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I write books that educate and inspire . . .
. . . so, if you are more into becoming inspired to live your best life, I have written several that are crucial to the beginning of your spiritual growth journey. Principles of FORGIVENESS and LOVE, and why we often go through the struggles that we do. Check out, There's a Flower in the Garbage: Why Suffering Can be a Beautiful Thing. It's one of my best sellers and only takes an hour or two to read depending on your pace. I love writing true stories about people, too, like the one below about my friend Mary.
Yvonne G. Williams, Author
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
My Newest Release, "Inspiration for Life's Great Journey"
My Newest Release, "Inspiration for Life's Great Journey"
Insights for Living
Inspiration for
Life's Great Journey
If you want to bring purpose into your life, this book of inspiration will help you gain insight and a clearer understanding of some of the issues you may encounter along your path. Let’s start with your reason for being on planet earth.
Do you consider your life to be a gift? You should, because it is, even though you may be drifting through life wondering, what is it all about?
In this book are the topics the author felt that most people tend to struggle with throughout their journey on earth. Each topic contains a message about the quote, scriptures that relate, a true story from the author that relates to the topic, and a poem. You may feel connected to some of the real-life stories. Some may cause you to dig deep within your soul to unravel the meaning. Enjoy!
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$21.95 from Yvonne
A True Story
What Really Happened to Mary
So many of the population, especially those who read, love a good murder-mystery, whether in film or in a book, except when it’s someone they know. However, this story is not a mystery; it’s a true story about the murder of a beloved classmate, Mary Halsey Dossey, when she was only thirty-one years young.
My name is Yvonne Johnson Williams, and together with Luann Knopp Phillips (Mary’s best friend), this book was written to tell her story. I met Mary in second grade when I briefly attended Ellenton Elementary School in Ellenton, Florida. I was only there for five months.
She and Luann befriended me when I was a new student in January of that year. Later, in 1966, we went to Junior High and High School together until my family moved to Georgia in 1968, the summer before starting tenth grade. This is our story.
Forgiveness is not an "option", forgiven as we forgive.
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$12.99 from Yvonne
Books That Inspire Spiritual Growth
Books That Inspire Spiritual Growth
The first step to freedom instead of the last
Forgiveness: The Missing Link
to Wholeness
Christianity has become an institution of multiplied and diverse beliefs, so it often overlooks the teachings of true fellowship. Forging beautiful relationships is part of Christ’s mission based on an understanding of the relationship between an individual human and the Son of God — and this truth is dying.
Since we tend to rely upon our own human emotions and mindsets, we have adapted ourselves to an erroneous characterization about what the life altering force of forgiveness accomplishes.
Our belief systems often contradict the truth about forgiveness God’s way; they may include selective reasoning about who is worthy (and who is not), of receiving it. We must awaken to know Christ's intent.
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$9.95 from Yvonne
What the world needs now is Love sweet Love
Love Is: A Unifying Force
Depending on how interactive we are with others, most of us use the word love many times throughout any given day. We use the word love to express how we feel to our spouses, our children, our friends, our extended families, and generally those who communicate love. That is easy. Anyone can reciprocate like for like.
The more difficult task however, is giving love to those who are not giving it back, or to those who are acting in hateful and / or hurtful ways. To love someone in the midst of their darkest hour is truly the only time that love is seen. That is when we must open our hearts to see the deeper need.
Love is unconditional commitment to imperfect people. It can also be described as a unifying force; the most powerful force for change in our lives. When love is applied to our relationships, lives are changed.
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$10.95 from Yvonne
Why suffering can be a beautiful thing
A Flower in the Garbage
This is Yvonne’s BEST SELLING BOOK – It's a wonderful and essential example about life principles and how they pertain to spiritual growth.
There’s a Flower in the Garbage shares aspects of real life lessons I learned while transforming our garbage dump into a flower garden. 1) We select the plot of ground;
2) we work it to make it fertile; 3) we plant the seed; and, 4) nurture it to maturity.
The end result — a beautiful flower garden — exemplifies our own lives at various stages of growth.
