Memoirs of a Single Chosen Mother

By Jessica Howard and Kaden Howard

This book is a glimpse into the life of a single, Christian mother who faced many obstacles in life and ministry, becoming pregnant outside of wedlock and surviving it all! This book will inspire all who read it, whether male or female, single, married, divorced, or even thinking about becoming a parent!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Dec 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781716324857

Jessica Howard

Jessica is a nature lover from Adelaide, who loves expressing herself creatively.She is passionate about the environment, and about educating future generations on sustainability and the magic of the world we all live in.She believes writing beautiful, fun stories that have a moral message, is a way that she can pass on important lessons to the youth (as well as to the adults who read to them).

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© 2020 Jessica Howard

© 2020 Kaden Howard

Table of Contents

Every Little Girl’s Dream

The Plan

The Reality

And Then This Happened

Lonely, but Not Alone

Committed to the Death

I’m Glad I Died

I’m Still Dying

I Need Glue

I Didn’t Ask for This

Wait, I Wasn’t Ready

The Time Has Come

In Pain but Still Chosen

Where’s My Bottle

This is for the Birds

Fake It Til’ I Make It

I Didn’t Consider the Cost

Let’s Make a Deal

Busy Shaking

My Will Be Done

Raising My Reflection

Single Doesn’t Mean Incompetent

Dedications

First giving honor to God, ______________________,

If you were raised in the Baptist Church, you know the rest!! LOL!!! If not, it would read

Who’s the Head of my life!

My son, my reason WHY

and my reason WHY NOT

(true mothers and fathers will understand this)!!!

My amazing parents,

Sandra Belle and Jim PawPaw Alexander,

if I’ve never said it before,

THANK YOU!

My favorite sister and the best TT ever,

Jasmine Alexander.

My bro, the cool Uncky, Jonathan Howard.

Belle’s favorite girl, Jakota Alexander.

My favorite nephew, Jordan Howard.

Everyone who has ever supported me or encouraged me in any way,

THANK YOU!

I never thought that it would come to this……..

Every Little Girl’s Dream…

Every little girl grows up planning her entire future, planning every little detail from their teenage years to the day they walk down the aisle and beyond. Driving by the age of 16 and graduating high school, receiving her dream car as a gift; going off to college and falling in love. Every intimate detail of her wedding day, from the color of her dress down to the exact vows she would say. Raising beautiful children and living a happy life, with no struggles or stress, nor misery or strife………

Yeah Right!!!

I’d love to tell you that my life has been all roses and sunshine, but in the famous words of Mr. Maury, The lie detector determined that was a lie!

The Plan…

I had