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BJ Coleman began writing poetry as a young woman. She was presented with an opportunity to publish a few of her works and given another opportunity to write articles for a Christian woman magazine. Her passion was writing, but her reality was that she had four children to raise. She was a stay-at-home mom until they finished high school. At 46, her children gone and recently widowed for the second time, she enrolled in a computer class and some writing classes, where she was encouraged by her instructors to write her memoirs, if only for her own pleasure. It seemed God had other plans for her writing. Through a series of events, her story evolved into a book she wanted to share with anyone who was dealing with grief in an extreme way: espec ...more

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I am happy to introduce my latest book to you. It is a fiction novel based on a story told about a distant family relative.
Please read about this adoption story and review the book here on Goodreads. You may send questions about the book or my writing and I will answer as quickly as possible
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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
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