Time doesn't always heal old wounds.
Often time makes them worse.
Especially when you push those wounds to the back of your mind and focus on the life you want to lead.
Then the day comes when you finally have everything.
It is then, you realize that nothing ever goes away.
In order to put years of heartache and abuse behind her, Ren learned to bury the past deep down inside herself and focus on one thing; raising her daughter Sophia. As the years passed, she found peace in the daily routine of her job and becomes content with being a mom.
On the night of her daughter's wedding, Ren takes a risk and strays from the predictable world she has set up for herself when her longtime friend Jackson rekindles a loving promise he made to her long ago.
Ren cannot keep her past buried, and the two struggle when old problems start to creep back into their lives. She cannot get her world back in order and her instinct is to shut everyone out.
In the midst of it all Ren is coerced into helping Charlotte, an adopted teenager of her close friends the Roberts'. Reluctantly agreeing, Ren finds Charlotte is in dire need of self control and direction. Upon discovering they share a similar upbringing Ren feels she can advise Charlotte and keep her from repeating her own mistakes. Taking steps to ensure Charlotte's recovery, her new found purpose causes a rift in the family she has come to know and love as her own.
Battling issues, both new and old, will Ren & Jacks be able to endure everything life has thrown at them or will Ren give up everything and isolate herself from the inevitable pain that will follow when all her secrets are revealed?
~ A TASTE OF ENDURING EVERYTHING ~
~ INTERVIEW WITH JACKSON, FROM AUTHOR M.SEMBERA'S ~
~ ENDURING EVERYTHING ~
Hi Jackson.
Hi, its nice to meet you.
How’s it going?
Hi, its nice to meet you.
How’s it going?
It's going good. How about yourself?
Not too bad. So, Jackson, can you tell me a little about yourself?
Not too bad. So, Jackson, can you tell me a little about yourself?
Sure, basketball and accounting are my two favorite things.
I volunteer at my friend Roberts' rec center teaching sports
fundamentals. Basketball is a great way for the kids to connect with
each other and learn to work together.
I have what most people would call a photographic memory. In
my case, its actually called an eidetic memory because it’s not just
things I see. There’s a bunch of big words that explain it but to be
honest it’s not a big deal but it makes accounting effortless for me. I
was an accountant at my dad's firm, JPT Financial, up until he retired
a few months ago and I took over. I'm still an accountant there, just
have an office instead of a cubical, now.
Who is Ren?
She's my everything...
How did you two meet?
Through
Roberts actually. Our junior year in high school, she started showing
up at basketball games with him. She always sat by herself in the stands
and then would stand outside the locker room waiting for him to come
out. That's when I saw her for the first time, waiting on him. She was
so damn cute standing there without makeup and her hair pulled up in a
ponytail.
I tried asking Roberts about her but all he ever said was that they were friends.
One
night after a game, I planned on introducing myself. I even had my
number written down on a little piece of paper, ready to give to her.
All week I had it planned out, to ask her if she liked watching me on
the court and then offer showing her some of my special skills off the
court. I didn't see her waiting for him, so I went to look for her. She
was almost at the exit door when I ran up and bumped her. The second she
looked up at me with those big grey eyes, I lost my nerve. I ended up
trying to convince her that she dropped the paper, with my number on it
and it was her's. Thinking back, I had no idea what I was getting into
with her but when she smiled at me, she had me.
What is the most annoying trait Ren has?
She has a habit of letting me in to a point and then shutting herself off to me.
Like after all these years, there would be anything that would make me
feel differently towards her. I understand why but its incredibly
frustrating.
What about her greatest strength?
It has to be the way she loves. She would go to hell and back for someone she cares about.
Your greatest weakness?
Honest answer? Ren. She is the exception to every thought, ideal and goal I've had in life.
Your greatest strength?
Again,
its her. Before I met Ren, I was all about easy and I never put much
thought into anything. If it wasn't simple, it wasn't for me. Her life
was so messed up for so long, I was forced to think about someone other
than myself. She made me the man I am.
Anything you want to add about you, Ren, family members,or anything else?
Just
that, when you have family, blood or not, it doesn't matter what
happens or what you go through with them, you have everything.
Thank you so much!!
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