JOURNALS OF JO

Momma said, “You don’t have to look down at your feet. They aren’t going anywhere. They aren’t going to move unless you tell them too.”

I'm just trying to get through chapter six of a twenty chapter novel and I cannot believe how much effort has been put into the lead female

I never lost a fight. But that didn't make me strong. That terrified me. Because I never wanted to fight.

And for a while there it seemed like I was a wonder child.

I looked into the pot to see what was cooking and all I saw was water... Momma was putting in all sorts of spices... when I asked her about

There were days when you could hear my momma yelling at the top her voice so that any one of her fourteen children would answer her and do w

When the time came and I did get solitude and quiet, I was filled with fear and anxiety and I couldn’t wait to be in that crowd of people ca

I was pushed head first, into the trenches, before I was old enough to even realize what a fight was. I was pitted against myself into a bat

Momma had a specific routine worked out so that no part of the body was missed and minimal squirming was had. You started at the head. Your

CHILDREN , they grow up you know. A video bonus THE WAY THINGS ARE, WERE, ARE I grew up in an ugly world. People hated themselves and...