A Voice with No Name

By Bobbie Jo Bloom

A young six-year-old Nichole finds herself comforting her bruised mother on the floor after abuse from her father. Nichole encourages her mother by singing into her ear; just as a mother would comfort her own child. This six-year-old is comforting her mother, the strength of this six-year-old child and her pure Faith in

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bookside Press
• Release date: Dec 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9781778832291

Bobbie Jo Bloom

Bobbie Jo Bloom was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and grew up in Nebraska. She loves to to read, write stories, paint, and spend time with her husband Randey... along with her children and grandchildren! "Making a difference one heart at a time" is her driving force... and her love for Jesus.

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Chapter 1

HE’s MAD AGAIN

Mommy why is Daddy so mad at you Nichole whispered into her mother’s ear, rocking her head back and forth as her mother lay on the floor. The slap marks across her mother’s face and the blood streaming down her nose resulted from her father punching her mother’s face in anger.

Just be still now Mommy, and Daddy will leave you alone, shhhhhh… my dear Mommy, Nichole sang quietly in her mother’s ear comforting her as her father tore through the house, slamming doors and screaming that no-one ever listens to him.

Jesus Loves the Little Children, Nichole quietly said into her mother’s ear as her 7-year-old hands stroked her mother’s hair and rocked her mother like a baby.

All the Children of the World… even the mommies, Nichole sang quietly adding her own words to comfort her mother.

Her mother looked at her, and she buried her head into Nichole’s stomach just like a child. It was a reverse role – a child comforting her mother, a child rocking her mother as she was in pain, a child’s soft whisper encouraging her mother, a 6-year-old child reminding her 35-year-old mother that