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Summary: Giving Lasting Personal Messages
Review: *From Me to You: The reluctant writer's guide to powerful, personal messages* will help you to eloquently communicate your innermost thoughts and feelings, creating memorable gifts that are as rewarding to give as to receive. In *From Me to You* JacLynn Morris and Paul L. Fair, Ph.D., present examples of many kinds of personal messages, including
those of appreciation, apology, advice, inspiration, and comfort. The first requirement of a personal message is to write in your "true voice." Using vivid everyday language contributes sincerity and depth to a message. Morris and Fair identify five basic elements to include in nearly every message, regardless of its purpose: 1. What got me thinking about you?
2. What are my positive feelings for you?
3. What makes you special to me?
4. What do I remember and treasure about our time together?
5. What do I want you to get from my message? These elements, which need not be in any particular sequence, are unobtrusively identified in the many messages that serve as models in *From Me to You*. The authors also add several special elements and techniques that are helpful for especially difficult messages. One of the most interesting of these is Writing in the Margins, creating a separate column on your page in which you write your inner thoughts and feelings that might detract from your message's purpose. Morris and Fair do not limit their messages to print -- or even to words. They discuss audio and videotape messages, collections of music, annotating children's creations, passing along stories with family recipes. There is no end to the number of ways to create lasting messages for the special people in your life. Many of us are in the sad situation of having questions about our family members but having no living person who can answer them. Providing your loved ones with messages that communicate your feelings and your family stories will reduce the likelihood that this will happen to them. As you celebrate special occasions, why not give powerful, personal messages to those you love? Such messages are lasting
gifts; they can be read again and again, and they might be read by a descendant even a century later. *From Me to You* will make it easier for you to initiate communication that will connect you more deeply with those around
you. The example messages will show you how, and the accompanying stories of their success will contribute inspiration.
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Summary: when you need to write to a loved one....
Review: ....but aren't sure what to say, pick up this book and leaf through the Table of Contents. You'll find what you need in this handy guide for reluctant writers. It's not only well-organized and clearly written, it draws on dozens and dozens of actual letters, pointing out exactly what works and inviting the reader to feel into why a certain phrasing opens up the message more than the alternatives. While the authors offer specific techniques, the emphasis is on guidelines and blueprints peppered with examples, NOT on writing according to a formula (which would be experienced as insincere by anyone who knew the writer's usual style anyway). This fine book does for the art of writing letters what DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN did for teaching people to sketch: by the book's end you'll know you have it in you to express yourself well. As with Natalie Goldberg's work, the authors invite you to write in "your true voice," from the heart. That voice cannot be learned because it's who you are. But you CAN learn ways to put it down on paper--and in an age of speed and quick fixes, very often the best conveyance of thoughtful sincerity is the act of taking time to write well and with sincerity.
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Summary: We can all use this book's help in writing personal messages
Review: 184 pages, easy to read paperback volume that can provide the help we all need in writing difficult to write letters and notes. Five easy-to-follow steps give you the help you need to clearly express your feelings in writing, whether it's to your spouse, children, parents, friends, or others. Following the easy instructions, you can appropriately write like a pro, concerning repairing relationships, family matters, letters of comfort, love,and lots more. Anyone can write a meaningful letter using the tips and examples provided. If you write only one letter with the help of this book, it will be well worth the price !!
This is a book that should, and will be referred to often.
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Summary: We can all use this book's help in writing personal messages
Review: 184 pages, easy to read paperback volume that can provide the help we all need in writing difficult to write letters and notes. Five easy-to-follow steps give you the help you need to clearly express your feelings in writing, whether it's to your spouse, children, parents, friends, or others. Following the easy instructions, you can appropriately write like a pro, concerning repairing relationships, family matters, letters of comfort, love,and lots more. Anyone can write a meaningful letter using the tips and examples provided. If you write only one letter with the help of this book, it will be well worth the price !!
This is a book that should, and will be referred to often.
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Summary: A Book For Every Dad
Review: As a father, what I found in reading FROM ME TO YOU were ideas about how to write to my own children with love and encouragement. Then the reaction I got from my kids was a gift in itself.
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Summary: Never has a how-to book touched my heart like this one
Review: As a working mother and wife I do not have loads of time to read, but this book grabbed me in the first page and thank god I kept going to the end. I learned quick and wonderful ways to preserve the special moments in life, right when they happen so that they will be available to my family and friends forever more. Great book. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: just terrific!
Review: At times it's easy for me to write an email or send a card to somebody. But there are other times I draw a blank especially when I'm worried about someone who is in a bad place. That's where "From Me To You" is just terrific because it talks you right through how to write any message. You know what I mean, like when you have to send a sympathy card and you want to say something but you're not sure what exactly. I keep going back to this book for help and it never lets me down.
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Summary: If you're keeping Family Secrets, maybe you don't have to
Review: Bad things happened in my family that I never spoke about but reading this book made me re-think my choice to stay silent. When I read the chapter called revealing secrets to help and protect, I almost cried with relief because it showed me how to do something to protect other people from being harmed. I never would have believed I could write a letter about my worries and have people thank me but that is what happened after I read this book. So if you have information even about real bad things that happened - I hope you will read this book to because it is a comfort.
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Summary: Oprah Should Pick This Book!
Review: Finally: a how-to book that's fun to read. I won't lend anyone my copy of FROM ME TO YOU because I can't part with this book. It entertained, touched and helped me in more ways than any book I've ever read. Want to do something wonderful for yourself and the people you love? Read FROM ME TO YOU!
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Summary: From Me To You
Review: From me To You is a book of empowerment. In five easy steps, it teaches readers how to write from their hearts. Whether healing relationships or giving comfort and inspiration, its methods are proven to work. Those methods include using five basic elements that make writing powerful, intimate, satisfying and meaningful. In a clear and companionable style, the book shows readers astep-by-step plan for expressing their thoughts in messages and letters. Beginning with answers to five personal questions, the authors teach how to : Express love, tenderness and good will. Pass along life lessons, values and traditions. Comfort the ill or bereaved. Reconnect or repair our relationships. Give advice that gets through to others. Communicate our feelings and concerns for older people (particularly our aging parents). Included are 100 examples by those who've found the methods to work. Jaclynn Morris is a free-lance writer, public speaker, and business consultant. Dr. Paul Fair is a licensed clinical psychologist. Both live in the Atlanta area.
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