Life, One Day at a Time!

By Lonna Herrell

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 2, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462883912

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LIFE,

ONE DAY AT A TIME!

ALL TRUE!!

Lonna Herrell

Copyright © 2011 by Lonna Herrell.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2011909423

ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4628-8390-5

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Contents

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

This book is True! The names have been changed to protect the guilty!

DEDICATION

TO MY HUSBAND, Ray! He has always given me support. Ray will say to me I know you can write this book. Just follow your heart! Ray and I have been together, for so long! He was my first boy friend, and now my husband for thirty five years!! We are one! Through our hard times, and the good times! We both take Life, One Day at a time! I love my husband every second of eternity!

I also thank my Son. Johnie, for he has gave me encouragement every time we see each other! Ray and I are lucky to have a Son, thought full as Johnie is! We both Love our Son very much!

CHAPTER 1

ONE DAY, ONE instant; life just all changed. I was only eight years old. My big Brother was ten. I remember, my Mom came into my bedroom. Where I was playing with my toys. I do not recall what time of day it was. I can just hear her softly saying to me, Honey now you go pack all your cloths and toys. This time we are moving for real. We had did this before, packing to go visit Grandma and Grandpa. Seems like Mom practiced this, with me a couple of times. I guess she was getting us and her self ready for the future? I figure she had told my Brother Norman, to do the same thing. Becouse, he was all packed too.

I remember my Aunt came to pick us all up. Which this is the first time I could ever remember, some one else coming to pick us up. We were all ready to go. (But Dad was not with us) To go with any one, some where and know we had packed all our stuff. That right there, was a good clue that something was different? Norman and I had a lot of fun living there. Playing every day with our friends. While living there at our Home, all four of us. There were many fun things to do! One of my best was playing pretend Army war games. Not like now a days on the T.V. games. But using little toy guns, and acting like we were fighting a pretend Army of bad guys. I was and still am a tom boy. (And a Lady) Also I loved to jump on trampoleans. There was a trampolean business down away from where we lived, and I got to where I would sneak off by my self. And go jump on those trampoleans. Bad thing is, I had to cross about a eight lane high way to get to them. This was very dangerous! But for ten cents, you could play on them for a very long time. They got to know me there pretty good. They would let me jump for free, some times. I would have to make sure I left before dark. So I could find my way Home. I figured my Mom would just think I was around the neighborhood playing some where. My Brother, Norman and I had alot of fun living there. Even going to school seemed fun at that age. At School you got to play with other friends that you only saw at School. I can still remember my first day of Kindergarden. I got in a fight with this boy. So they called our parents to come and get us. We were kicked out just for the one day. After that little fight with that boy, he and I became best friends. Until we moved away, for ever. I miss our old friends.

CHAPTER 2

SO ANY WAY we were in a parking lot at some building. My Mom got out of the car, and my Aunt stayed with my Brother and I. When my Mom came out of the building, she was so Happy and smiling some! The two of them were so Happy! I think then, was my first time I realized what might be going on. I have heard of divorce, even though I was little. So we sat off for our new lives together. None of us knowing what that was going to be. Just taking Life, One Day At A Time! But this divorce was something that needed to be done. For my Mom and Dad, did alot of yelling and arguing. We love our Mom and Dad. But that fighting was getting to all of us. I am sure, Mom and Dad did not like fighting either.

I remember sitting on the front porch, just crying becouse Mom and Dad; were inside the house fighting again. I felt bad for us all, even the neighbors. I am sure they could hear what was going on. I could hear our Mom crying, and Dad yelling loud! It did hurt my Brother, Norman and I alot! I would wonder if my Mom was getting hurt? But I was praying, that Dad would not do nothing like that to her?

So when we were on our way to my Aunts house, I was just curious, about what it was going to be like living with them. We had two girl cousins who lived there too. This was going to be new to all of us. This was going to be a big change for my Mom, Norman and I. We all got pretty close to each other. My Aunt and two cousins had been going through divorce for awhile now. Most of the time, we got along good together. But there were a few times, when there was some really good fights between us. They had a nice big back yard. So this gave us lots of room to play. There was a neat tire swing. We would spend alot of time having fun on that! Behind their House was a big woods. Each of us kids had alot of fun going into the woods to play. We would explore those woods very well. We would play hide and seek. Or climb trees. Some times we would go to the woods just to have a place to have a picnic. And sit and talk about our Dads. There was a big basement in this house. So we could play down there alot too. Some times we would hear our Moms talking about how hard it was. But my Mom was determined to get a job and make a good life for Norman and I, and for her too.

CHAPTER 3

THE DAY CAME. Mom found a good job. To live closer to her work we moved in with our Grand Parents. This was the only other place we had to stay. We were only there long enough for my Mom, to earn enough money for us to get our own place. Just for us three. While we were at our Grand Parents, we did make a few new friends. And we had fun there too. Well we finally were ready to move into our new house. It was in the housing, but they were really nice. My Mom was, and still is a neat tidey person. I still remember the first day we went to our new home. The first thing I wanted to do was pick out my bed room. It had been along time, since any of us three had a bed room to our selves. This place was very nice. There were three bed rooms, that were up stairs. I liked having a upstairs. Things were looking up. Mom was very busy, working all she could; keeping food on the table. Giving us this nice place to live. We all seemed happy.

We made new friends at our new home. Slowly for me. It seems like it was sinking in, about not haven a Dad around. I know things sure were hard on Mom. She never did get any child support from our Dad. At night when I would lay down to go to sleep. I would say my prayers, and would pray that our Dad would come to live with us. It had been a long time, it felt like; since we got to see our Dad. Norman and I both new it was for the best. At least there was no more of that yelling. And that was Great! Mom loved us so much, and still does. We Love her very Much too. She worked so hard to see that we had a good life, and we were happy. I went my own way, and my Brother went his. Although we also would play games together. Like monopoly, cards, lots of board games. I enjoyed our new lives. I found a good fishing hole. I had alot of fun there! I love to fish, so I spent alot of time there; fishing by my self. I went to this pond alot. Caught several kinds of fish out of that pond. Like gogle eyes, blue gill, mud cat, sun perch. There was a lot of snakes too. I would be busy fishing and look over next to me. There would be a