Endless Summer Creations

It's not blood that makes family – it's love. Without love, blood might just as well be ice. What would it have been like if you had been truly loved? And what would your children say to them if they could? Charlotte and Johnny were born of not only these questions, but of a mourning process. Charlotte came from a dysfunctional but very artistic and creative family. While there were often pain and struggles, there were also happy times. Charlotte never imagined that one day her family would no longer be there. Her family was far from perfect, but it was her sanctuary. And then one day it was just gone. Over. Charlotte was left reeling. She was in shock for so long she wasn't sure for exactly what. But eventually she came to realize that it was a death. That she had to mourn it as such. And to do that, she needed to share these vignettes; scenes from this family that once was. Then we meet Johnny, Charlotte's eleven-year old son. Johnny has been given so...

See the newly revised Charlotte and Johnny: A Series of Vignettes in the Amazon window below!  I have added back in previously unreleased content.  I decided the book wasn't complete without it and found a way to make all the stories work together, by dividing the work into Part One and Part Two.  My first edition was comprised of the current Part Two (my favorite part of the book).  But I think you'll have a better appreciation of Part Two after you read Part One.    Love, "Carly" and Endless Summer Creations

My "Johnny" has now been published in the Kindle Store!

Blood alone does not a family make... I began working on this project two years ago. I followed the directions this project took me. I originally had much more written but have pared most of it away, down to the essence. I am indebted to my beautiful son for concepts and inspiration. It's fitting that I'm publishing this on the day Hurricane Irma is bearing down on us. I love my husband, son and my family of colleagues. I am blessed to have that love. And my wish for all of you is that you feel the irreplaceable love of family every day, no matter who your family may be or how you came together. Love, Carly Purchase Kindle Edition Purchase Paperback Edition  

© Jennifer Corbett, The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal Today I read the news about the disheartening end result of a trial in my native Delaware: "A 17-year-old Delaware girl will not serve prison time for last year's fatal attack of a classmate in a high school bathroom." This is a good example of "incomplete justice" as described in The Reptile by Don Keenan and David Ball. To get justice we must arouse the Reptile. The Reptile does not care about lost causes. The Reptile will not dispense justice if she feels it will do no good. From the comments made by the presiding judge, it seems like his Reptile had thrown true justice out the window because according to him, it would benefit nobody: "It is a case in which no one is looking to determine who wins and who loses because everyone has lost," said Family Court Judge Robert Coonin. "The community has lost, the defendants and their families have lost, and most importantly, Amy...