A Journey Of Belonging

The storm tore the farm apart, the farm the two orphans had lived on for all their lives. Evelyn,14, and Jo–Jo only 9, peeked out the front door of the only home they had known for their brief lives. What destruction did the storm bring? As the long, dark night faded and the light grew,they saw a world they could not believe. Now what would they do? How could they go on after living for years since their parents deaths? Where, in fact, would they go? The two brave orphans set out into a new wilderness, not of their choosing, to find the distant family was all they could imagine. With all they could pack in a wagon pulled by the surviving milk cows,what would they find? Would they find the family they heard about in stories but did not know where they were? What would their lives be like now that they had to let go of all they knew? Who would they meet along the way and is it possible to start anew in a wider wildness? A novel set in an earlier time. A book of love of many shapes and sizes, but mostly a book about what is possible in a world where we care about one another and wish only the best from ourselves and others. A book of well–being, a book to inspire you Home. With a Smile from my Heart, all the way to Yours.

-- Lauren Alissa Jontel