Cooper Chronicles: Ryan Finally Does It!

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Ryan Finally Does It!

After disqualifying at his first dive meet, he worked and worked to overcome his fears and finally completed a backwards dive. Since that checkpoint, he's been moving forward daily.

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What I've Read (Grown-up Books)

*2008* The Book of Mormon--(This one took all year!)) The Great Gatsby--F. Scott Fitzgerald The Street Lawyer--John Grisham Stop Whining, Start Living--Dr. Laura Schlessinger Two Little Girls in Blue--Mary Higgins Clark The Christmas Sweater--Glenn Beck The O'Reilly Factor--Bill O'Reilly Breaking Dawn--Stephenie Meyer Eclipse--Stephenie Meyer New Moon--Stephenie Meyer Twilight--Stephenie Meyer The Runaway Jury--John Grisham The Host-Stephenie Meyer Where Are You Now?-Mary Higgins Clark "A" is for Alibi-Sue Grafton If Democrats had any Brains, They'd be Republicans-Ann Coulter Doctrine & Covenants For One More Day-Mitch Albom Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments-Jeffrey R. Holland New Testament Weep No More, My Lady-Mary Higgins Clark Life Planning-Paul H. Dunn & Richard M. Eyre Return from Tomorrow-George G. Ritchie Let Freedom Ring-Sean Hannity Lighten Up!-Michelle Passoff Beyond Tuesday Morning-Karen Kingsbury One Tuesday Morning-Karen Kingsbury *2009* The Doctrine and Covenants--{This one took all year!} The Book of Mormon The King of Torts--John Grisham The Appeal--John Grisham The Broker--John Grisham The Associate--John Grisham The Brethren--John Grisham The Testament--John Grisham The Partner--John Grisham The Pelican Brief--John Grisham The Firm--John Grisham The Client--John Grisham The Chamber--John Grisham Silent Night--Mary Higgins Clark Moonlight Becomes You--Mary Higgins Clark Where are the Children?--Mary Higgins Clark Dashing Through the Snow--Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark Pretend You Don't See Her--Mary Higgins Clark On the Street Where you Live--Mary Higgins Clark I'll Be Seeing You--Mary Higgins Clark My Gal Sunday--Mary Higgins Clark I've Heard That Song Before--Mary Higgins Clark Daddy's Little Girl-- Mary Higgins Clark Let Me Call You Sweetheart--Mary Higgins Clark Mount Vernon Love Story--Mary Higgins Clark The Lottery Winner--Mary Higgins Clark Nighttime is My Time--Mary Higgins Clark You Belong to Me--Mary Higgins Clark Remember Me--Mary Higgins Clark Stillwatch--Mary Higgins Clark Change of Heart--Jodi Picoult Santa Cruise--Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark A Cry in the Night--Mary Higgins Clark He Sees You When You're Sleeping--Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark A Stranger is Watching--Mary Higgins Clark The Anastasia Syndrome & Other Stories--Mary Higgins Clark The Cradle Will Fall--Mary Higgins Clark The Christmas Thief--Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark All Around the Town--Mary Higgins Clark Loves Music, Loves to Dance--Mary Higgins Clark While My Pretty One Sleeps--Mary Higgins Clark To a Child Love is Spelled TIME--Mac Anderson & Lance Wubbles Deck the Halls--Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark All Through the Night--Mary Higgins Clark Just Take My Heart--Mary Higgins Clark Following Christ--Stephen E. Robinson Believing Christ--Stephen E. Robinson Before I Say Goodbye--Mary Higgins Clark No Place Like Home--Mary Higgins Clark The Summons--John Grisham Healing the Wounded Soul--Jack R. Christianson Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows--J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince--J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix--J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire--J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban--J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets--J.K. Rowling Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone--J.K. Rowling The Second Time Around--Mary Higgins Clark Way to Be!