Welcome Home: 2Nd Edition

By rJo Winch and Shaquasia Goldsby

Phyllis and Tonya are two sisters forced to live in a "Safe Home". They learned the hard way to defend themselves, act tough, take care of each other and pretend not to care.

When they are placed in the home of a single mom and her teenaged daughter the entire family goes
through a transformation. The mother learns to manage her time between work and the girls. The
teenager learns being a big sister can be tough. Phyllis and Tonya go through many trials and troubling
situations with the teenaged daughter before they all learn there is plenty of mom's love for all of them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Apr 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781698707068

rJo Winch

rJo was born in Fuquay-Varina, NC as Rosezina Pegram. She grew up in Hartford, CT with her mom, three sisters and four brothers. She served 24 years in the United States Air Force as an Administrative Specialist, Master Military Training Instructor, and Superintendent of Personnel before pursuing her dream of becoming an author. Welcome Home, her first book was inspired by her adopted daughter Shaquasia Marie who is the co-author of this book.

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Cover Illustration by William Brown

ISBN: 978-1-6987-0707-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6987-0706-8 (e)

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Dedication

Chapter 1   First Impression

Chapter 2   Saturday Morning

Chapter 3   The Art of Shopping

Chapter 4   Sunday Morning

Chapter 5   End of the Visit

Chapter 6   The Return Trip

About The Author

FOREWORD

Phyllis and Tonya are two sisters lived in a Safe Home. They learned the hard way to defend themselves, act tough, take care of each other and pretend not to care.

When they are placed in the home of a single mother and her teenaged daughter the entire family goes through a transformation. Phyllis and Tonya go through many trials and troubling situations with the teenaged daughter before they all learn there is plenty of mom’s love for all of them.

DEDICATION

To my sister Wavis Washington, thanks for giving me the courage to take on the task of being a Foster Parent. Without your love and encouragement this story would have never been told.

Thanks to all the Department of Children and Family services all over this country. You are making an impact on thousands of children’s lives. Thanks to you many children like Tonya and Phyllis (known by other names) have caring, loving, and nurturing families and a place they can call home.

rJo (AKA Rosezina)

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To my mom, rJo for her unselfish giving and dedication to helping me be successful in life.

To my children, Da’Sharia, London and Lanai, may you always feel welcome at home.

Shaquasia Marie

CHAPTER ONE

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First Impression

Picture this: I am an average, 14-year-old Black/Hispanic/Jamaican American girl. I guess I could have just said I was multi ethnic but then you would not get the full picture or what a unique combination this is. I am quite unique, but most would call me just Black or African American because besides my long dark brown hair that is what I look like at first glance. I am tall, cute, slenderly built and I know I am all that and some more. I live in an average size town in a 3-family house where mom and I reside on the second floor. I have my cat and my dog. I have what I need to be an average American girl. Things like; a house phone in my bedroom, a cell phone on my hip, my television, a DVD player and my computer all in my bedroom that is large enough to accommodate me