Debra Shiveley Welch | Author

Debra Shiveley Welch
family, parenting, adoption, cleft lip and palate, lakota, native american

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PUBLISHED: Oct.20.2008

Just Chris

"He is adopted and very proud of it," reads the blurb on the back cover of this interesting little paperback. "Just Chris" begins just as one would expect - at the beginning of Chris. We learn some of the difficulties encountered in finding willing adoptive families for those babies which on the outside lack the appearance of perfection. We grow along with Chris...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.17.2007

Son of My Soul—The Adoption of Christopher

It would be easy to accept this book as 'another adoption story' that is until you read it. From the first words the reader is caught up in the account, enthralled by not just the tale but the telling of it. Ms. Shiveley Welch's talent reveals the journey to love, her decision, her new and wonderful child and most of all her earnest desire and steadfast belief that everything would...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.10.2006

Christopher Bullfrog Catcher

There are times when a book will capture your heart; it can happen in many ways, but each time it is fresh and new. This is the case as I read this delightful work by 13 year old Christopher Welch as scribed by his mother, Debra Welch. Christopher has learning differences but this has not quenched the fire of life within this special young man, nor his desire to share adventures of...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.17.2005

A Very Special Child

A Very Special Child by Debra Shiveley Welch is a wonderful book written with child-like wonder. Debra removes the stigma of adoption by showing adopted children everywhere that they are indeed special, wanted and loved. Debra demonstrates how the birth mother served a significant role in preparing the gift of a baby to a very loving family in simple easy to read terms. She...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.28.2006

Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae Adams

This is a book of such vivid color and explosive feelings that I'm tempted to call it a "Sense-Surround" experience; I felt as if I were in a movie theater. This book IS cinema. From the opening scene, the reader is involved in you-are-there scenarios. The writing is fully engaging. You will identify with some characters, loathe others, and be intrigued by all. There is a...

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Oct.10.2009 - 11:23 am

The Cigar Box

It looked to be a long night. I had agreed to play the fiddle at a harvest dance in the next county. At first I had shilly-shallied about takin' the job. It were a tedious drive...

Oct.10.2009 - 11:13 am

The Haunted House

She sat back,Crouching in the wood -This still, dark houseThat saw no good. Sat there waitingIn a misty shroud,Beneath a cold moonAnd black, stormy clouds. Her inhabitants filled...

Oct.10.2009 - 11:11 am

Sometimes Life is a Metaphor

Every spring, Chris and I order butterfly caterpillars. We have an inexpensive, one gallon aquarium, where we keep them safe and snug, while they munch themselves to ten times...

Oct.03.2009 - 9:38 am

Writing Your First Book

So many people have said to me, "I don't know where to start! How do you do it?' How do you manage to write a book?" Well, it may not be as difficult as you fear. The...

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Poem: The Haunted House

About Debra

Winner of the Faithwriters Gold Seal of Approval - Outstanding Read Award, Books and Authors Excellence in Literature and Best Non-Fiction Book 2007. All books are available through Saga Books http://www.sagabooks.net, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Debra...

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Debra Shiveley Welch
family, parenting, adoption, cleft lip and palate, lakota, native american