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This is a new phase for me as I venture to market this book.  As far as I am concerned, I would like everyone to get a copy, and particularly those whose lives seem to parallel mine in myriad ways.  I am so grateful for e-books during these times.  E-books makes it possible for many to purchase a copy without feeling too much of a pinch on your budget.  Please feel free to make comments and give feedback.  I hope you enjoy it.

Volume II is scheduled for publishing in December 2012. Join me in as my journey continues into adulthood and encounter situations that made a significant impression in my life.  High school was my first  milestone completed.  But without family members or close associates to help me with making decisions for my future, where do I go?  The struggle continues as this family sage forges through serene and humble times and heroically march into the years of the nationalistic movement with unfettered zeal.  A time when patriotism and a love for the country of Belize country is born. Get a birds-eye view of repetitive generational cycles at work in the life of this African decent family. Enjoy the memories of time gone by, and learn of the changing cultures and traditions that were forged with this nation. 

The upcoming volume delves into personal situations as the protagonist sought to create a life for herself and small children.  (To be continued)

I Am Grateful To All My Surrogate Parents

Today, I think about Miss Joyce Arnold, whose life touched and influenced my journey significantly.  Jay passed away about a month ago in Belize.  I met her when I was a young girl of eleven years old when she moved to the ghettos of Yarborough where I then lived with my single-mother family.  My father was never around after I reached age seven, and my mother courageously kept her family together to the best of her ability until we were teenagers.   For this of  I also give credit to  a wide range of extended family members who participated in raising me up from the abyss of a daunting childhood.  Jay was one of those people.  She favored and respected me from the first day we met.  In her sublime manner, she helped me from age eleven, through my teenage years.  She never said no to me when I went to her for help, and her face would often display her concern for my well-being.  She sat down and talked to me when I needed her...always finding time for me.  No matter where I ran into her, she was always the same to me...and I love her with all my heart.