Love me or Leave me (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Breanna: Breanna is the main character in the story. Breanna is returning home from a two-year prison term (e.g., re-entry into her society). Breanna is "stuck" with the real, unavoidable circumstances of re-entry; and she deals with them as best she can.
• Breanns's Mother: Breanna's mother welcomes Breanna back into her home and all that comes with the territory. Breanna's mother is addicted to pain pills; and, as such, maintains relationships that do not offer a good environment for Breanna to "get her life back".
• Kevin: Kevin is Breanna's old friend and "drug budy". Kevin assumes that Breanna is coming back home to him. Kevin's narcissistic personality poses some particularly negative problems for Breanna.
• Heath: Heath is Breanna's friend from "before prison" who stuck by Breanna while she was in prison. Heath and Breanna had a prison-romance which blossoms after Breanna returns home from prison.
• Brad: Brad is Breanna's "little" brother who is always getting into trouble. Breanna is always getting Brad out of trouble - until things get out-of-control.
• Betsy: Betsy is Breanna's blue-nose pit bull dog. Betsy is like a child to Breanna. Betsy is Breanna's protector. Betsy adds humor and vitality to Breanna's life - especially when it comes to Breanna-and-Heath's growing relationship.

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• “Love me or leave me!”

• “God never wastes a hurt!”

• “I'd kill anyone who ever hurt Betsy!”

  Breanna

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• Tutwiller Women's Prison: Breanna was scheduled to speak at a church in Wetumpka, AL. The church was located very close to Tutwiller Women's Prison where Breanna was an inmate.
• Mother's apartment: Breanna returned from prison to live with her mother in a small apartment.
• First Getaway: Breanna's first apartment of her own where she attempted to escape the influence of her mother and old friends.
• Second Getaway: Breanns's second apartment of her own where she attampted to put distance between herself and her old friends.
• Seafood Restaurant: Heath's and Breanna's favorite restaurant where important events happen.

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• Tutwiler Women's Prison: Tutwiler Women's Prison is where Breanna spent the previous two years of her life - prior to the timeframe of "Love me or Leave me".
• Celebrate Recovery: Celebrate Recovery is a faith-based recovery organization.
• Jefferson State Community College: The local college Breanna is attending.
• Southeastern Bible College: A local faith-based college Breanna is planning to attend in the near future.

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• Self-confidence: Self-confidence relates to self-assuredness in (being assured of) your own personal judgment, ability, power, etc. Self-confidence is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive yet realistic views of themselves and their situations.
• Self-esteem: Self-esteem is the appreciation of one's own (self) worth and importance.
• Self-respect: Self-respect is another, different personal quality entirely. Self-respect is a social virtue that requires an awareness of and sensitivity to the feelings of others. Self-respect requires an ability and willingness to put yourself in someone else's place. Self-respect requires dignity and fortitude while not always taking the path of least resistance.
• Discernment: Discernment: The word discernment is typically used to describe the activity of going past the mere perception of something to make detailed judgments about that something.
• Grace: Grace (relational aspect of character)
• Truth: Truth (structural aspect of character)
• Love: Love is grace with truth.
• Intimacy: Intimacy: A relationship experience in which one partner offers grace (unbroken, uninterrupted, unearned, accepting relationship) with truth (truth about who he/she really is and truth about the world surrounding the relationship) and the other partner responds with his/her true self to accept the grace being offered.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Summer Vergin (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

This book contains real personal situations related to re-establishing an individual's life after being in prison. It involves personal struggles to a) survive, b) obtain a place to live, c) obtain employment, d) obtain an education, e) deal with negative influences - including drug addiction, e) regain self-respect, and f) deal with positive and negative personal relathionships. The story is inspirational and motivational.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Health, Mind & Body › Relationships › Interpersonal Relations
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs

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