The reader will see how our own deity within constantly reaches towards the deity of God to take us out of the garbage piles of life and transform us into spiritual flower gardens.
I received this understanding when my father gave me a project in 1986 of turning our 18-year-old garbage dump into a flower garden.
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$8.95 from Yvonne
For all who know the power of love and for all who want to.
And the Angels Danced
As in the lyrics of the finest ballads and spirituals, nothing can lift the soul to a higher level than poetic verse that flows from the inner life of the writer.
Even if you have never developed a love or an appreciation for poetry, you owe it to yourself to sample this pure stream of inspired verse. You will feel the breathe of spirit and receive a lift to your soul.
Yvonne's poem, The Garden Within, was one of the 150 accepted from thousands of submissions for inclusion into the well known J. Mark Anthology, and Great Poets of the 21st Century. J. Mark books are referred to worldwide in public libraries and classrooms for significant current poetry. One of the 66 poems in this book: All men truly are created equal, it's just that we don't measure each other by the Spirit, rather we measure each other by good and evil. This is not the true measure of a man.
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$8.95 from Yvonne
Dig deep in the garden of your soul
My Daily Garden Journal:
Nurturing the Garden Within
This 365-day working journal is a great tool that has been developed for the individual (or group) who desires that the Christ within help them grow into the authentic Image of who he or she was created to be. It is not meant to be an ordinary journal to simply record thought, although there is ample space for that.
Each month carries a theme for the reader/writer to concentrate on, such as : What areas of my life need to be set free?; People I need to forgive; Accepting who I was born to be, etc.
You are challenged to search the scriptures (or other sources) on the topic at hand to see what truth is revealed. At the end of the journal are blank pages to record your thoughts about the theme.
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$20.95 from Yvonne
Children's Books
Children's Books
Anna's Friends
Have you met Anna and her friends?
Anna's Friends Children's Book Series helps identify motivational gifts in your children. These are fun stories and adventures for the whole family.
Anna’s Friend’s Parent’s and Kids Reviews
Anna’s Friends Children’s Book Series Review by Ashley Koulak of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine:
"Identifying my kids’ motivational gifts is the parenting tool I never knew I needed! With four different kids come four vastly different personalities.
Why would my parenting style really speak to one of my kids but frustrate another? Anna’s Friends Parent’s Tote Bundle not only taught me how to recognize my kids’ spiritual gifts but also taught them to as well.
Throughout the series, you will get to know all about Anna and her friends, who represent each of the Spiritual Gifts found in Romans 12:6-8. These Spiritual Gifts include exhortation, facilitation, giving, mercy, prophecy, service, and teaching."
Ashley Koulak, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine
* Link to the Full Review is at the bottom of this page
More Reviews from Parents who purchased Anna’s Friends Books:
Janice: Anna’s Friends is an amazing series of books. At first glance it seemed interesting and then Yvonne Williams description really whet my appetite. The real delight came when I began to read the first book…My twin 8-year olds were mesmerized…They LOVED IT!
They could not get enough…they totally related to the characters and were doing a lot of thought processing to see how they were similar or dissimilar to the characters. I was also amazed at how much these books drew ME in.
They really got me thinking and wanting more. Our reading time increased because we all wanted more. We have since read the entire series of books and have enjoyed them so much…we are bugging the author for the next one…Please Yvonne.
I have recommended these books to tons of families with confidence that they will enjoy and grow. Thank you Yvonne for a lovely, REAL, series for an often overlooked age and topic.
Tammie: “Kendyl and I have loved it – The Assignment! We are reading it together, laughing and learning. The book prompted Kendyl to ask me what her gift was. I said, ‘Let’s keep reading and find out.’ It also prompted Kendyl to think about her friends and classmates and their gifts.
What’s great is that this age group can relate so well to the author’s purpose. It comes shining through clearly. I didn’t tell Kendyl the theme of the book…she figured it out on her own which is important for this age audience.
Parent: Anna’s Friends Save the Animal Shelter: “My daughter has never laughed so hard when reading a book, especially when Hiro was emceeing the animal beauty pageant. She cried a little bit too. She said, ‘Mom, I love Furry Fred. He looks so big and furry. That’s a good name for him.’
