The Ship Built Beneath My Feet : A Memoir - 9781732217003

My heart has been broken a thousand times along the way, like everyone. It is unavoidable, and when ithappens we try to make sense of it, to give it meaning, to name it. We consider what we might have learned~ possibly something worth sharing.Strength rose out of weakness as the young woman of my past stumbled over insecurities anduncertainties until I learned one of life's most valuable lessons. Of course, there was a price, and loss, butmostly, I think, there was gain. Being true to one's self takes courage, but we must insist upon it. There willbe frightening unknowns, and that turns out to be the big test.My girlish dreams of love and marriage didn't pan out according to folklore and fairytale, but it did affffordmy greatest blessing. Motherhood would be my most ardent teacher. It would take me closer to heaven than Iever expect to get, and it would drop me firmly to my knees.I stood humbled at the doors of a university and wore out a pocket dictionary in the first year. I madebread and did stacks of laundry, tested the strength of marriage, and felt old at thirty-five in a lecture hall oftwenty-year old's.I gazed at a poster outside a classroom ~ "Teaching abroad." There were dreams that never came true andthose I hadn't dreamed of, that did.In all, I discovered the length and breadth of the "I" that defines me. Some stepped onto the pages of mywriting that I'd lost track of, the daring carefree little red-haired girl, the daughter and sister, the friend, thesweetheartShould we meet here on thepages of this book and laugh and cry as memoriesstep forth, yours and mine, we might find hope inthe face of loss and grief, stumble upon snippets ofwisdom, feel more gratitude ~ maybe even reachtoward new resolve, or if for a short while, wesimply feel less alone . . .

• | Author: Ella Gentry
• | Publisher: L.Rawlins
• | Publication Date: May 08, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 380 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1732217009
• | ISBN-13: 9781732217003