The ValYOU Vault Series -
Volume One
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world. Rejuvenate and recharge your ‘emotional’ batteries’ with an inspiring
mix of infectious humor and enlightening anecdotes - all centering around
the ValYOU concept. A self-confessed reformed perfectionist, Brenda Wehrman
tells poignant tales that will brighten your day and lighten your
perspective on life.  |
Pobody’s Nerfect |
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Why Harping On is Not Necessarily Angelic |
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“Wanted: Meaningful One-Night Relationship” |
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Body by FisherTM, Brains by MattelTM |
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“Would You Like Milk or Sugar in Your Ears?” |
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Walkie Talkie Terror |
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“Thank You Most Honorable Dude!" and lots of other hilarious stories |
PROCEEDS FROM THIS BOOK
GO TO SUPPORT LITERACY PROJECTS
Estimates indicate that between 13-20% of US adults
are functionally illiterate. In Greater Cincinnati, this means over
200,000 citizens need improvement in their basic skills. Likewise,
over half of Cincinnati's urban youth failed the state's reading
proficiency test.
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At least 50% of the unemployed are
functionally illiterate. |
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On average, a functionally illiterate
adult earns 42% less than a high school graduate. |
Author Brenda Wehrman, Ph.D., knows first-hand the challenge of dyslexia which is a reading disorder. She also knows that with training and assistance, this and other similar literacy difficulties need not stand in the way of achieving one's dreams. Tragically, relatively few here and abroad have access to the help they need.
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Forty million adults in the United States have very limited literacy skills. Another 50 million American adults have limited literacy skills. They have difficulty in reading comprehension or in interpreting what they have read. |
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Youngsters whose parents
are functionally illiterate are twice as likely as their peers to be
functionally illiterate themselves. |
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A 1985 study of 2l-25
year olds, 80% couldn't read a bus schedule, 73% couldn't understand a
newspaper story, 63% couldn't follow written map directions, and 23% couldn't
locate the gross pay-to-date amount on a paycheck stub. |
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PROCEEDS FROM THIS BOOK
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It is estimated that adult reading
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This book has been kindly sponsored by the following businesses:
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OVERSEAS PROJECTS:
Approximately 80% of African men and women over the age of 50 cannot read. Even youth are not getting the education they need because due to the AIDS virus, more and more children are forced to peddle on the streets to support their sick parents. With this pressing need for survival, sadly many cannot afford an education through traditional methods. Similarly, without welfare, illiterate widows are left in hopeless situations and need fast solutions. Literacy programs and micro-projects are a very tangible way for us to help others become self-sufficient. Thank you for purchasing ValYOU books to help us help others. If you can help us finance the cost of sending or locally printing books and other educational literature overseas, please send your tax deductible donation to ValYOU P.O. Box 54111, Cincinnati, OH 45254. Thank you
ENJOY EXCERPTS FROM
"FORGIVE US OUR TRASH BASKETS"
Inspirational & Humorous Gems
It's easy to get mixed up when you're a four year old in church. One little boy's rendition of a passage of the Lord's Prayer was, "Forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets."
Knowing that I have had my fair share of trash in my basket makes me a little less likely to want to throw trash in another’s. Trash or trespasses — whichever term your prefer, can be anything from glaring past mistakes through to those challenges we are still seeking to overcome – or hide.
In the 1800's an Anglican minister, Reverend William Spooner, became reputed for his uncanny – and unintentional vocabulary botch-ups. During chapel, his Oxford University students would endure his long-winded sermons, just to catch yet another hilarious twist of the Good King's English. He was heard to reprimand one student for fighting a liar (lighting a fire) and another who hissed my mystery (missed my history) lecture. The latter was also told that he had tasted two worms (wasted two terms)!
Rev. Spooner's intended reference to Queen Victoria as the "dear old queen" was rehashed as the "queer old dean."
Eventually, the minister's slips-of-the-tongue were raised to the comic hall of fame. In honor of this great forerunner of sentence-scramblers, we have invented a word for mixed-metaphors: "spoonerisms."
For years, my family has
suggested I might be a direct descendant of this man. Quite innocently, I
have provided the household with great merriment.
I sometimes wish I had the penchant to sugarcoat my words like the following literary genius who was hired by a certain Mrs. Newlyrich to work up an impressive family tree for her. When the genealogist's research revealed that one ancestor had been electrocuted for murder, he creatively wrote of that person: "Occupied the Chair of Applied Electricity at one of our better known public institutions. His death came as quite a shock."
Not all of us have the silver-tongue of Mrs. Newlyrich's genealogist. Many of us have areas of deficiency we must work hard to overcome. However, history attests to the fact, that, with perseverance, people can overcome inherent difficulties. President Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson, never went to school and didn't know how to read or write until his wife taught him. If we choose to, our weaknesses can become the motivation to become great.
Judgmental souls say, "You made your bed – now you must lie in it." Instead, let’s remind each other, "Take up your bed and walk." With that kind of support, our limitations can become our launching pads!
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