got lucky and met a new friend.

Jumping off of the bus after the best first day of school

I see mommy waiting by the bus stop and daddy’s there too.

With a tear in her eye she smothers me with kisses

and I think I know why.

I have a secret to tell all of you kids that I bet you never knew.

On the first day of school, mommies get the blues too!

Lena Land Books

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Coming 2013- When Angels Bleed

Based on actual events, When Angels Bleed is a collection of short stories that explore how the bonds of love disintegrate as a direct result of Domestic Violence.
For the couples in this book, the illusion of maintaining a stable family life for the children is nothing more than a delusion, holding everyone involved captive.
Tony and Daphne Baker are an older married couple in their fifties whose drug-fueled fights and frequent physical altercations have turned their home into a war zone.
The culmination of infidelity, broken bones and bruised egos, leave Daphne numb to the destruction of her marriage.  Her life is further complicated by an admission from her husband of over two decades that he is living with AIDS.
For Lance and Erica Stevenson, a young married couple together since high school, mental illness is the catalyst that rips their world apart.
After a blissful courtship and the birth of their first child, Erica's mental health deteriorates, putting her and her family in danger.  When Lance is badly disfigured and left fighting for his life, betrayed by his own wife, their lives and the lives of their children will never be the same.


Story written by L.S. Williamson
Lena Land Books
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A Generation of Oversharers

Happy New Year!

"I just hopped out of the shower.  It's cold. LOL"
"Left my house 15 minutes ago and I forgot to turn on the security alarm :{ "
"My married girlfriend is having my baby"

As I look upon 2013 with optimism and hope that the tragedies, devastation, and catastrophes that rocked 2012 are behind us along with another year, I am perplexed and overwhelmed by the constant influx of intimate information that people insist on sharing with the world via social media and the mainstream media as well.
Over the past year the most personal details of one's life have been publicized whether voluntarily or involuntarily.  Veteran government officials who have been married for decades are being outed as adulterers via email.  Suicides are being recorded or live streamed via YouTube and Ustream.  
There are a generation of people who are completely comfortable sharing everything from what goes on in their bedrooms, the content of their toilets after using the restroom to incriminating themselves in crimes.
Privacy has become nothing more than a fantasy as the world is converted into a culture of 24 hour Internet junkies.  Private citizens have become society's Paparazzi as camera phones invade households like pests.
Now in my early 30s, I believe that we are leaving the planet in the hands of a generation of oversharers.  I am not certain what the impact will be so for now I just watch from the sidelines, observe and report.  I do not have an Instagram account and my Facebook page reads like the first few chapters of "America's Most Inspiring Quotes" but I am a person who cherishes my privacy.  I revel in anonymity and worship confidentiality.  In a world where the Internet is a vault of preserved achievements and failures, secrets and successes,  it baffles me that people willingly live their lives so transparently without regard for the future.

Powerful in the Present

“Life often resembles a series of hurdles that we all must leap over.  Looking to the past we see all of the obstacles we have overcome.  As we look ahead to the future, in our uncertainty we do not see a finish line, simply more hurdles to jump.  The present allows us to take a moment to catch our breath, gather strength and appreciate how much ground we’ve already covered.  It is in the present that we are our most powerful.”

-Quote by Author Lena Williamson

 Lena Land Books

The Price of War

Written and performed by Lena Williamson

Look In The Mirror Poetry Collection

Lena Land Books

http://lenalandbooks.intuitwebsites.com

Bound By Time

Written and performed by Lena Williamson

Look In The Mirror Poetry Collection

Lena Land Books

http://lenalandbooks.intuitwebsites.com

The Biggest Commitment of your Life

I know without a doubt that there are people who feel that parenthood is one of the biggest personal commitments in life.  While others will argue that this honor should be reserved for marriage.  After all, both of these events can alter anyone’s life dramatically. 

However I would like to introduce another HUGE commitment that few people care to nurture, Self-Love.  There are those who are stable, dependable workers, faithful members of the church and loving individuals.  From the exterior, on the outside looking in their life seems enviable.  I might have classified myself as one of these people.  Through constant conversations and observations I quickly learned that the parallel between those individuals and me became broader when I could effortlessly do the one thing that they cringed at the thought of, being alone.

Furthermore, I not only embrace the idea of being left alone with myself but I relish in the fact that at any given time of the day I am always in the company of the one person who will stay with me through good times and bad for richer or for poorer, and in sickness and in health.  ME!

I get to spend the rest of my life with someone who genuinely cares about my opinions whether rational or irrational, right or wrong.  I am in love with someone who does not hesitate when time comes to take me out for a night on the town whether I’m in jeans or a dress.  I am immersed in a love affair with someone whose only purpose in life is to make me happy.  I am hopelessly and unconditionally in love with me.

It took me quite some time, years, pains and tears to realize that the love I had been searching a decade to find amongst others was with me the entire time.  As I look in the mirror lately I think of how foolish I had been to not see the love I wanted right in front of my eyes.

I challenge you as an individual to love you more.  I dare you to release the narcissism and selfishness.  Self love is not about me, me, me or I deserve this or that.  No, self love is taking yourself to the movies without needing or wanting the company of another.  Self-love is about spending time pleasing the neglected part of you.  It’s about whisking yourself away on vacation to the locale of your choosing just to give yourself the well-deserved attention that would usually go to your children, spouse or significant other.  Become your own significant other.  I believe self-love is one of the biggest commitments of your life.  Self-love is the celebration of you.