Dear Hope
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Last published Mon, Jul 5, 2021
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." ~
Emerald Wilson lives by this quote as the world around her is nothing but darkness but the only person who keeps her alive is her daughter Hope.
A mother at 17, she was forced to grow up and take care of her daughter all alone. Neither the father of her child or her family supported her. So now she is determined to give her daughter a future every kid deserves.
Emerald keeps a diary from the day she knows she's pregnant and writes her heart out about what she goes through to raise Hope alone.
When trouble knocks on her door will she accept the unexpected help from someone unknown or will she be headstrongly dealing with it on her own?
Read to find out
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