- By Patricia A Stokes
Chapter 1
The Beginning
Paige Wellington was a daughter first, a wife–widow now, a mother, three times, she was a grandmother. You could not tell she was, not by grandmother visits, or grandchildren visits. She had one grandchild. Where that grandchild was now, she did not know. He was either with God or somewhere, not knowing who he really is. She could handle him being with God, she could not, nor would she ever handle him being all alone out in this world, not knowing from whom and where he came from.
She sat looking out of the window on this cloudy day. Her house was nestled below East Rock in New Haven, Connecticut. She could see the snow capped mountains. Snow had come early this year; normally it would start to snow sometime in November, before or after Thanksgiving. The first snow was in the middle of October and it had snowed at least three times already. She looked at the clouds rolling in and thought it looked like it was going to snow again. She knew it was going to be a long winter, they were still into the fall season and the snow had started already. Normally she never complained about the weather. Whatever God decided to do on any given day was fine with her. She was satisfied with the aspect of her life.
She turned her head to look at the clouds rolling in and saw an image that reminded her of her grandson. “What happened to you son, are you dead or alive” she said out loud to no one in particular knowing full well that she was alone and had been for some time now.
The last time she saw him he was on his way to Africa. He was two years old. Of course, she begged her daughter to leave the baby with her for the two years they were going to be gone. She will never forget her words to her. “Mom, I will not leave my only child with you. I know you love him but…..
Patricia A Stokes
Author Biography
- Author of Marcus: The Secret Place
Patricia Ann Stokes (Mema) is a 67 year old grandmother who lives in New Haven, Connecticut. She retired from Yale University in 1995 after 35 years of service. She moved to Florida for a short time and decided that New Haven was her home for all seasons. She moved back in 2002 and she started to write. Her passion is books, which she reads at least three a week, when she is not writing. In books she envisions that she can travel to Napa Valley and imagine tasting the wine; living on a ranch and see herself stalking the stalls; racing around in a field of lavender and seeing “The Color Purple.” Patricia has two daughters. The youngest daughter resides in Florida with her two children. The oldest resides in New Haven with her husband of nineteen years. This is a book of fiction and her first attempt at writing. For one who never thought she could write, one day she sat down at a laptop and before she knew anything she had written twenty (20) pages. This book is the result. Patricia enjoyed writing it and hopes you enjoy reading it. You can e-mail her with your comments at mema1941@aol.com. Also follow Patricia on twitter/mema1941
