What Might have Been, new section

As promised, here is a couple of paragraphs from my novel:

I was born in the rural South, daughter of a tenant farmer with seven Brothers and three Sisters. We were poor but we had food, clothes and love. I know my Mother loved us all and I know my Daddy loved me as well. My life was happy, as I remember; until a month before my tenth birthday and I lost my Daddy; he was 49 years of age. My Mother was left with 5 children at home, the youngest was going to be four that month, August. We were tenant farmers which meant we had to take care of the land or we had no place to live, what were we going to do?


My Mother was a very religious woman so we were made to go to Church even if we did not want to but the good thing was the Music! I listened, I clapped my hands and I tried to be happy at Church. My Uncle Bill, my Mother's Brother played an old accoustic guitar at Church and had heard me sing so one day he told me,"If you sing, they will probably give you money" so that is when I learned I could be paid for doing what I loved;Singing! (Forgive me Lord for that transgression) After that, I knew what I was going to do some day, I was going to Sing as a Professional! I did not know how hard that road would be to travel-------