Adults and children will enjoy reading about the adventures of the Nelson family as they venture into the wilderness of Alaska hunting, fishing, and trapping. The story was taken from my family's life of more than forty years of living in the woods. We invite you to share our adventures and our observations. Most of the events in this story are true. We fed Crippled Bird for five years before he failed to show up again. By fall his feathers had grown in again but his crippled foot never turned back and he was always a little off balance. We raised four boys in the woods but pared them down...

Today we live in a world with violence all around us. School shootings, mass murders, terrorism, domestic violence. The world has strayed. How can we turn away from this violent path? Now, more than ever, we yearn for answers that will shine the light on the truth about trauma and abuse. -What compels us to do the things we do? -How can we change the effects trauma has on our lives? Is it possible to heal from the life-long effects of trauma? Within these pages, the reader will find a quick read that gives insightful answers to questions like these - and more. Without a doubt, our perceptions...