title: Coloring Therapy: Journal Notebook (Volume 1)
author:  Sharon Ficker 
description: Sharon Ficker, has had Fibromyalgia for many years. As she has battled through depression, pain, brain fog and isolation, she has found coloring, drawing/doodling and journaling to calm her and bring peace into an otherwise challenging world. Studies have shown coloring/drawing relieves stress and helps you unwind. She has developed this series of Coloring Therapy books drawing on her experiences with chronic illness. When she is not drawing and designing, Sharon enjoys cooking with her Husband, (she gives cooking classes to her grandchildren) crocheting and knitting, thrifting and repurposing. She lives in California, with her husband of over 41 years. She has 2 daughters, and 6 grandchildren.
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  The Darkest Colors
  
  
    
  
  
  By David M. Bachman
  
  
    
  
  
  Copyright 2012 David M. Bachman
  
  
    
  
  
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  Chapter One
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  Raina always smiled when the blood came on
  
  
  the first stick. For her, the very practice of phlebotomy had
  
  
  always had a strangely dark, morbid, and somewhat taboo allure to
  
  
  it. The fact that she now performed blood draws as a means of petty
  
  
  secondary income was, in itself, a perk. The true reward of her
  
  
  practice was in spending such moments wi