Refining Gold (SAMPLE)
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"If God did not give me grace, I would be in a world of trouble and hurt..."
I'm going to be brutally honest, this is not going to be an easy read. After all, this is my life story. It's full of sadness, mistakes, regrets, and memories. I've had people hurt me, and I've hurt others, and I have had people touch my life in many different ways. Hopefully, I've touched lives. I've loved, I've lost, I've won, and I've failed.
Lives often are taken for granted. I know I take for granted my faith, my home, my family and friends... Yet, I'm not here for long. While I have a few decades more, it's time to write my memories from childhood. Or I might just forget them.
Join me as I journey through my memories, fond and not so great. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Think extreme roller-coaster bumpy.
Will you join me?
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