Great writing, great story! Inspiring our kids to care is much needed.”
Paola: “I really enjoyed reading The Assignment with my children. It got my children and I thinking about our own God given gifts and how we want to explore them further.
We were so into the story that we could feel the emotion coming from the book. We felt Anna’s excitement as well as her sorrow at times. It is a great book which I will recommend to anyone! You even made my eyes water a few times.”
Amelia-8 years old: “I love the Anna’s Friends books. I really like Anna and Maria.”
Gail: “My daughter is just like Maria in The Hayride. She’s always giving her things away. She gave her stuffed bunny to a little girl once.”
Cindy: “We have thoroughly enjoyed The Hayride! My daughter likes reading how kids respond to other kids through the stories. She told me she likes Maria because she stands up for other kids. What a great series!”
Mike: “Hiro rocks! He’s a cute kid with a fun and happy spirit. Reminds me of how I used to tease my friends with rubber critters. My son does the same thing!” Hiro Plays Tiny Tim.
Janice: “My daughter reads as much as Sarah does and she has the same problem getting outdoors to play. She asked, ‘Mom. I’m just like Sarah! Do you think I have the gift of teaching?’ She’s really enjoying, Sarah Learns a Lesson.”
Rebekah: “Oh, my gosh! Little Jesse, in Jesse Can’t Say No, reminds me of my nephew. He’s always jumping in to help and many times makes matters worse, lol! Now we know why. He’s a servant. You developed his character so true to form.”
Doug: “My son and I felt like we were right there with Cayden and Mrs. Jules all the way to the end of the book. This is one of our favorites in the Anna’s Friends series. Doug, Jr. laughed so hard some times, he got me to laughing too. He loves Spike the spider and that Mrs. Jules never wears shoes.”
Elizabeth: “This is a tool (the Anna’s Friends series) that I as a parent, as well as my children, have thoroughly enjoyed. It became the book that my three girls requested to read every night.
Early in the study, they would each be so excited to see if the next character was the one they could closely relate to. Then, when they had the exciting moment of figuring out their gift, I found myself being equally as excited.
They enjoyed the questions at the end of the chapters in Book #1 that helped them figure out if they were like Maria, Anna, Jesse, Hiro, and so forth.
My youngest two daughters, ages 4 and 6, would squeal with excitement, “That’s me! I do that!” Interesting enough, not only did this book series help build confidence in each child regarding their gifts and how best to use them, but it helped build confidence in their “weaker” areas.
For example, my middle daughter, age 6, who has the gift of Mercy, realized that daydreaming is common for others who possess the gift of mercy, as well as the hesitation to jump in and make new friends. She is less self-conscience about these things now because she sees it as part of God’s design in her and others. It has encouraged her not to shy away from those areas, but to embrace them and grow.
I definitely would not limit this series to a young age group because even my pre-teen, age 12, would request that we take a break and read it. In fact, she grew tired of waiting for us, and read on through the series herself!
Again, thank you for sharing. I find myself recommending this series any time I am talking with another mom about books for their families. In fact, I have been loaning mine out already as we finish each book! Anna’s Friends is a good, solid study is enjoyable for the whole family.”
Angela: I opened the manuscript and began reading a few pages and was immediately “sucked” into the story. I don’t have the words.
This is a God thing. I have never seen anything like this for children. The coloring books are amazing! What a creative way to help develop children’s cognitive skills through quizzes and puzzles while they color!
Lorin age 5: “I go to preschool. It is great! I like the part about Anne and friends “Jesus” and making friends.” (Anna’s Friends Go to Preschool)
Rebekah: “This is a great book (Anna’s Friends Go to Preschool) to simply challenge you and your family to understand personal gifting’s. My preschooler, loves to read Anna and friends.
The first night he did not want me to stop reading it. He wanted to learn more about his new friends! This book is fun and engaging for preschooler-first grade as well as the whole family! He shouted out, That’s like me. I am a good teacher!”
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