In the book's opening testimonial, AARP Foundation President Lisa Marsh Ryerson writes, "The words of these stories bring back the past, but more important than that, they fulfill our common need to be heard, to be listened to, to connect." Featuring 80 inspirational stories from the original Best Day of My Life So Far senior storytelling group, this book will inspire in everyone a love of life and a love of people, and make a great personal keepsake or a thoughtful gift. The Best Day of My Life So Far is a registered 501(c)(3) organization inspired by the friendship between architect Benita Cooper and her grandmother, with groups growing nationwide. Get involved and read more stories at www.bestdayofmylifesofar.org.

An absorbing, emotionally engrossing story about a young Indian girl who has to survive by herself on the streets of Kolkata.

Read this inspiring book about the childhoods of famous people like Gandhi, Einstein, Helen Keller, Vivekananda and many others who have made an enormous difference to our lives.

With his mother’s help, RJ learns that his problems happen because he doesn’t listen or pay attention to directions from her, his school principal, teachers, or even his friends. Author Julia Cook’s book shows RJ as well as all K-6 readers the steps to the fundamental social skills of listening and following instructions. When RJ learns to use these skills the right way, he has the best day of his life! This book is the first in the BEST ME I Can Be! series to teach children social skills that can make home life happier and school more successful. The book includes tips for parents and educators on how to effectively teach listening and following instructions skills to kids.

Every day that we inhale a new breath and then let it back out is an opportunity to have the best day of our lives. That said, it's not always this easy. Life is challenging and complicated, yet we seek out positive expressions of ourselves and the world, like joy and serenity. We're essentially healthy people trying to get through life with as much pleasure as possible. We seek to better ourselves and the world around us because, at our core, we want to live our best lives as our best selves. But how do we do this? How do we have our best day when we're feeling frustrated, heartbroken or a plethora of other emotions that swirl around a human experience? This book offers a daily practice guide that doesn't attempt to give you the answers to these questions, but, rather, the tools necessary to engage them on your own journey. And some of these practices might surprise you. If you've picked up this book expecting a typical put-on-a-smiley-face-and-shove-down-uncomfortable-feelings manual, you won't find that. What will you find within these pages? Open it up and let's begin...

Despite being cursed with a boy's name, Kevin "Vi" Connelly is seriously female and a committed romantic. The affliction hit at the tender age of six when she was handed a basket of flower petals and ensnared by the "marry-tale." The thrill, the attention, the big white dress—it's the Best Day of Your Life, and it's seriously addictive. But at twenty-seven, with a closetful of pricey bridesmaid dresses she'll never wear again, a trunkful of embarrassing memories, and an empty bank account from paying for it all, the illusion of matrimony as the Answer to Everything begins to fray. As her friends' choices don't provide answers, and her family confuses her more, Vi faces off against her eminently untrustworthy boyfriend and the veracity of the BDOYL. Eleven weddings in eighteen months would send any sane woman either over the edge or scurrying for the altar. But as reality separates from illusion, Vi learns that letting go of someone else's story to write your own may be harder than buying the myth, but just might help her make the right choices for herself.