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    Naked
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    Naked

    By judith falloon-reid

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    A short story dedicated to the author's mother, who is here in body but not in mind. And to all those lives that have been changed by a family member living with Alzheimer’s or dementia.The story recounts a Mother's Day visit with her mother. The title represents the state of dementia patients. With so little memory left and dwindling abilities to care for themselves, they may as well be naked.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherjudith falloon-reid
    Release dateMay 16, 2012
    ISBN9781476217727
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    Judith Falloon Reid is a missionary at heart whose free spirit has led her into the lives and homes of many hurting people as a ministry worker, writer and speaker. Professionally, she is a marketing consultant with over 30 years experience. Born and raised in Jamaica, Judith is the founder of Independent VoYces Literary Fair, a founding member of Jamaica Drums 4 Peace movement and is the host of the weekly Gospel television show, Gospel Rhythms which airs on FLOW TV. She is an active volunteer for the Jamaica Youth for Christ, where along with her husband, Michael Brown, they facilitate the drama ministry. Judith and Michael own BarriVision Productions. She is the executive producer of four television shows, some airing locally and others overseas, Where in JA is Dry Lan’ Touris’, My LiKKle Food Spot, and Gospel Rhythms. Judith is the author of four books: Here's a Hundred Dollars...Buy Yourself a Life Aaah-Inspiring Antarctica. A Ajamaican on Ice Time & Seasons: A Layman’s Guide to Overcoming Tragedy, Xulon Press ©2003 Full Circle: Reclaiming Your Faith, Wingspan Press ©2007. She has authored several Christian plays and monologues which have been performed to audiences in both South Florida and Jamaica including: Just Another Friday The Gift And on the Third Day Through My Eyes A Black Man Looks Back I Was There She served as the local St. Ann correspondent and frequently wrote opinion columns for The Gleaner in the early nineties under the pseudonym Rosie Clark. She was also a frequent contributor to the Tourist Guide and Vacationer, no longer in publication. She published the first walking guide to Ocho Rios in 1992. She migrated to South Florida in 1994 with her two children and founded the Christian Churches Monthly Magazine which published from 1998-2006. She established and directed ByHisWord Outreach Ministries, a multi-faceted outreach ministry in South Florida and ByHisWord Theatre Company, a youth outreach that used the arts as a ministry tool. These ministries led missions to various parts of Florida and the Bahamas. While in Florida, Judith wrote for several travel publications and a weekly column for the South Florida Times Newspaper for several months until returning home to Jamaica in 2009. In 2010 she established the Independent VoYces Literary Fair.

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      Naked - judith falloon-reid

      Naked

      A Short Story

      Judith Falloon-Reid

      Copyright Judith Falloon-Reid 2011

      Published by Independent VoYces Literary Works at Smashwords

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the author, except for brief quotations used in reviews and critiques.

      Published by Independent VoYces Literary Works,

      St. Mary, Jamaica.

      www.independentvoyces.com

      Books by

      Judith Falloon-Reid

      Here's a Hundred Dollars...Buy Yourself a Life! ©2011. Independent VoYces Literary Works

      Aaah-Inspiring Antarctica: A Jamaican on Ice ©2011. Independent VoYces Literary Works

      Full Circle. Reclaiming Your Faith ©2007. Wingspan Press

      Time & Seasons. A Layman’s Guide to Overcoming Adversity ©2003. Xulon Press

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