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

Time moved forward as it does. It waited not for any man, woman or child. It marked the day as it was appointed to. Nothing more. Planet...

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

CHAPTER 4 Momma said, "Everybody come in the house!" Remember back when we were all little kids on a Saturday afternoon? It didn’t matter...

The youngest kids always had the warmest baths. And it was always youngest to the oldest. We went in groups of three for the “Little kids

I keep putting off writing this letter to you because it’s not something I want o do. Because it seems so final. Even though, now as I...

The rest of us, you know, women? We don't need you to teach other young women that it's okay to accept an insult.

When I rise in the morning, no. Just before I open my eyes, my skin is placid.... You are ins the presence of greatness.

And just knowing that I will soon place that lovely elixir to my lips and feel it slither down my throat, leaving a sensation that consumes