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Joyce Carol Gibson
Biography
Joyce is the third of five children, born to a preacher and his wife in a coal mining town of West Virginia. The town was wedged between the mountains and populated with fewer than five hundred people.
She spent most of her free time sitting on side of the mountain scribbling her thoughts, aspiring to be a famous poet. Before she knew how to hold a pencil, Joyce often begged her sister to write her words for her, but Brenda refused saying, “I’m not your secretary.”
When in her early thirties, Joyce began sending poems and short stories to vanity competitions. Each entry achieved one of the top placements in the publication, and sometimes first place prize money. It was no great accomplishment but was encouraging. Her voice was not completely dead.
Divorced and living alone most of the time, on her income from a full time job, Joyce has one grown daughter and three grandchildren. Carla is thirty eight years old, and married to Chad. Her children are nearly grown. The oldest son, Frankie is twenty one, works full time at night and goes to college. He lives with Joyce temporarily, and insists on paying room and board. Jacob is almost nineteen, and Faith is fourteen. Katrina is Joyce’s assumed daughter. She was Carla’s childhood friend. Katrina’s mother died when she was nine years old, and from then has been considered family. Katrina and her husband Eric have two grown sons, Cody and Trevor.
If you were to ask Joyce what matters most to her, she would say God and her family. Her mother died in 2012. She lived almost eighty four years and spent the last three years living with Joyce and Margie, the youngest of the five. After their mother died, Margie went to live with her grandchildren in another state.
Joyce and her four siblings grew up working. They learned many skills and know how to survive. Joyce turned her attic into a bedroom, including dry wall and electric wiring. She did the work herself. After seeing that she really could do it, she closed in her porch to make another bedroom. Faith helped her lay the ceramic tile floor, and Joyce built a wraparound porch around the existing porch to hold the ladder while she hung the windows and siding without help. Hard work comes easy to her, but relaxing is something she never learned to do. Writing helps her do that.
If possible, Joyce would have had fifty children, but is glad she was only able to have one. The storms of her life would have been impossible to weather with more children to protect. However, it is normal to find a teenager, who feels unloved by their own family, sleeping on her couch. The House Rule is simply The Golden Rule—“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Unruly behavior and criminal activity are not tolerated.
She lives modestly in a once two bedroom cottage type house. She has a positive and upbeat attitude about life and is thankful to enjoy good health at sixty two. She loves everyone and though forgiveness is sometimes hard, she forgives readily. She says that Carla has taught her most about real faith and forgiveness. Carla is amazing and has a huge measure of faith, and love. Forgiveness comes natural to her. Joyce says she would like to take credit for teaching Carla to be that way, but she knows that Carla taught her.
She spent most of her free time sitting on side of the mountain scribbling her thoughts, aspiring to be a famous poet. Before she knew how to hold a pencil, Joyce often begged her sister to write her words for her, but Brenda refused saying, “I’m not your secretary.”
When in her early thirties, Joyce began sending poems and short stories to vanity competitions. Each entry achieved one of the top placements in the publication, and sometimes first place prize money. It was no great accomplishment but was encouraging. Her voice was not completely dead.
Divorced and living alone most of the time, on her income from a full time job, Joyce has one grown daughter and three grandchildren. Carla is thirty eight years old, and married to Chad. Her children are nearly grown. The oldest son, Frankie is twenty one, works full time at night and goes to college. He lives with Joyce temporarily, and insists on paying room and board. Jacob is almost nineteen, and Faith is fourteen. Katrina is Joyce’s assumed daughter. She was Carla’s childhood friend. Katrina’s mother died when she was nine years old, and from then has been considered family. Katrina and her husband Eric have two grown sons, Cody and Trevor.
If you were to ask Joyce what matters most to her, she would say God and her family. Her mother died in 2012. She lived almost eighty four years and spent the last three years living with Joyce and Margie, the youngest of the five. After their mother died, Margie went to live with her grandchildren in another state.
Joyce and her four siblings grew up working. They learned many skills and know how to survive. Joyce turned her attic into a bedroom, including dry wall and electric wiring. She did the work herself. After seeing that she really could do it, she closed in her porch to make another bedroom. Faith helped her lay the ceramic tile floor, and Joyce built a wraparound porch around the existing porch to hold the ladder while she hung the windows and siding without help. Hard work comes easy to her, but relaxing is something she never learned to do. Writing helps her do that.
If possible, Joyce would have had fifty children, but is glad she was only able to have one. The storms of her life would have been impossible to weather with more children to protect. However, it is normal to find a teenager, who feels unloved by their own family, sleeping on her couch. The House Rule is simply The Golden Rule—“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Unruly behavior and criminal activity are not tolerated.
She lives modestly in a once two bedroom cottage type house. She has a positive and upbeat attitude about life and is thankful to enjoy good health at sixty two. She loves everyone and though forgiveness is sometimes hard, she forgives readily. She says that Carla has taught her most about real faith and forgiveness. Carla is amazing and has a huge measure of faith, and love. Forgiveness comes natural to her. Joyce says she would like to take credit for teaching Carla to be that way, but she knows that Carla taught her.
Where to find Joyce Carol Gibson online
Website: http://www.brightonpublishing.com
Where to buy in print
Books
Honestly Confronting God: How to confess your anger against God
by Joyce Carol Gibson
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 32,740.
Language:
American English.
Published: May 22, 2019
by
Brighton Publishing LLC.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Life / Personal Growth
Honestly Confronting God is a collection of inspirational stories demonstrating how to restore your relationship with God.
Salvage Yard of Souls "Justice Prevails?"
by Joyce Carol Gibson
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 92,330.
Language:
American English.
Published: September 8, 2016
by
Brighton Publishing LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Biographical, Fiction » Inspirational
When Toni Anison takes a job as a jailer in the local Sheriff's department, she is naïve and unfamiliar with the law enforcement culture that is often violent and bizarre. As a Christian and a woman, Toni becomes an immediate target for some of the male officers. But her faith and strong will allow her to navigate the politics of the department while remaining true to herself and her faith.