Prepare for the Flood
When It Rains, It Pours
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"Police and ambulance sirens". " Me, "Rico, do you hear that! I wonder what's going on". Rico, "I'll be back I'm thirsty, I'm going in the house to get something to drink". We lived in some Townhomes in the Projects aka The Brick Jungle and in the back yard their was a small park where Rico and I were playing, swinging on the swings when we heard the Sirens get closer. I looked up and I saw that the Sirens were parked right in front of our Complex were our family resided. Rico had went in the house and I decided to go in the front where I now began to see the Police Cars, Fire Fighters and Ambulance pulling up minutes from one another. I made sure that I got one last *High Swing* out before jumping off the swing wondering what was going on in front of my home. I dusted my dress off and began to walk to the front of the buildings with an earie feeling that something bad was going on.
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Growing up, author Justice Cannon lived with the principles: “No struggle, no strength” and “only the strong survive.” In Prepare for the Flood, she shares the dramatic details of her life, including a turbulent childhood and how she remained steadfast and strong and survived. This memoir tells how Cannon’s grandmother, suffering from cancer, played an important role in her young world, instilling the importance of prayer in her life. But after her grandmother’s death, Cannon faced many challenges, such as being raised by a single mother who drank and smoked marijuana and how she dealt with the estrangement after her mom was sent to prison for murder. Prepare for the Flood offers a collection of stories giving insight into one woman’s world that included being preyed upon by a pedophile as child. It narrates how she witnessed friends turning into enemies and family killed by family. But it also presents a testimony of the power of God and following his purpose for one’s life.
About the Author
Justice Cannon earned a cosmetology license and has been studying business. A writer of poetry, she is married and has six children.