My Hometown
By Abbey Golden
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A look back in time of a family of eight children growing up in a small hometown that they have never forgotten. A hometown that will always be a part of who they are and what they have become. It’s a memory that they will always cherish and be proud of. It’s a time they have left behind. A memory that will always be a part of who they are. Anyone without a hometown is welcomed to share in being part of mine. I want you to feel the sense of familiarity, competency, and comfort that a large family will share their most inner feelings with you and make you feel part of them. You will become part of the story that will take you on a journey. An account of real events that shares with you birth, sadness, death of a brother, happiness, and togetherness. A compelling story that at times will anger you, surprise you, and make you laugh. But it’s a story that each one of us eight children lived, and always look back on. The ending will be difficult to predict, surprise you, and comfort your thoughts. Life does not know what your journey will be. Accept each day and honor its beginning and end.
Abbey Golden
Yes, I am 78 years, soon to be 79 years young, and proud of it. I love being a grandmother. Looking into the future time that is given to me,, I want to cherish the time I have left. Never think about death. Only live knowing each day is as special a day as you can make it. Always honour your family and attend all the special occasions that make their life complete and happy. Love, cry and manage brokenness, mentor your grandchildren as if they are your own. Love nature as if it is yours to love. Show your grandchildren the importance of future nature needs, living in a free and unpolluted world. Always be proud of who you are. Don’t be afraid to try new ideas, and to open the world up to you more. Show everyone you are open to dance the night away at your grandchildren’s wedding. Always be willing to forgive and forget, and help people when in need. The time is yours and you are the only one that can make it special, just for you. Remember if you don’t have a family, a few close friends will always be yours. Never judge a person until you know them, in the depths of every part of who they are, and every situation they have to face. Honour life, and remember the lives that were lost to give you the freedom to live. When someone says, ‘don’t bother with her, she’s old,’ remember: what’s old can be new again, and can lead the young to a new beginning in our world.
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My Hometown - Abbey Golden
My Hometown
Abbey Golden
Austin Macauley Publishers
My Hometown
About the Author
Dedication
Copyright Information ©
Acknowledgment
About the Author
Being raised in a family of 10 people, eight being the total number of children, taught me to share, open my heart and sacrifice. Most importantly, it taught me to love and understand how important a brother and sister can be in my life. Through good times and bad, we became a force that could conquer anything. In my journey through life, they were always there to support me. This story brings you along, and lets you share the journey we followed. Soon, I will reach the age of 77 years young. I have experienced love, birth and laughter, sadness and death of a brother. Love for animals, nature and just slowing walking through the woods in the early morning hours, gives my day a very special meaning. Every day is a special gift. A day you can put a smile on someone’s face. Life does not let you know what your journey will be. Accept each day and honor its beginning and end.
Did I become rich or poor or famous? What did I become? I became a person that no one can put a label on. I become a person that is proud of who I am. ME.
Regards: Abbey Golden,
Orillia, Ontario
Canada
Dedication
This story, being true from the very beginning to the very end, is dedicated to the strength of my wonderful family. This journey travels you back in time to unveil and honor all my brothers and sisters for the courage and love that we shared. This story is a lifetime memory that will always prove to the world, that no matter what your journey will entail, your ability to resist weakness knowing courage and strength will always overcome. A loving hometown can wrap its love from strength to strength with ever increasing success to support determination and togetherness of a family. My family never gave up the fight to succeed in life. As children our favourite saying was Stronger together we can be.
New Ways for us to smile together as one.
For some, a hometown is just a place but for us children, it was part of what we were and what we have become. A caring and involved citizen in our community.
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Abbey Golden 2023
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All of the events in this memoir are true to the best of author’s memory. The views expressed in this memoir are solely those of the author.
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Golden, Abbey
My Hometown
ISBN 9781685620363 (Paperback)
ISBN 9781685620370 (ePub e-book)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022922331
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First Published 2023
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Acknowledgment
Stephen Davids is a creative writing author and my writing teacher for four years. Taking his time to teach writing to many young beginner writers. His successful writing group is called Just Write Orillia
.
Also Russ Greenwood for his encouragement.
My home town was very special to me. For me, it was a memory of being born and raised in a place that will always be part of who I am and always will be with me. It is a memory that you can’t buy or sell or even pretend is yours. It is like a day that you have left behind but is a day that you cherish as part of your memory. It was a different time. A hometown where the pre-planted large, overhanging trees almost overlapped the street lights. Leaving a guarded scene for modest homes with well gardened front lawns. A place people took pride in and looked after their home.
Our town at that time was a sleepy fruit-producing area with peaches, grapes, cherries, and strawberries, and many of the families lived on farms or small wartime houses. It was a working man’s town. The house that you