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Parenting 20-Something Kids: Recognizing Your Role as They Find Their Way.  (Beacon Hill Press 2005)

Does offering help and advice to your 20-somethng children make them hostile and unappreciative? Are you at a loss about how and what to say and do? You're not alone!

Martha, along with other parents, shares communication strategies and tips that smooth this transitional time to stronger, friendlier, closer adult relationships with your adult children.

If you want to learn how to get back the good communication you once had with your kids, this book will offer practical suggestions taken from many successful parents.

Held Captive by Futile Thoughts?  Break Free!  (PublishAmerica 2000)

Do you suffer from thoughts and feelings that accuse and criticize your every action? In this book, Martha reveals how she broke free from destructive thought patterns.

Based on her honest account of facing the fear of the "other woman" in her marriage, middle-age blues and low self-worth, Martha recounts how her thoughts enslaved her and pulled her into a habitual pattern of negative thinking.

Empty, pointless thinking can hold us prisoners, barring us from the peaceful, positive mind-set we are meant to have.

Chicken Soup for the Military Wife’s Soul - Contributor (HCI Books 2005)

As a Navy wife for 24 years, Martha knows about the commitment required to successfully weather military life.  Her story, “Mail Call – God’s Provision for Intimacy” talks about the importance of regular connection with our spouse when they are deployed. Each page celebrates the women who maintain the home front with a positive attitude while their husbands are serving their country.

Changed - The Power of Christian Music - Contributor (Standard Publishing- 2005) 

Changed is a collection of stories from real people who have experienced God's transforming power through listening to Christian music. Martha's story, "A Change of Heart" illustrates how praise music lifted her out of depression. With refocusing her emotions and thoughts on God, her dark mood lifted and joy was restored.

Stories from a Soldier’s Heart - Contributor (Multnomah 2003) 

"The Winner" is Martha’s story about her husband, Fred.  As a U. S. Naval Academy midshipman, he was asked to leave the academy due to poor math grades. Desperate to remain, he prayed for direction and presented a strong appeal to the Academic Board. Because of his fervor and perseverance, they granted his request to stay.  He spent 26 proud years in the Navy, including command of a Fast Frigate he took to the Arabian Gulf.  

The Art of Helping - Contributor (River Oak Publishing 2003)

All of us have wanted to offer comfort and support to someone experiencing intense pain or loss, but often we don’t know what to say to someone.  Martha shares vignettes from her own experiences of what to say and do in those difficult times.