Published in 1995.
A true story of a woman who had to fight with all her strength to let go of a past that meant nothing but heartache and misery. In its wake the woman begins a struggle toward a future of calm and stability, a future she has struggled to achieve for far too long.
Born in a nightmarish world, her father an abusive alcoholic and nobody offered her any support. Teachers, peers and her very family went out of their way to discourage her.
Rosetta was born in 1909 as the youngest of ten children. The family had more laughter than money and neighbors would knock on their door to ask, "Can we come in and laugh, too?"
For a time, I perched myself on a flat rock, comparing my life with the Guyandotte River. Just as its tributaries replenish it daily, changing it in some small—sometimes great—degree, so have the day-to-day occurrences of life changed me. Like the ri
