Painful Truths

By June Pierce

You have entered my heart but remember
you are seeing life from the inside out.

So many triumphs, losses and lessons
but that’s what life is all about.

So exit my friends as you witness with me
that hope and gratitude are what we finally see.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jun 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781663202222

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ISBN: 978-1-6632-0221-5 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020910018

iUniverse rev. date: 06/10/2020

Contents

Foreword

Birth

The World Anew

Beginnings

Childhood

My Soul

My Father’s Hands

In Those days

Fragmented Truths

Secrets

A Portrait

Love And Marriage

Etched in Gold

A Breath of Life

Feelings

The Wisdom of Love

Give Love a Chance

Togetherness

Past the Clouds

To Rise in Splendor

Tapestry

Two Lives

Motherhood

Motherhood

Hurt

Blessings

A Game We Cannot Win

Mother’s Day

The Finish Line

I ponder

Memories

Reflecting

A Class or Two

Lessons

An Irish Prayer

No Hypocrites

Footprints

Picking up Speed!

Briefly

I Enter…

March

Quiet Repose

A Trip in Time

Anticipation

Timely Kept

Forces

A Warning