Windell Yvette Beaird

Hey Y'all,

I want to say thank y'all for all the wonderful heartfelt reviews, and constructive criticism y'all have given me on ways to improve the readability of my book. I took it all to heart y'all!

Thank y'all for seeing past the typos and punctuation to understand where I was coming from.

I didn't want an editor to cut out pieces of my story without understanding their relevance.

I wanted to tell my story, my way.

I finally found a program to help me clean up my manuscript and clear out all the typos, spelling errors, and tame the punctuation. According to the quality check apparatus inside KDP, there are ZERO errors found! Having said that, I must say that I didn't change the grammar as it would be impossible to tell the story of my life using grammatically perfect language. My family was, and are simple country folk.

My early life was a jumble of oxymorons and juxtapositions. As a child growing up, I knew something was different. Yet, at the same time, it was my normal. Far from a conventional raising, it still held enough elements to resemble childhood. I learned that folks came from all walks of life, and was taught to respect and not judge. We were simple country folks providing for our own.

The seventies blew in and changed it all.

My family went on a crazy ride through a whole 'nother world. Where lives were destroyed and identities soon forgotten. During the next few decades, my family weathered tragedy after tragedy. From murder, suicide, drugs, organized crime and everything in between, corruption took it's toll.

Through it all, we were bound by a love so strong, nothing could tear us apart.

This is the story of my life. It wasn't the best of lives, but it wasn't the worst either.

Somewhere along the way, I learned that miracles exist, and dreams really can come true.

Turn the page, have I got a story for YOU!

Much Love, Wende