It was March 2014, when Brodie had his first epileptic seizure. I cannot say I was totally surprised but accepted that we would do our best to live with it. What I didn't know was the journey it kicked off would become increasingly complex and life-threatening for him. As I learned to navigate what living with an epileptic dog meant, other serious issues in the shadows soon were revealed. Those tested my faith and resolve in ways I had not expected. Yet, Brodie proved to be the brave one. He didn't know he had epilepsy, heart trouble, and cancer facing him. All he wanted to do was be a happy dog, chasing squirrels and living his best life. Through it all, Brodie fought back courageously and successfully overcame each challenge. Together, we walked a journey that was uncertain at times, but with God's grace and guidance, our trials became our triumphs.
My Perfect Brown Boy is a book designed to inspire Brown Boys in knowing that they are perfectly made and to help them feel special within their own uniqueness. No matter what the world around you may say just know it's ok to be yourself Perfect Brown Boy!
Honesty, unselfishness, respect -the qualities of a good person. Self-preservation-the main quality of being human. Are humans no longer good people when self-preservation overrides all the perceived qualities that make us good?The Pops Place restaurant has been a resounding attraction in Charlotte, NC for the last sixty years-withstanding the many transformations the small southern city has undergone to grow into a contending metropolis. Just as the city has grown, so must the restaurant, and so must the family who owns it.Empress Silver is a young woman who has recently moved back to her hometown of Charlotte, NC to support her father and brother as they expand their family business. Her return reminds her of all she ran from and forces her to reckon with all she has ever wanted. She, and the rest of the Silver family, is tried with the complicated balance of being good and being human while growing into her new existence.
Love comes in many forms and happens to the most unlikely people. Where will your admiration take you next? The year was 1977, when a prominent Japanese-American from New York City, Sorano Tanaka, strolled into the Irishman's Pub in High Point, North Carolina during the World Series, and the only open seat was beside a handsome young man by the name of Weston Laramie. In the Tanaka family, she was forbidden to date an American. Despite cultural differences, Weston and Sorano dated, clashed, and then lost touch. Twenty years later, Weston's nephew relocated to the Shenandoah Valley for an investigation, surrounding the vineyard of Andy Oliver in Mount Jackson. Hidden inside an old trunk were photographs of Weston's elegant ex-girlfriend, Sorano, which prompted the nosey investigative journalist to reunite two old friends at an Italian Restaurant. Later, Sorano's unexpected visit to Weston's vineyard surprisingly became a revelation for both of them. Much had changed since the 1970s, but the question of true love was unresolved, especially in the majestic autumnal season When Geese Fly South, and where Virginia is known to lure lovers and mischief to the majestic Shenandoah Valley.
The Sum of Our Experience is the ending to what started as the "Hattiesville Trilogy." The first installment, The Wedding Party introduces the readers to the characters, and the fictional town of Hattiesville, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. It ends with an unanswered question and disturbing news. Absent...One From Another picks up three years later, answers the question, and introduces a few new characters whose lives are entangled in situations of the characters we already knew. Christmas Dinner wraps it up and ties it neatly with a bow. But the package is full of heartbreak, revelation, contemplation, regrets, lies, and even love. The Sum of Our Experience picks up where Christmas Dinner ends and exposes wounds that never healed, questions priorities, and the definition of a mother's love. There is a major lie at the foundation of one relationship, and a whirlwind decision in another. This story sums up the matters of crime, alcoholism, trust, friendship, love, and marriage.
It's 1937 and Hazeline Morrison is a grieving sharecropper's widow on a cotton farm in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. She earns a bit of money as a seamstress and does laundry for the landowner's family in iron pots set over a fire. Other parts of the county have electric power but lines are just being run in this north end. The sharecroppers will not get electricity, but the landowner will, and she fears he will buy an electric washing machine and she will get her hand caught in the wringer. Two years ago her beloved Joshua died. Now she lives with the fear that Mister Robbins will decide to move a family of workers into her little house. Then what would she do? Where could she go? Barbara Kidd Lawing lives in North Carolina on property adjacent to where her grandparents owned a cotton farm in the days when across the South cotton was king. She moved back to her family's farm in the 1990s and often walked on what had been her grandparents' cotton farm - and each time passed by one remaining very small falling-down sharecroppers' house. Hazeline is fiction. The Author's Note relates how Barbara interviewed and researched - to make the novel historically accurate.
A Central Texas doctor befriends an orphaned boy. Together, the duo revels in all things ranching including bull riding and crafting custom-made saddles. Years later, a horrific accident has the boy, now grown, recalculating his future. The two embark on a cross-country journey to Barringer, NC that invokes some self-discovery for the newly retired doctor. Disturbing family secrets are revealed, and old relationships resurface changing lives forever. Saddles of Barringer is a soul-stirring chronicle encompassing love, compassion, and most of all redemption
Does true love really conquer all, no matter what?Leah Robinson is a fun-loving, high-spirited girl who is the daughter of the well-known bishop of Hattiesville Community Church. She seems to have it all: wonderful friends, a near-perfect life, and a wonderful fiancé, Grant Sturdivant, with whom she is deeply in love. Grant is in the army and is stationed in Germany, so before he comes home, she begins planning their dream wedding. After Leah suffers a significant headache one day that puts her in the hospital for an indefinite amount of time, her friends begin to worry about her and whether or not she and Grant will still get married. Meanwhile, Janis Mitchell, Grant''s ex, is jealous of Leah and her relationship with Grant and does everything in her power to break them up. She tells Grant he is the father of her two-year-old daughter, Carmen, and even shows up at the airport upon his arrival from Germany.Will Leah ever recover from her illness in order to marry the love of her life? Will Janis succeed at breaking up Grant and Leah for her own selfish gain? In this compelling novel by author Cheryl J. McCullough, you will follow Leah and Grant, as well as their family and friends, as they face adversity and persevere in spite of how life happens. The Wedding Party is a dynamic story about relationships with a surprising twist ending that you won''t want to miss.
