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Robinson, Joyce A

 
9781434347312: I Was A Waif And Child Servant . . .: No Regrets
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ISBN 10 : 1434347311 ISBN 13 : 9781434347312
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2008

Synopsis

Joyce Ann Burke had a family like all others. She found herself at age seven suddenly without any family. Her parents separated in 1942 and divorced (rare for that era). Her mother had custody and left the children alone (abandoned). Joyce Ann was awarded to the court, and they in turn incorporated her into the Hendricks County, Indiana Welfare system. She was a welfare child, no parents, no love and no home. She was a textbook waif. She was placed in the country farm home of a sixty one year old widow lady who owned a 110 acre working dairy farm. You see the picture. She was tiny for seven with snow white blond hair and blue eyes. A total stranger she called Grandma would be her new mother, of sorts. Joyce Ann would be the little running legs for this sixty one year old guardian, and essentially a child servant. The white frame farm house was typical of a 1940's farm home without electricity, plumbing, and central heat. This household was totally self-supporting from the farm. Foods were grown there and preserved for winter. Animals were butchered, cows were milked, hogs were slopped and fields were tended. The days were not programmed for play. Totally unaware, she learned life's lessons, and, although sometimes reluctantly, developed a 'powerful' work ethic. Fourteen years with Grandma produced a young woman who became her own person. It was not easy and decisions she had to make many times were difficult and unfair for a child. Joyce Ann could not afford to make mistakes. Why? She had no one and no where to go. Mistakes were not possible and she knew it. Well, Grandma scared her to death and she walked the walk! Thank you Grandma because Joyce Ann became a woman you would be proud to know today. You will read a very happy ending of the story of Joyce Ann's life, and how she flourished, despite a lonely beginning. She researched her family genealogy with intensity, and found she really did have a family she ne

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Joyce Ann Burke had a family like all others. She found herself at age seven suddenly without any family. Her parents separated in 1942 and divorced (rare for that era). Her mother had custody and left the children alone (abandoned). Joyce Ann was awarded to the court, and they in turn incorporated her into the Hendricks County, Indiana Welfare system. She was a welfare child, no parents, no love and no home. She was a textbook waif. She was placed in the country farm home of a sixty one year old widow lady who owned a 110 acre working dairy farm. You see the picture. She was tiny for seven with snow white blond hair and blue eyes. A total stranger she called Grandma would be her new mother, of sorts. Joyce Ann would be the little running legs for this sixty one year old guardian, and essentially a child servant. The white frame farm house was typical of a 1940's farm home without electricity, plumbing, and central heat. This household was totally self-supporting from the farm. Foods were grown there and preserved for winter. Animals were butchered, cows were milked, hogs were slopped and fields were tended. The days were not programmed for play. Totally unaware, she learned life's lessons, and, although sometimes reluctantly, developed a 'powerful' work ethic. Fourteen years with Grandma produced a young woman who became her own person. It was not easy and decisions she had to make many times were difficult and unfair for a child. Joyce Ann could not afford to make mistakes. Why? She had no one and no where to go. Mistakes were not possible and she knew it. Well, Grandma scared her to death and she walked the walk! Thank you Grandma because Joyce Ann became a woman you would be proud to know today. You will read a very happy ending of the story of Joyce Ann's life, and how she flourished, despite a lonely beginning. She researched her family genealogy with intensity, and found she really did have a family she ne

Biographie de l'auteur

Yesterday I was not an author. Today I am an author. Guts and perseverance led me to become the author of a book, just as everything else I have done in my life. One day I said, "I am going to write a book of my life". The next day I began writing the book of my life. I had no credentials, only desire, and a story to tell. The story in the book I write is from the heart, from the soul, and embedded in my mind so deeply, that only a child who lived in my shoes could portray such a picture. I believe unusual life experiences are intriguing to those who live normal lives. I became aware others thrive upon information they could not identify with in their own lives. Looking back as an adult, I view the whole picture of my life and understand the trauma I experienced alone, at the young age of seven. I was faced with many opportunities and prevailed by making good choices. It is my hope, as an author, to relate a positive attitude, total truth, and most of all, appreciation for neighbors and friends who nurtured a tiny seven year old girl into adulthood. They cared! As an adult I appreciate, with grace, the life bestowed upon me. History consists of people like me telling stories which otherwise are never heard. People connect with a first person story. And if they identify with the story, they find inspiration and hope. By right choices they have the opportunity to flourish. My story "paints the picture" for them. Viewing the world from two sides permits an imaginative description of both. I have lived in two sides of the world, the worst without family, and the best with family. I take this opportunity to tell the story of my progression from a fragmented family to the family which I have gathered around me in later life. At seven years old I had nothing to take with me, and I hope to leave something for others!

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1434347311
ISBN 13 
9781434347312
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Nombre de pages
492
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