Joletta's life has not been easy, and when Sam, her mom's boyfriend leaves, things go from bad to worse. Mom is drinking too much and not caring for Jo or her baby sister Annie. What can a 13-year-old do? Joletta is frightened and confused but with some help from people she meets along the way, she proves to be braver and tougher than, even she, ever thought she could be. The story follows the next years of Jo's life as the family navigates the hills and curves of the road ahead.
Joletta's life has not been easy, and when Sam, her mom's boyfriend leaves, things go from bad to worse. Mom is drinking too much and not caring for Jo or her baby sister Annie. What can a 13-year-old do? Joletta is frightened and confused but with some help from people she meets along the way, she proves to be braver and tougher than, even she, ever thought she could be. The story follows the next years of Jo's life as the family navigates the hills and curves of the road ahead.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Born number six of seven children, I share my birthday with a twin brother and our birthday month of September with two other brothers. We were all four born within three years and were called "the little kids" by our older siblings who shared the status of "big brother and sisters!" I know times were not always easy for my parents, but we never felt a "lack of love." I am "eternally grateful to both of them, as well as my grandmother who came and lived with us after grandpa died. Our early years were spent running through the woods and splashing in the cold clear streams of our SW Missouri Ozark hills. We later moved and I became a "small town girl," but I never lost my love of the "country life." I met "my love" as a young teen at our local "skating rink." and we married in 1965 shortly after I graduated High School! We will soon celebrate our 54th wedding anniversary! I love him now even more than I did when we married! Only months after that, he left for Vietnam with the US Marines! It was a long year but, thankfully, he returned home safely after a 13 month deployment. Less than a year later, we became parents, first we had a little boy and two years later a baby girl. While they were still toddlers, we moved our young family "far away" from our extended family, to the "flat lands of NW Ohio." There we bought the small house that we continue to reside in after 45 years! Not only did we raise our own two in this house," we later became a "foster family" and shared our home with 48 foster children (in a timespan of 18 years!) I always tell people "we were never bored!" Of course, as always happens, our children grew to adulthood, married and now our family has grown to 15, including six grandchildren and two adorable little great-grandchildren! Also, we continue to cherish several of our special "extras" as family. We have spent the years since retirement traveling, volunteering, participating in church activities and of course, spending time with family and our many friends! I never expected to write a book but several years ago I began to write about this young girl I named Joletta and, as time went on Jo began to feel "almost real!" another of my "children!" Many of Joletta's experiences and challenges were influenced by my own personal hopes, dreams and experiences, some true and some purely fictional. I am so very thankful for all that God has given me! His love has carried me through the many joys and sorrows this life is filled with. He walks with me daily (in good times and bad, ) I am truly blessed!
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