Daisy's Journey

By Jacqueline S. Smith

Daisy’s Journey is a unique biography about an amazing turtle’s life.

A story about timing, miracles, persevering through life’s adversities, and never giving up!

This journey will captivate you through passages that will pique your curiosity, keep you in suspense, and then ultimately bring you to the celebration of life!

A timeless heartwarming story to be shared and treasured by all!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781648015991

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Daisy's Journey

Jacqueline S. Smith

Copyright © 2020 Jacqueline S. Smith

All rights reserved

First Edition

NEWMAN SPRINGS PUBLISHING

320 Broad Street

Red Bank, NJ 07701

First originally published by Newman Springs Publishing 2020

ISBN 978-1-64801-597-7 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64801-598-4 (Hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-64801-599-1 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Daisy’s Journey

A special thank-you to all the people in my life, past and present, who believed in me and my writing potential. You know who you are!

This book is dedicated to all who struggle with life sometimes.

It’s to remind all of us that if my little turtle can survive such adversity, so can we. Have a strong will and never give up! Slow and steady wins the race!

Daisy’s Journey

Daisy’s journey started about thirty years ago. Daisy was caught, captured, and taken from a wild natural habitat where she should have been able to live out her life. Instead she was brought into captivity and sold! Taken from an environment filled with lush native vegetation and resources to sustain life in the wild, where she was born to survive and thrive.

Unfortunately, it was not Daisy’s fate in life. Life took her down a different path, a pathway into a world of captivity. And what a journey it’s been!

Daisy was purchased from a pet store roughly thirty years ago. Her age now is approximately thirty-six years old. She is a three-toed box turtle. Her place of origin is believed to be the South, presumably the Louisiana area, so I’ve been told. A little Southern girl!

Just a few years old, Daisy was purchased at a pet store by my mother. My mother always had such a fondness for animals, especially