Teresa L. Arrowood

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." Eleanor Roosevelt Wise lady, no matter how bad a day gets, tomorrow brings the promise of a renewed life. It doesn't matter what goes on in your life today but you can try to change tomorrow with what has made you the person you are. Today will soon be gone and tomorrow you can't change no matter much you would like to. For those that suffer from abuse can't see beyond the grief that has been thrown upon them, it lies on them like a thick heavy blanket not allow them to move on. The pain and shame that comes from abuse, rather it is mental, sexual or physical. It leaves behind pieces of shattered lives that aren't easily put back together. Trust is broken with essentially most people. It leads to self-destructive behavior such as self-inflicted pain, drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, anxiety, panic disorder and suicide attempts. One in three women are affected and one in six men. That is staggerin...

    It's funny how a day can go , starting out in perfection and then ends in a torrential storm. Just as the sun comes so does the rain. It's no choicer of person nor does it take on any particular gender, race or age.  I see the storms in peoples life on a daily basis , some so bad you think it will sink them. It's amazing the strength of the human spirit and also how fragile it can be. Two sides of the same coin you might say. It depends on how each storm is approached and how you go through it.    Having friends and family that have been through every storm that you can imagine along with the patients that I have taken care of. Storms of infidelity, pain, loss, devastating diagnosis's of Cancer, ALS, heart disease and others unmentioned. From the young to the old it effects them all.    I have watched each one and how they work they way through the pain not to mention some that I have been through and still deal with from time to time. The m...

Looking into those blue eyes, I hadn’t seen it before. My own grief had shielded what I had known in my own life. The idea that I wasn’t alone in the fight was a comfort, but the shattering feeling filled me when I came to the knowledge that my gentle husband had shared in the same nightmares, the same hauntings bringing me to my knees. My knees buckled as he held me by the arms and we both sank to the floor. He hadn’t said a word but it was evident in his face. My breaths shortened as I sat looking at him, he looked lost and broken. What had happened, why hadn’t I seen it before? I was so in tune to others that had been abused. I could spot a victim most days before they ever spoke a word, it hadn’t occurred to me that he too had been in my shoes. He had understood because he had been there. He hadn’t told me, for some reason he hadn’t told me. "I’m okay," he whispered. "I didn’t want you to know, you had enough to deal with. It was a long time ago."...

    " The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just staring into space." Marilyn Monroe.     One of the most misunderstood women in  the world was on the money here. A person who can make you feel affection by just being there has accomplished a magnificent feat. The main one thing that most can ever hope to find is someone to love them for who they are and not someone can offer them.     The time spent with another human being can be pleasurable if it is the right one. Just being on a front- porch swing may be just enough to satisfy being together. People get to caught up in what they can do or where they can go when the simple things are remembered and appreciated more. Don't get me wrong, I love going places and doing things. I have wonderful memories of travel and going out on dates, but it wasn't until I met a man who stepped into my life and had only himself to of...

"You know you’re in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." Dr. Seuss        Remember the first time when you finally realized you were no longer in control of your feeling for someone else? When it came to thinking of someone else was better than thinking of yourself? That's when you know you have found your God given soul-mate. When your life is no longer your own and you want to share what you have with someone else the love of a life time is born.     Okay, so I am a romantic, I never said that I wasn't. The main thing was that I waited on God to point me in the right direction. I can't say the path was always perfect but God's time was perfect. God's timing is always perfect, rather we like the time frame or not.     Love is a human emotion that is a powerful force that all have found at one point in their life. Love itself is one of the areas that no human can live...

    For those of you who know I have written a book may not know what it is about. I wrote the book because of the abuse and the affects of it in my friends and family along with some of my patent's over the last thirty years. It's hard to look at without it making you ill. The one that had hit me the hardest was when I was sixteen. One of the best friends I ever had suffered through abuse in his young life along with his sister. We were sitting on a railroad tie where we attended trade school. I hadn't noticed before then until I looked down an had held his hand when I happened to see the scarred areas on his wrists. When I asked him what had happened he had pulled his hand back toward him. When he told me his story it killed me inside. He was hard to get to know and now I knew why. He had been physically and mentally abused before he was adopted into another family. He had lived through his sister being sexually assaulted  and trying to protect her. Both of th...

    "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts." William Shakespeare     Have you ever thought yourself as a player in a bigger picture? Most do not but other's look at your life and read you like they are reading a novel some of them their minds more on a cheap novel, Either way we play a part each day in someone else's life. It may make a good influence on them or a bad depending on how react to any given situation. These days people are overly sensitive and it makes that stage a whole lot harder to live with.     Each man, woman or child steps into the life of someone else each day. As a child you play that role to a father, mother or grandparent that cares for them. The act as a child and play as a child and love only a child kind n that of a pure and simple child like, that we forget as we get older. We become teens and think of cours...

  "The most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller.     How true is this? If were unable to see the beauty and could only see with the heart what a much better place it would be. Being taught as a child that we aren't to judge others by appearance or character I remain guilty from time to time. Those of us who, lets say are pleasingly healthy from what we devour are looked upon as outcasts at times. Not only that but we judge ourselves by our appearance.     The quote "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," was wrong. Words do hurt and often times cripple us. Not only others but the way we think of ourselves. I have heard words of others  that were said to me and others that I know, that are hurtful even though they aren't meant to be, and others are just plain destructive. How often I have heard, the girl with the pretty face, I wasn't alw...