--Gordon B. Hinckley Angels & Demons--Dan Brown We'll Meet Again--Mary Higgins Clark Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation--Lynne Truss *2010* The Old Testament--{All Year} Contentment--Maria Covey Cole A Mother's Book of Secrets--Linda Eyre & Shawni Eyre Pothier The Doctrine & Covenants A Time to Embrace--Karen Kingsbury A Time to Dance--Karen Kingsbury Christmas Jars--Jason F. Wright The Last Juror--John Grisham A Time to Kill--John Grisham A Painted House--John Grisham Playing for Pizza--John Grisham A Day in the Life--Steve & Timee Cooper The Bleachers--John Grisham *2011* The New Testament---{All Year} The Help--Kathryn Stockett The Lost Symbol--Dan Brown Heaven is for Real--Todd Burpo A Miracle in the Making--Robert D. Auerback, M.D. The Work & the Glory vol. 9: All is Well--Gerald N. Lund The Work & the Glory vol. 8: So Great a Cause--Gerald N. Lund The Work & the Glory vol. 7: No Unhallowed Hand --Gerald N. Lund The Work & the Glory vol. 6: Praise to the Man--Gerald N. Lund The Work & the Glory vol. 5: A Season of Joy --Gerald N. Lund The Work & the Glory vol. 4: Thy Gold to Refine--Gerald N. Lund The Work & the Glory vol. 3: Truth Will Prevail--Gerald N. Lund The Work & the Glory vol. 2: Like a Fire is Burning--Gerald N. Lund The Work & the Glory vol. 1: A Pillar of Light--Gerald N. Lund The Doctrine and Covenants Broke--Glenn Beck *2012* Mockingjay--Suzanne Collins Catching Fire--Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins *2013* Inferno--Dan Brown I'll Walk Alone--Mary Higgins Clark The Little Kingdom on the Hill--LJ Hudack As A Man Thinketh--James Allen The 5 Love Languages--Gary Chapman Peculiar in a Good Way--Mary Ellen Edmunds When Bad Things Happen to Good People--Harold S. Kushner What the Scriptures Teach Us about Adversity--S. Michael Wilcox Falling to Heaven--James Ferrell Chemo Companion--Jean E. Sprengel, MD *2014* The Borrowers--Mary Norton My Story--Elizabeth Smart What Would a Holy Woman Do?--Wendy L. Watson Stuart Little--E. B. White Charlotte's Web--E.B. White Sheep--Valerie Hobbs The Book of Mormon *2015* Winter Street--Elin Hilderbrand The Melody Lingers On--Mary Higgins Clark Had I Known--Joan Lunden The Storyteller--Jodi Piccult I've Got You Under My Skin--Mary Higgins Clark Son--Lois Lowry Messenger--Lois Lowry Gathering Blue--Lois Lowry The Giver--Lois Lowry The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work--John M. Gottman, PH.D., and Nan Silver The 5 Love Languages of Children--Gary Chapman, Ross Campbell God Wants a Powerful People--Sheri Dew Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone--JK Rowling The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest--Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire--Stieg Larsson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo--Stieg Larsson The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels--a Love Story--Ree Drummond The Thornbirds--Colleen McCullough *2016* The Book of Mormon The Shadow of Your Smile--Mary Higgins Clark Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes--Eleanor Coerr Following Christ--Stephen E. Robinson *2017* Wonder--R.J. Palacio All Dressed in White--Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke The Melody Lingers On--Mary Higgins Clark As Time Goes By--Mary Higgins Clark Daddy's Gone A Hunting--Mary Higgins Clark I'll Walk Alone--Mary Higgins Clark Suffering and Surviving: Finding Sunshine in the Storm--Tom Baca, MELODEE COOPER, Rachel Gardner When Breath Becomes Air--Paul Kalanithi Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets--J.K. Rowling *2018* I've Got My Eyes on You--Mary Higgins Clark We'll Meet Again--Mary Higgins Clark Death on the Cape and Other Stories--Mary Higgins Clark Stillwatch--Mary Higgins Clark Inherit the Dead--Mary Higgins Clark Death Wears a Beauty Mask--Mary Higgins Clark Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban--J.K. Rowling Me--Mary Higgins Clark + Alafair Burke I've Got My Eyes on You--Mary Higgins Clark The Lost Years--Mary Higgins Clark The Magical Christmas Horse--Mary Higgins Clark All By Myself, Alone--Mary Higgins Clark Every Breath You Take--Mary Higgins Clark + Alafair Burke All Dressed in White--Mary Higgins Clark + Alafair Burke *2019* The Book of Mormon That's the Ticket, Voies in the Coal in, Milk Run, Stowaway--Mary Higgins Clark The Summons--John Grisham Death on the Cape & Other Stories---Mark Higgins Clark The Sleeping Beauty Killer--Mary Higgins Clark + Alafair Burke You Don't Own Me--Mary Higgins Clark + Alafair Burke I've Got My Eyes on You--Mary Higgins Clark The Lost Years--Mary Higgins Clark The Magical Christmas Horse--Mary Higgins Clark All By Myself, Alone--Mary Higgins Clark Every Breath You Take--Mary Higgins Clark + Alafair Burke All Dressed in White--Mary Higgins Clark + Alafair Burke *2020* New Testament A Wrinkle in Time-- Ribsy--Beverly Cleary *2021* Doctrine&Covenants *2022*