Paul David Robinson

After My Shotgun Wedding Paul David Robinson

Publisher Marketing: What happens one summer, when the best friend and buddy you ever had in your whole life turns out to be a girl instead of a boy like you and she is trapped in a family with an abusive father? You find a way to get her off of the mountain and into the city. And you make her your college roommate. Back home after graduation, Jim is a teacher and Curly is a nurse. An angry abusive father with the help of thirteen relatives with shotguns force Jim and Curly to deal with their true feelings for one another. Later Curly is called as nurse for Ann's sick baby. When Ann's baby dies, Curly decides to become a doctor. Ann runs away to the city. Ann's husband and two of his buddies rape Curly for revenge on Jimmy's birthday. The following year, Curly goes to medical school and Jim works in a store. Then Curly gives birth to their lovechild, Lenore. A month later, Curly brings Ann home for some payback and falls in love with Ann. Curly promises to share Jimmy with Ann and that when Ann is twenty-one Ann can have their second lovechild. Does Jim bail or does he come to love Ann as much as Curly loves Ann? What happens when the Love Nest scandal hits the front page and Curly gets her fifteen minutes of fame? "Sometimes Love is all there is." Ann whimpered, "Do you wish you never let me have my baby?" Curly whispered, "Oh, Ann. I love you. I am so glad we have JJ. I am so happy you are in my life. I wouldn't want it any other way. Each of us has a lovechild with Jimmy. They are our children. Nothing else matters! We have each other. We will get through this. Even if we have to go and live on the mountain with Mom and Dad, we will get through this." They got to their feet and ran to the couch. They came at Lenore and me from two sides. They alternated kissing us. Finally they paused and just sat there with their arms around each other and around Lenore and me Curly said, "Jimmy once told me: 'We don't have a choice. Things change. Everyone dies. We have to do the best we can to make the kind of life we want. And sometimes we just have to live with the life we get.' My darlings," Curly continued, "I did the best I could to make the kind of life I wanted. I'm sorry if the pursuit of my dream hurt your dream, but I love you, Ann. I love you, Jimmy. I love you, Lenore. And I love JJ. Nothing else matters! Now we have to find a way to live with the life we have." Ann said, mushing her nose into Lenore's nose, "Let's make cookies and have a party. Nobody has to go to work or school tomorrow." Lenore got a look of such joy on her face. Lenore said, "Yippee!" And Lenore wiggled off of my lap and out from between Mommy Curly and Mommy Ann. Lenore headed toward the stove in the kitchen. I put my arms tighter around my two girls. I pulled their heads closer to mine and I kissed each of them passionately one more time. They laid their heads down on my shoulders: a blonde head on my right shoulder and an auburn head on my left shoulder. They sighed contentedly. I whispered, "Maybe we can have some normal sex tonight." I meant normal for us. They giggled. And then they got off of me and I got off of the couch. We went into the kitchen and made sugar cookies with the cookie cutters so everybody could have their favorite shape, frosted with their favorite color and flavor. It was a wonderful time. Later, we made sure that JJ had the proper food for an, almost, four-year-old. (From pages 258-260) Follow the trail to Adventure and Romance with Curly, Ann, and Jimmy. Contributor Bio:  Swift, Rebecca Dear Reader, I've been writing stories and poems for sixty years. I have a closet full of rejections. In 2013, I began to e-publish. I wrote Summer in 1998, but I published it first because it was my mother's favourite and it is dedicated to my wife, Carolyn, the love of my life. It is about love at first sight, pain and suffering, the difficult choices people face, and how love can overcome anything. Before My Shotgun Wedding is about growing up on a mountain in Kentucky in 1952 and it is a story that everyone can enjoy. The sequel: After My Shotgun Wedding is for adult readers. And I have three other novels available for adult readers: Foundling, Clarence or Claire, Katya and the Solar Wind, and two sequels for Katya on the way. When the Dew Fell on the Okra is my first children's book to be published. It was written in December 1966. When I graduated from Otterbein College in January 1967, I gave it to people who had been a help to me. Thanks to Rebecca Swift, my illustrator, it is now available for you to give to someone you care about. First Eighty-five Poems is my first volume of poetry. All of the poems were written between January 1, 1959 and August 1, 1963. They were written when I was in junior high and in high school. If you are a struggling Christian and have difficulties sorting out your priorities, I had the same kind of problems in my youth. I hope you find my poems meaningful to you. And I suggest that you write your own poetry. Rappers aren't the only people who can express themselves. Everyone can. As a pastor and theologian, I do not separate the sacred and the profane. The difference is in the human mind and not in life itself, just as evil is in the human mind and comes out of the choices people make and not from the devil who made me do it. The devil has nothing to do with it. We are the ones who choose to do evil or good. The whole world is in our hands. Enjoy the books. Paul David Robinson Paul David Robinson, BA, MDiv, Pastor, Retired https: //www.amazon.com/author/pauldavidrobinson https: //www.pauldavidrobinson.com/