Love's Voyage

Here's a snippet from one of the stories in my book Love's Voyage by Paulette Bernard.  It is a collection of short stories.

                                    Broken but Not Destroyed
My story is common to many women in the past, but I feel it's special enough to share with you. I am an over 40-year mother of 4, all boys, of course. Anyone who has ever raised boys knows it is not an easy task. Their father and I were together for 20 years, and I thought life couldn’t get any better. We were both relatively successful, lived in a nice house, and drove pretty decent cars. He and I barely spoke a bad word to each other, so I was quite surprised when the boys and I came home to find the home we had lived in for 12 years completely empty.

I immediately thought someone had robbed us, so I called the police. They said it did not look like anyone broke in, but they would check with the neighbors to see if they saw anything. The surprises continued when a neighbor told the police that the owner had a moving truck and told her he was relocating.

The boys and I are still shocked about these actions. We tried figuring out what happened, but it only made us angrier. When we discovered that he actually moved everything out from under us, I immediately called my realtor to check to make sure we still owned our home. The realtor told me that he was on his way over to put the sign in front of the house.

He said my ex-husband signed the papers to put the house on the market. That was definitely my breaking point. I fell to my knees and cried. My boys huddled over me and began crying too. My eldest son got himself together and began talking some sense into all of us. “Momma didn’t daddy say he had to put the house in your name to get a lower interest rate. Can he still sell it if it’s in your name? He asked me.  

To read the remainder of the story and many more, purchase the book on Amazon.com ISBN-13 :‎ 978-1434999191 or contact me to purchase directly for a discount.