Legacy and identity, founded on hope-filled faith, infuse the tales of the soul written from the heart of JOY E. RANCATORE. Her Carolina's Legacy Collection embraces everyday moments that constitute a lifetime and its heritage. Told around multiple related characters, this collection explores faith, life, death and the demons within through four mediums-novel, novella, short stories and epistolary.An avid reader, student of human behaviors and unwitting empath, Joy absorbs emotions and spills them onto the pages of her work. Joy's technical background includes more than two decades of professional writing and editing. Ongoing training in writing, publishing, business and counseling enables her to package soul-filled stories for her readers. An award-winning, multi-genre Indie Author, Joy believes extraordinary things await her characters and their tales.Despite a fondness for her roles as author, editor, podcaster and speaker, Joy is a hobbit at heart with Bilbo's zeal for mountains. She enjoys a life of quiet stillness with her husband, two children, dog and cat and more books than she's willing to count. When daily homeschool lessons are complete, she eagerly prepares for teatime before writing your next favorite story.

Table of Contents

Prologue

I Counting Petals

II Picking Plants

Letters for Rachael: When You've Got a Feeling, but You're Unsure Whether or Not to Follow It

III Tilling Soil

Letters for Rachael: When You Fall in Love

IV Planting Seeds

Letters for Rachael: When You Say "Yes" to a First Date

V Watering Growth

Letters for Rachael: When You're Ready to Say "I Do"

VI Pruning Weeds

Letters for Rachael: When You Question Your Worth & Wonder How to be a Friend

VII Nurturing Soil

Letters for Rachael: When You Face Death When You Embrace Life

VIII Smelling Blossoms

Letters for Rachael: When You Become a Mother

IX Gathering Harvest

Letters for Rachael: When You Need to Grieve

X Resting Earth

Epilogue