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    Granny Tells Her Story, and You Won’T Believe It!
    Granny Tells Her Story, and You Won’T Believe It!
    Granny Tells Her Story, and You Won’T Believe It!
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    Granny Tells Her Story, and You Won’T Believe It!

    By Hilda Tosh

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    This memoir begins with the story of a young girl who left an abusive home at the age of twelve, hopped a train box car, and began a life journey that led her down many paths.

    Hilda Tosh, now at 84, shares her story of many childhood experiences, adult disappointments, and joys she found as her life unfolded and blossomed into a life of peace.

    She shares about her three failed marriages, loss of her children and battle with cancer and suicide to come face to face with a loving God who would heal her broken heart.

    ,p>This story will make you laugh at times and cry at times. It will bring you to a place of understanding how in spite of who we are or what we think about our lives, we have a loving Father God who will see us through anything life brings our way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJun 21, 2013
    ISBN9781449798659
    Granny Tells Her Story, and You Won’T Believe It!
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    Hilda Tosh

    ,p>Hilda Tosh lived through an abusive childhood only to experience many disappointments in her adult life. The loss of her children, three failed marriages, and a battle with cancer caused her to turn to the only one who could pick her up out of her pit and give her hope for a fulfilling life. Hers is a story about overcoming hardships and personal tragedies to find peace through faith in Christ. Hilda now lives in a small town in Arkansas.

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      Granny Tells Her Story, and You Won’T Believe It! - Hilda Tosh

      Copyright © 2013 Hilda Tosh.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson

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      Bloomington, IN 47403

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      1-(866) 928-1240

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-9864-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-9865-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013910894

      Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      WestBow Press rev. date: 6/20/2013

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      WHERE IT STARTED

      New Beginning at Twelve

      New Beginning With Johnny

      Then There Was James

      Then There Was Lee

      And Then God Said Move On

      Another Change

      Building Relationship

      Overcoming Prejudices:

      Submission to God’s Will:

      What’s Ahead?

      INTRODUCTION

      Hi my name is Hilda Tosh, and this is my story. I know that some of what I am going to share will be hard to believe and some will be very believable. Now at the age of 84 looking back on my journey of life I even find some of it hard to believe. Some of what I will share will make you laugh and some may make you cry, but, it is my hope and prayer that you will look at it as a miracle. I say that because I know for sure that if God had not had His hand on me from the time I was born, I would not be telling you my story.

      You may ask me why at my age I would want to tell it all. The reasons are many. First; I want to give glory to my Father God for all the mercy and grace He has given me. Second; I have grandchildren and family that I have never met, and I want to give them something that will help them to know me and understand that even though I never got to meet them in this life I love them and pray for them. Last of all; I would like people to understand that no matter what circumstances they may find themselves in God is always there for them.

      My life has been full and enriched with many friends along the way. I have traveled and seen almost every state in the union. I have had much and I have had little in the way of worldly possessions, but nothing can compare with the joy I have had in knowing Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I am grateful to have my story to tell and even more grateful to know that I have a home waiting for me in heaven when it’s my time to leave this world.

      Until that day comes I have much to look forward to. My Father knows that I love adventure and working in His kingdom, so as my life continues I just may have to write a sequel to this book, and you probably won’t believe that either.

      WHERE IT STARTED

      I was born in Vermont October 29, 1928 to Fred and Bertha Utter. I had a total of four brothers and three sisters who lived and two siblings that passed shortly after birth. I don’t remember them or their gender because they were born before I was. My surviving siblings’ names were Charles, Cornelia, Lillian, Kenneth, Norman, Millard and Doris.

      Times were very different in the day that we all grew up in rural Vermont. By the time I was old enough to remember stuff Charles, Cornelia and Lillian were already grown and had moved away. Kids usually moved out on their own as soon as they were able to get jobs and find a way to support themselves.

      When I was about eight years old we lived on a dairy farm where my brother Kenneth and I milked cows before and after school. We had to milk to have money for the family to live on. The milk provided money to buy supplies for our family.

      One of my

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