Yes Sisters: Surrounding Yourself with Women Who Affirm, Encourage, and Challenge You

by Angelia L. White, Erin Keeley Marshall

Overview

A single "no" from someone close to us can crush our dreams. You can't . . . You'll never . . . You're kidding yourself . . . In contrast, a single "yes" can sustain our dreams despite the setbacks we're sure to encounter. Yes, you can! Yes, I'm here for you!

With passion and contagious enthusiasm, Angelia White shows you how to surround yourself with Yes Sisters—women who will remind you that you are worthy, that God loves you completely, and that you can accomplish even your wildest dreams. Her engaging personal stories, as well as those from other prominent women, will show you how to

- find and cultivate Yes Sister relationships
- leverage their power
- and be a Yes Sister for someone else

She also helps you understand, forgive, and sometimes distance yourself from negative people who dampen your joy and strip you of your motivation.

You don't have to go it alone, and you don't have to drag the naysayers along behind you. Start finding your Yes Sisters today!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800735883
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/04/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	648,538
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Angelia L. White is the creator of Hope for Women magazine, a quarterly publication with a reach of 200,000. A Ball State University Black Alumni Award of Achievement recipient, Angelia is a mother of three and the publisher, president, and CEO of HOPE for Women, headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. Rising from a background of discouragement, she spends her life encouraging other women to step into their full potential and share their inspiring stories.

Erin Keeley Marshall has 25 years of editorial and writing experience spanning fiction and nonfiction. She has published two novels and written hundreds of devotions, and she's been a contributing writer and cowriter of several other books. Erin lives in northwest Arkansas with her husband, Steve, and their kids, Paxton and Calianne.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 11

What Is a Yes Sister? 13

Part 1 Yes to Believe

1 We CAN Be Ready 17

A Word from a Yes Sister: Cheryl Pullins, "A Loss to a Yes" 28

2 We CAN Realize Our Dreams 30

A Word from a Yes Sister: Cindy Monroe, "Dreaming with Others in Mind" 39

3 God DOES Love Us 41

A Word from a Yes Sister: Cara Whitney, "No Bones about It" 48

4 We ARE Beautiful 50

A Word from a Yes Sister: Angela Guzman, "Beauty in Grief" 60

5 We ARE Worthy 62

A Word from a Yes Sister: Suzanne Eller, "Worth Discovering" 68

6 We CAN Find People to Love Us 70

A Word from a Yes Sister: Barb Roose, "My Pink Circle of Yes Sisters" 77

7 We CAN Find Yes Sisters 79

A Word from a Yes Sister: Holley Gerth, "Better Together" 87

8 Our Faith WILL Sustain Us 89

A Word from a Yes Sister: Liz Curtis Higgs, "Trusting God through the Storm" 94

Part 2 Yes In Action

9 We CAN Create Our Dreams 99

A Word from a Yes Sister: LaTara V. Bussey, "Dreaming for Each Other" 109

10 We WILL Overcome 110

A Word from a Yes Sister: Dr. Nicole LaBeach, "A Greater Love for The Color Purple" 119

11 We DO Get Second Chances-and Thirds … 121

A Word from a Yes Sister: Tricia Goyer, "A Legacy of Yes" 128

12 We ARE Finding Our Way 130

A Word from a Yes Sister: Tamela Mann, "The Friendship Anchor" 138

13 We HAVE Shoulders to Cry On or to Stand On 139

A Word from a Yes Sister: Vetta Cask, "Leaning on One Another" 145

14 We CAN Handle the Truth 146

A Word from a Yes Sister: Dr. Terry Whitt Bailey, "Embracing Tough Truth" 154

15 We WILL Rise from the Ashes 156

A Word from a Yes Sister: Genma Holmes, "A Light-Bulb Moment" 163

Part 3 More of Yes

16 Becoming a Yes Sister 167

A Word from a Yes Sister: Cynthia Ruchti, "Yes Sister Beginnings" 174

17 The Yes Sisters You've Never Met 177

A Word from a Yes Sister: Maurita Sutton Brown, "Believing without Seeing" 183

18 Knowing and Forgiving the No Sisters 185

A Word from a Yes Sister: Heidi Chiavaroli, "Choosing Freedom" 193

19 Righting Wrong Yeses 195

A Word from a Yes Sister: Amy Parker, "The Best Yes" 200

20 Yes Sisters of the Bible 201

A Word from a Yes Sister: Wilisha Scaife, "At His Feet and in His Face: The Principle of Priority" 209

21 A Celebration of Yes Sisters 211

A Word from a Yes Sister: Candace Cameron Bure, "The Faithful Yes" 216

Notes 219