Melisa Mel: 10 books

Volunteering in her metro area provided Melisa Mel many opportunities to meet interesting people with stories to tell. She found that the characters leaned on others for assistance and safety while trying to regain some sort of balance in their lives. These characters have felt violated, cheated,...

A Simple Love Story between Me and Myself is the story of Mel, a person who struggles through life with gender dysphoria but eventually finds her peace with herself. The story gives hope to those who are struggling within themselves while simultaneously bringing insight to those who do not understand...

Think Outside the Gate is a book dedicated to all those who work or live in any type of incarceration environment. It contains a compilation of lesson plans and presentation outlines which can be used as an example of how one can turn any type of lesson into a think outside the gate experience. The...

Melisa Mel's continuing adventures volunteering with vulnerable populations are narrated here. Victims and Survivors 2 is as emotionally enlightening about human nature as Victims and Survivors was when she published it last year. Clearly, there is much work to be done in the city streets. This author...

This program is designed for those who are extremely limited in motion due to physical and/or cognitive capabilities. It was created in honor of the author's students who needed such a program. Whenever the author would incorporate into an adaptive Physical Education class with her students, she would...

The Elephant and the Gnat is a book upon which to ponder. While the pictures and verbiage are simple in nature, the depth of discussion can be endless. The characters will lead one on a search for wisdom and meaning where there are no right or wrong answers. The reader can relate different emotions...

The Fabric Store is a book with a very basic and simple business lesson in it. For any business venture to be successful, funds must come in to include profit and cover the costs of running the business. If one is putting much time, money, and heart into the business venture and it is simply not bringing...

The concept of Mels Circle Time! Mels Oval Time developed quite naturally in response to a need that presented itself quickly in my classroom. Afternoons were hard for the students. The school hours were long for them. It seemed that every afternoon, my staff and I would have to work particularly...

At a time when most women my age are planning for retirement and maybe taking up hobbies that are a little less aggressive, I decided to go into law enforcement. Okay . . . . so doing what is expected of me is not my pattern of life. I enjoy adventures and the more impossible that they seem, the harder...

The passing of same-sex marriage in the USA by the Supreme Court in 2015 was pivotal in bringing about awareness of diversity in the family structure. Society now faces the challenge of transitioning their perception from traditional family models to what our modern family models look like today....