The extraordinary story of a man's journey from soldier to fisherman unfolds as the "Son of the South" demonstrates resilience through relationships with friends and loved ones. Mickey Starr's promise to his wife changes his plans and with the help of his grandson, he revisits what's important to him. Covering a half-century of Starr's tumultuous adventure, The Tobacco Barn, set in scenic coastal Georgia boasts a blossoming love story where Mickey's friend, singer Volt Hendricks meets stunning Shasta McGregor and sparks fly. Unfortunately, love has a price. Outside Savannah, a disintegrating community causes Mickey to reminisce about better times when his world was wonderful and lively. Only through Mickey's personal vision and his valued friendships are they able to revive his surroundings and himself. The grappling of love and revenge asserts The Tobacco Barn as an authentic account of hope and selflessness.
This is the second book in a trilogy about my family. The memoir is based on my mother's journal, which she wrote when I was a child. I have vivid memories of her reading to me about an abandoned little girl, not wanted by her own mother, her cruel aunt, nor years later her husband. My mother was that little girl and she spent a lifetime trying to reconcile the many shortcomings in her life. Throughout the book, my memories intertwine with her writings creating a tapestry of emotions and life experiences.In the 1920s, my mother, Daphne, experienced the cruelty of poverty, forced to wear gunny sacks as dressings, no shoes and the emotional scars of not being wanted as a child in Jamaica, British West Indies. She arrived in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the harsh winter of 1950 to a rebuke from her Jamaican husband, angry with her for not leaving their three children with his parents on the island and joining him in America years before. It took him five years to meet immigration standards and to save money for airplane fares. Daphne was thrust into a new life with challenges of finding work, observing Jim Crow laws of this city with institutional racism, defending her offspring from their father, and finding meaningful experiences for her children in this new country, where three more children were born.The book takes the reader through a full circle of life-supporting death while grasping the legacy of reading, writing, listening, and love. Gifts were given freely and rightfully! Love wasn't given to Daphne as a child, but my mother shared, willingly, her love in abundance, enriching the lives of her children, family, and friends. My mother deserved all that was good and "Rightfully Hers," in life.
The beautiful Trinity Islands lay just off the northeast coast of Africa. They are inhabited by descendants of the original twelve Hebrew tribes. The inhabitants left the mainland to live according to the initial laws of God. Jubilee is the main island that houses the flow of government; without laws, there can be no government. However, Natas (antagonist) lives according to his own laws. Lurking on the precipice of the beautiful Islands an evil foe waits patiently to pounce on the people therein and snatch government control from the High Priest.Filled with pride and armed with the weapons of deceit, he plans an attack on Jubilee but is met with the forces from the very Arm of God. A mighty spiritual and physical battle ensues and it appears that evil might prevail but... God Always wins. Always!Deceived-The Final Reckoning is a powerful book about the struggles we face in character development. Good against evil, darkness against light- same story with a new invigorating and exciting backdrop. The story is replete with beautiful images, laughter, love, and marriage strewn together with the ever-present faithfulness of God.Deceived: The Final Reckoning a stern reminder of the "Call" for obedience to the Maker of the Universe" and the consequences when we fail to do so.
A story of friendship and betrayal. Pearl is the story of a woman who moves to a town seeking a better life. But she has a secret that is revealed along among the town residents who also has a secret. A story that will have asking yourself about matters of the heart and where you stand on one important issue.
Who's that Woman in my bed? deals with infidelity and the path that leads to reconciliation or divorce. Megan learns the power of forgiveness through an unusual encounter that causes her question everything; even her faith.
"Christmas Dinner" is the finale of the "Hattiesville Trilogy." It picks up immediately where the second episode ends. The first installment, "The Wedding Party" introduces the characters and the fictional town of Hattiesville, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. It ends with an unanswered question and disturbing news."Absent…One From Another" picks up three years later, answers the question, and introduces a few new characters; whose lives are entangled in the lives of the characters we already know. "Christmas Dinner" wraps it up, and ties it neatly with a bow. The package is full of heart break, revelation, contemplation, regrets, lies, and even love. The theme throughout the story is relationships and how fragile they can be, the importance of nurturing them, and of making good decisions. The characters we have come to love, become friends and a part of our lives. In the midst of past loves, past hurts, kidnapping, terminal illness and sibling rivalry they show us their resolve. But this is not necessarily "happily ever after"… the story and the trilogy end with a surprise.
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