Sander's Book

by Connie J. Burnet
www.cinnamondog.com

There is an anecdote concerning the fact that our best friends, our dogs, don’t live as long as we do. It’s credited to at least two different veterinarians, but the gist is this: a sick wolfhound has to be euthanized, and the family opts to let their four-year-old son be part of the event, which is occurring at their home. The vet arrives, the drugs are administered, and the parents sadly remark about how short a dog’s life is compared to a human’s. The little boy then tells them he knows why they don’t live as long.

"Everybody is born so that they can learn how to live a good life - like loving everybody and being nice, right?" The four-year- old continued, "Well, animals already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long."

Dogs are all about love. They teach us how to be good people. This is one of their many “jobs.”

Being a longtime dog owner myself, and having helped several to the Rainbow Bridge, I can’t help but think that this child is correct. What we learn from our best friends is invaluable. That is, if you are open to learning, if you are paying attention. A dog tied in the backyard 24/7 isn’t going to teach you much. Even then, if you looked, you’d learn about patience, devotion and forgiveness. You only have to look.

Sander’s Book is at once a mystery novel, personal growth journal, and filled with what she found out about handling cancer in her dog, Sander. Diagnosed with a potentially invasive cancer, Sander went on to live not for six months, not for a year, not for two years but for seven and a half years, not passing away until he was 14 years old!

How Sander beat the odds, and how the author learned to think clearly about solving Sander’s problems is a riveting story. If  I had read this book before I found cancer in my dog, Stevie, he might have lived a far more comfortable life before passing on.

Even though I still grieve deeply for my heart dog, Stevie, I didn’t feel that wound reopening while reading Sander’s story. It is, above all, a story of the joy of living with a wonderful dog. It is not a story of a dying dog, rather, it is the story of a living dog, doing the things that make him happy, and thus, make his owner happy. It’s a story of life, not a story of inevitable death.

Let’s face it, it’s not the fact that we die that is important. Nor is it how we die. We all die, and that’s a fact we can’t get away from. It’s how we live our lives that makes the difference. Sander’s Book is a lovely example of one woman focusing on life. This is one of the many lessons taught by Sander.

All profits from the sales of Sander’s Book are being donated by the author to dog causes and charities. Please contact Ms. Burnet at www.cinnamondog.com to buy Sander’s Book.

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[Betty]

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[Siladitya]

Did Steve Harvey copy the book title Act Like A Lady Think Like A Man

and theme from an earlier book?

Book with same title & theme copyrighted and published by Sharon P. Carson in 2003

CHICAGO, IL – Sharon P. Carson the author of the original title: Act Like A Lady –Think Like A Man, watched the February 27th episode of the Ophra show on which Steve Harvey was promoting his book of the same title. She was hoping that Steve would reveal to Oprah where he got the title and the theme for the book. It just seemed odd to her that his book had the same title and theme as her book that was copy written in 2003.

Upon subsequently purchasing the book, she found some interesting parallels and realized that it is not unusual for a high profiled person to take a great title and theme, rewrite a book and use their celebrity status to sell it. This she says happens too often to the unsung poets, authors and entrepreneurs of the world.

Steve wrote in his book that his hope was to “empower you with a wide-open look into the minds of men”. Sharon P. Carson wrote in her book in 2003 that her hope was for women to gain some insight into how men think in terms of relationships. Sharon also noted that in chapter 8 of Steve Harvey’s book titled “Why Men Cheat” he came to the same conclusion that she did in chapter 37 of her book, titled “Why would a man cheat”, and the answer was, “because they can”.

Sharon actively promoted her book before the release in January 2009 of Steve Harvey’s book, and would not like to see her promotion efforts hindered. She feels that her book has much to offer from a woman’s perspective and seeks to empower women to practice self love and tough love in relationships.

Before the publication of Steve Harvey’s book of the same title, Sharon bought the domain name: www.actlikealadythinklikeaman.com from which she has been selling her book. She has also held seminars with women at a Chicago University in promotion of her book, and can be viewed on the following youtube clip as she was being interviewed on a cable television program about her book in 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVVQX15X2Y.

Mindful of all the self - published poets and authors who have a hard time finding publishers for their works, Sharon is currently consulting with attorneys regarding her options, and hopes that her book with the first and original title of Act Like A Lady Think Like A Man will finally receive the recognition it deserves for the wisdom, encouragement, and empowerment that it provides to women.