Mozelle, at age 15, vowed that she'd never be like her momma---she did not  want to get married, and, for certain, she did not want twelve children.  Mozelle dreamed of getting a good job, buying herself a car, and traveling across country a carefree woman---nobody and nothing hanging onto her skirt tail.

That is until tall, dark, handsome 37 year-old Randell Tate showed up in church that fateful Sunday morning, smiled and winked at Mozelle, throwing her world off-balance.  Three months later they wed and Randell carried Mozelle across the threshold into The Great Depression.  Her children were born and, against all odds, Mozelle set her sights on buying a piece of land and building a house to put a roof over her children's heads.

National Best Selling Author, Gloria Mallette, takes you along as Mozelle struggles to rise above a bad marriage and excruciating poverty.  Blessed with true grit and a strong backbone, Mozelle stands her ground and sways with the breeze of disappointment and the winds of deprivation.  Her determination and her unshakeable faith in God, like the supple branches of the weeping willow tree are strong and unbreakable.