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    Seedling
    Seedling
    Seedling
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    Seedling

    By Jessica Janna

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    Seedling is Jessica’s story. Once a small frightened girl...she garnered remarkable faith. This first account in her inspirational true-life series is thought-provoking and poignant.

    Laugh or cry while re-living her youngest years. This, the first of six purse-sized books will feel as though a lovely friend has told you her irrepressible story. The seventh book in Jessica’s Relinquish & Reap Series will tie all together. There is a book for every decade of her life. Share the love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherApril Alisa Marquette
    Release dateOct 29, 2012
    ISBN9781301488902
    Seedling

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      Non-FictionWritten with a renowned New York Evangelist...From a child who cowered while her mother was abused, to a remarkable woman of faith and power, this is Jessica Janna's story. Seedling is the first in her buoyantRelinquish and Reap Series.A reader may laugh or cry as they follow Jessica's youngest years. Through this purse-sized book, one may also get the feeling that a lovely friend is telling you her irrepressible story. At a sage seventy years of age, Jessica offers what she's learned about living peaceably, amid life's tumults.

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    Seedling - Jessica Janna

    SEEDLING

    The Youngest Years

    The debut account in the inspirational

    Relinquish & Reap Series

    A seven book chronicle by

    Jessica Janna

    &

    April Alisa Marquette

    SMASHWORDS EDITION

    ***

    Published by

    April Rain Publications on Smashwords

    SEEDLING

    Copyright © 2009 by Jessica Janna

    & April Alisa Marquette

    Cover Design by April A. Marquette

    All rights reserved.

    Thank you for downloading/purchasing this e-book. Please tell your friends about it.

    Some of the names in this narrative have been changed.

    ***

    SEEDLING

    For Cleopatra, Jessica’s mother, and April’s grandmother…

    Our goddess of hearth, home, and heart –you taught us, with minimal words, to worship

    I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way, which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

    Psalms 32:8

    Foreword

    Memories come unsolicited, and often in no particular order…

    Dear Reader, not only is Jessica Janna a singer, songwriter, and recording artist, she is also my mother. A woman of incalculable talent, she is a renowned evangelist, and motivational speaker. Truly selfless, Jessica has long been a loving mentor for many.

    As a child, Jessica picked cotton in the heat of the day, with her mother. Thus, at her mother’s side, Jessica learned to walk with God.

    From her father, Jessica garnered her love of song, and musical abilities.

    Having attended theological seminary when I was a girl, Jessie served as the Co-Pastor of a Queens New York Church. Once known as the Songbird of the East, she also headlined in concert at New York’s Prestigious Carnegie Hall. No stranger to the stage, she has worked with many a jazz great. A priestess in the truest sense of the word, Jessica has provided a home for, and has helped many. A genuine friend and teacher, Jessica is proudest of her achievements as a mother.

    I would also inform you, dear reader that Jess, my mother, got a little snippy during the penning of this. I suppose my plying her with questions, for clarity, raised her dander... However, she and I persevered and are proud to offer you her precious gift.

    My mother offers the gift of her self. Opening her life and heart, it is her hope that in some way, you will benefit from her story, from her seventy years upon God’s green earth.

    It is my prayer that my mother’s offering, told in this the first of seven volumes, will bless you.

    Sincerely,

    April Alisa Marquette

    Table of Contents:

    Twin Seeds

    Song & Dream

    Sharecropping

    A Fight in the Night

    Moving & Shaking

    The Scariest Day

    The Three B’s

    On Our Trail

    Kindergarten & Bigger School

    Meet E B

    Grandmaw

    In Moscow

    Pretty Baby

    Dealing with Family

    I Never Forget…

    Salutation

    Twin Seeds

    JESSE Lee - he was born first.

    JESSICA Janna - she followed, minutes later, the seventh child of eleven.

    THUS began what has become an extraordinary life of change and movement…

    The Mountain & the Cloud

    JESSICA (Jessie) recalls:

    I must have been about three or four. My twin was gone, dead at mere months. It was said; the midwife cut his umbilical cord too short, thus shortening my twin brother’s life. Such happened in those days.

    On the particular day of which I now

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