NOTE:
JANUARY 11, 2012.............. THE TRUE STORY .......... (MAMA CAME BACK FROM THE OTHER SIDE).......... WILL BE RE-WRITTEN WITH MORE DETAILS AND IN FIRST PERSON... TO BE SUBMITTED ONCE AGAIN, HOPEFULLY TO BE ACCEPTED IN A PARANORMAL TRUE STORIES BOOK... IF IT ISN'T ACCEPTED, THIS WILL HAVE BEEN PRACTICE ON MY PART....... I HAVEN'T BEGUN TO RE-WRITE JUST YET, BUT..... I WILL LATER TODAY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW.... MY MAIN CHARACTER..... "SHEA" ...... IS ACTUALLY ME, "GLORIA FAYE BROWN BATES".
I HAVE MADE ANOTHER DECISION TO WRITE MY TRUE STORIES BEING MY OWN SELF, INSTEAD OF A FICTITIOUS CHARACTER NAMED ......."SHEA".
IT IS MUCH EASIER TO WRITE AS .... "GLORIA FAYE".... AFTER-ALL, THESE ARE MY LIFE STORIES... AND THOUGH THEY AREN'T ALWAYS.... THE HAPPIEST, PRETTIEST, NICEST........... THEY ARE TRUE AND THEY HAPPENED TO ME.
I HAVE BEEN IN MY LIFE SUCH A VAIN PERSON IN MY YOUTH, THOUGH I DID HAVE A BIG HEART.... IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER, MY ATTENTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN WAY BEYOND 'MYSELF'.
I HAVE LEARNED EVERYTHING I KNOW.... THE HARD WAY. ONCE I LEARNED.... I NEVER FORGOT. I HAVE LEARNED THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE AND WHAT WE ARE ALL HERE FOR... OUR LIFE ISN'T MEANT JUST FOR 'US'... IT'S ABOUT 'ALL OF US'.
I HOPE YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE ON MY JOURNEY WITH ME TO REMEMBER AND NOT WASTE MY LIFE'S LESSONS TO BEING A BETTER PERSON... TO REMEMBER PEOPLE WHO ONCE LIVED AND WERE... AS REAL AS YOU AND I.
I HOPE IF POSSIBLE, SOMETHING I WRITE AND EXPERIENCED, COULD HELP SOMEONE ELSE TO KEEP FROM WASTING ALOT OF VALUABLE LIFE'S TIME... THAT YOU COULD REALLY LIVE TO THE FULLEST... BECAUSE YOU SEE... I GOT 'OLD' BEFORE I KNEW IT... I DON'T HAVE THE TIME A YOUNGER PERSON DOES. I HOPE MY STORIES TOUCH YOUR LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY.... ... AND SAVE YOUR LIFE'S YEARS FROM BEING WASTED. YOU CAN THEN, LOOK BACK AND BE SO GLAD YOU DID SO MANY OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT MEANT SOMETHING WHILE.... YOU HAD TIME!
I WILL WRITE KNOWING YOU ALL ARE WITH ME ON THE DARK AND SCARY PATHS I WILL HAVE TO GO DOWN, OR THE OCEAN OF GRIEF I WILL HAVE TO SWIM IN.... YOU ALL WILL BE MY LIFE SAVERS TOSSED TO ME IN THE SCARY SEA OF ... PAST EVENTS.
I WILL TRAVEL ON PATHS OF HAPPINESS, SUNSHINE, AND COLORS. THESE ARE MY FAVORITE PATHS TO TRAVEL, LIFE ISN'T LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME. MAYBE YOURS IS... MINE NEVER WAS... MY HAPPY PATHS ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING SAD OR UNHAPPY ON IT. I ALWAYS LOOKED FOR THE BEST ...ANYWAY. MY LIFE IS WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS....... BITTERSWEET.
BY GLORIA FAYE BROWN BATES/AKA "SHEA".... IN MY STORIES
Gloria..... I would like to read real stories written by the real you. I am sorry you have had a hard life. It would be truly good to express yourself; get rid of all your hurts; and then feel freer to write with a new life within you; perhaps stuff which you would enjoy writing about. I hope you will feel liberated in doing so.
May God bless you warmly. x