    For the last few days I have wondered what it would take to boost my first book and as usual nothing has come to mind other than what I have already done. I was never one for the spot light and I guess stepping out of my comfort zone isn't going to be easy.  Tonight I thought I would post a short portion from Standing in the Eye of the Storm for you to see what the book is like allowing to see what it is about and what type of work that I have been doing. So without further ado, here go. “Oh, I can’t believe it. You’re going on a date, with Carter Blake, for heaven’s sake. We have to find the perfect outfit for you. Maybe we’ll even stop in and get a manicure, might as well do the whole thing.” “I want something feminine, something pretty you know?” “Yeah, I get the picture, understated but glamorous. We’ll find something just right.” “Come on, let’s go.” We spent the day at Bateman’s, one of the best local stores we had, and Tangles, where we both ended up gett...

     It was a school assignment that caused me to step out in faith of something that I have always wanted to do. A simple lesson on bullying was something that I took to heart. A young man that had become a motivational speaker that looked like he was in his early twenties inspired me to do something that was outside my comfort zone.     He stood before a crowd of high school and college students and asked the simple question, "What would do if you were not afraid?" That had me thinking, what would be the worst thing that could happen if you did this? The worst thing that came to mind was that all any one could say was no. No one likes to be rejected but then God is in control of everything in our life and every pursuit. Why should we worry? We have no control of what happens any more than how the wind blows. We can't get in our own way instead of letting God have the control.     Letting God take the wheel is the best thing that anyone can do. Besi...

     Your never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. A little over a year ago I decided to step out in faith on a new journey not knowing where it would lead to. Today I am a new author, struggling at it but a new author. The journey still leaves questions in it's path each day I continue on. I have never been a patient person. Being born two months early you can understand I was bound to end up that way. The older I get I find the more inpatient I can be.     It took me a little less than a year to finish my first novel and of course I thought I could have it pounded it out in a few months. I loved to write and had been doing it off and on since I was a freshman in high school. Now a 49 year old wife, mother and grandmother of five , along with a full time Critical Care Nurse  leaves little time to be creative. The thing is once you start getting older you have all the life experience and none of the time to sit down and write about it. I ...

God can show up at the most unexpected times and give us a gift that we never thought possible. Through the anguish of another family in our immediate circle my husband got a glimpse of what heaven is and the miracles God can create.     A family member that has been ill for some time told his family that he had seen my husbands father and that God had sent him to be with him. He talked of the flower gardens that had lain ahead of him and it blessed my husband to know that his father after all these years was home and had come back not once but twice for a family member.     I know that in my own experience that God gives us these gifts not to let him know that he exist but because he can and he has the control do it anytime he wishes we just have to be receptive. In the years that I have been a critical nurse God has given me a glimpse of heaven more than once but it wasn't until I saw my grandmother and my unborn child that I appreciated what God had done for my ...

     It has been a beautiful day in Southeastern Ohio, hope everyone has enjoyed their Saturday. I have been spending some time working on the sequel of Standing in the Eye of the Storm (Stilling the Thunder). If you haven't read it please visit Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Xlibris for your copy or see me. If you have read it please drop me a line and give me some feed back, I would enjoy hearing from you, also leave a review on Amazon.     The following is some web sites you can visit http://xlibrishub.com/wd/us/129894/ https://www.facebook.com/teresa.arrowood

Sorry having problems with my blog. My computer is not wanting to cooperate with me this evening. Hope everyone has enjoyed their Saturday. I have been working on the sequel to Standing in the Eye of the Storm, (Stilling the Thunder). If you haven't read it you can find your copy at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Xlibris or you can see me.     If you have read it please leave comments, I would love to hear your feed back. Also if you have read it please leave a review on Amazon. The following is a summary of  Standing in the Eye of the Storm. Good evening and have wonderful evening.   21 year old Isabella Cameron thought she would never find the love she longed for. Dedicating her life to serving others she carries a dark secret. The nightmare of her past is an assurance to her that she would never have a happily ever after. Living in a storm that consumed her she meets Carter Blake a detective bent on stealing her heart. 27 year old Carter Blake being left to rai...

http://xlibrishub.com/wd/us/129894/ The above address is a website for my book at Xlibris. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clKdl-aESA4 The above address is to youtube where you can find my book trailer. Sorry the previous post shut down before I could everything on it. Enjoy and May God give you a Blessed evening. Teresa

    Hey it's a beautiful day and a great day for writing. Hoping to get to do some of it very soon. Working on the sequel to Standing in the Eye of the Storm and hope to get it out to everyone around Christmas. Of course with work there is no guarantee to that. That is my goal anyway.     This October in Jackson Ohio I plan to have my first book signing at the Tea Caddy. It's a small shop filled with tea's and coffee's. It's unique and restful, welcoming place to be. The owner is one of the best people you would want to meet and a woman after God's heart. Come meet her and celebrate with me on a accomplishment that I have been waiting so long to see come to life. Hope to see you there.     If you are interested in purchasing a book there will be some at the event or you can get them from Xlibris, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Visit my Author page on Amazon and see the book trailer. Have a blessed day and may the storms of your life be light ...