No Higher Love
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Parent & Adult Child, Relationships, Marriage, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Spirituality
| Author: | Bradford Carter Matthews | ISBN: | 9781491857663 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse | Publication: | January 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bradford Carter Matthews |
| ISBN: | 9781491857663 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication: | January 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse |
| Language: | English |
After the great War Roscoe Owen, who was orphaned at 11 joined the Army at seventeen. He married Sara and they had one girl, then a SIDS boy, Jimmy, born Christmas and died Easter. Their second son, Billy was a very sickly child developing pneumonia at two. Sulfer and liquid iron were the only medicines of the day which had adverse effects on teeth and the body. Billy overcame his childhood asthma to become an incredible athlete, an All America football player. When he was sixteen he met and fell in love with Katie. As the lovers approached college, her mother Jessie told them they must part. It ripped Billy apart. He loved her afar for fifty years. They would meet at times, see each other at times and remember at times but it was never a convenient time. Both were great Christians, and the Word preceded everything. At the end, Katie is a widow and available again. Billy too is available. What is the Higher love, to God, or each other, read and find out what happened to one love in the rural south to what became to middle class couple.
After the great War Roscoe Owen, who was orphaned at 11 joined the Army at seventeen. He married Sara and they had one girl, then a SIDS boy, Jimmy, born Christmas and died Easter. Their second son, Billy was a very sickly child developing pneumonia at two. Sulfer and liquid iron were the only medicines of the day which had adverse effects on teeth and the body. Billy overcame his childhood asthma to become an incredible athlete, an All America football player. When he was sixteen he met and fell in love with Katie. As the lovers approached college, her mother Jessie told them they must part. It ripped Billy apart. He loved her afar for fifty years. They would meet at times, see each other at times and remember at times but it was never a convenient time. Both were great Christians, and the Word preceded everything. At the end, Katie is a widow and available again. Billy too is available. What is the Higher love, to God, or each other, read and find out what happened to one love in the rural south to what became to middle class couple.
