Product Reviews and Giveaways

I recently was invited to review a pink Sentry Safe. The email grabbed my attention and started making me think. What would I save in the event of a disaster hitting our home? We often think about this a lot. However, when a disaster does hit people are not as prepared as they thought. I think my biggest worry has always been my house catching on fire.  I know most things can be replaced but what about all those important documents, pictures and everything else that can’t.

I was happy to learn that Sentry Safe believes that everyone’s story should be safe inside and designs safes to fit the needs of everyone from college student to retirees. When the safe arrived I was impressed with the size.  It’s not too big or too small.   I decided that I was going to put all our important documents, pictures, and other stuff that I would need. I also loved that it was pink!

The only thing this safe is missing is that it’s not waterproof.  I am really not worried about that but I know some people would prefer to be fully covered.   Last week they were so confident in their products that they loaded a couple thousand dollars’ worth of prizes into a Big Bolts Fire Safe and tossed it into a 1550 degree fire for 30 minutes live! The whole event was broadcasted over a LIVE video stream and viewers were able to interact via Twitter by using the hashtag, #SafeInAFire and win great prizes!   ARE THEY INSANE?  NO they just know that their products are just that good!
BIG CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!  But don’t worry that you missed it, there are still more prizes to win! Just make sure to check out SentrySafe on facebook and twitter. They are currently holding great giveaways for various products throughout the month.  Over all I am very happy with this safe and will be buying a few for Christmas gifts. During the month of October, the company is donating a portion of the sale of the specially-designed Pink 1100 Fire Safes to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

I was given an opportunity to read the book Faces of Grief: Stories of Surviving Loss and Finding Hope by Dr. Sherry L. Hoppe. It was the title that struck me, and really sparked my interest in the book. You see, I have suffered a lot of loss in my brief 46 years on this earth of ours. The greatest losses are that of people whom I have loved dearly. I have been a widow twice, I have lost in-laws, grandparents, children whom I have babysat for died in a fire, and my latest loss was that of my dear mother back in 2007. March 2007 may seem really far away for some; but to me it seems like yesterday.

Sherry address things that I have said many times and I still find myself saying. “Why is life so unfair” I have thought this over and over in my mind. To me losing one husband made life unfair, but to lose a second to death just a couple years later just exasperated my feeling of “life is so unfair”. As a Christian woman, I often wondered “Why did god say “No,” when I prayed for a miracle”?

The book is comprised of stories of real people, people who have suffered loss in their lives. They recount the circumstances surrounding the losses and the grief that was endured afterwards, but then they also share how the grief was overcome and those people were able to move on with their lives. I connected with so many of the stories, the feelings, the hurts, the anger, and all the emotions that come with grief.

This is a book that I would recommend to anyone who has lost a loved one, the stories of courageousness will give you the hope you need to carry on. I’d even recommend it to people who haven’t lost anyone yet, because eventually we all lose people we love and cherish, and reading this book, might just prepare you a little for the inevitable, although I don’t believe we can fully prepare ourselves for the loss of a precious loved one.

The book retails for $13.86 at Amazon

 

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Mischa P. Green’s book 30 Things He Told Me But Can’t Tell You Because You Won’t Listen offers married women words of wisdom and encouragement so they can learn to strengthen and build on their relationships. This strengthening and building is done by learning and enhancing listening and communication skills. Mischa has put together a compilation of conversations that she has had with married couples, wives, husbands, single men, divorcee’s, single women looking to get married, divorced and remarried couples, coupled along with her own thoughts on marriage and a personal reflection on what she might have done differently if she could go back and relive her own now dissolved marriage.

The title is important because it explains that the book is coming from the male perspective. Men so often don’t seem to verbally convey what they are thinking or feeling, and this book can give a women some serious and most certainly valuable insights to what the men in their lives might be thinking. The book follows 30 different conversation topics and each topic is actually based on a direct quote from someone’s actual husband, the quote is immediately followed by a commentary and what I think might be the best part of each topic is the “what might be helpful” section at the end of the topic. The “What might be helpful” section discusses various things that might help in the given situation. Some topics that are discussed are:

1. “We like gifts to. Men like gifts just like yall’ women do”.
2. “I am not those other dudes –Deal with me on the strength of who I am, not who they were”.
3. “How she treats me has everything to do with how I treat her”.

That’s just a small glimpse of the topics; remember there are 30 of them. As I was reading I thought back to my own marriages, both of which ended in death of my husbands, but I could relate to what Mischa was saying, and if I ever get married again I will be taking her teachings to heart and mind.

The book is easy to read, and keeps your attention. It’s definitely written for awakening women. Women who really want to work on their relationships, women who are willing to wake up, open their minds and their hearts and listen to the men they claim to love.

For more information, please visit www.GreatnessNow.org