To the teams at PBT and Hayson – Thank you for helping this dream come true. I am so appreciative for your patience and dedication through this entire process.
Stephanie Nelson – I could not ask for a better cover on my first book! Thanks for being so patient when I was unsure of which way to go. You’re amazing!
Stacey Blake – Thanks for an awesome job formatting Tough Love. It’s beautiful!
To my friends Tonia, Earl, Buffy, Suzie, Jodi, Amy, Julie, Rachael, Krissy, Priscilla, Sacha, Janet, and Christy: Thank you for your faith in me. Each of you helped me remember who I was during this time and waited patiently until I returned to her.
To my families at LHS (staff, students and alumni) and IBC in Lebanon, TN: Thank you for accepting and loving me “just as I am”. I am a better teacher, mother, wife and Christian after having been blessed by you over the past several years. I miss you already.
To Halen: God has truly blessed me with you as my daughter. I love you ten-thousand eighty-five ninety hundred!
Finally to Matt: You are my life. You’ve shown me love that I thought happened only in fairy tales. Thank you for being my inspiration and drive to keep going and for giving me countless hours to chase this crazy dream. I love you…with all my heart!
Marcie Bridges has always wanted to be a writer, from the time she started keeping a diary in seventh grade. Since then, she has earned a master’s degree in education from Cumberland University while teaching some wonderful children with special needs in Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky.
While she will always bleed scarlet and gray (GO BUCKS!), she now lives south of Cincinnati with her husband and daughter. When Marcie isn’t writing, she can be found reading, watching her favorite TV shows, listening to music, or browsing her favorite websites.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1 December, 1999
Chapter 2 Summer, 1989
Chapter 3 December, 1999
Chapter 4 Summer, 1991
Chapter 5 December, 1999
Chapter 6 June, 1991
Chapter 7 December, 1999
Chapter 8 July, 1991
Chapter 9 December, 1999
Chapter 10 August, 1991
Chapter 11 December, 1999
Chapter 12 August,1991
Chapter 13 December, 1999
Chapter 14 School Year 1991-1992
Chapter 15 December, 1999
Chapter 16 July 17, 1993
Chapter 17 December, 1999
Chapter 18 Fall, 1993
Chapter 19 January, 1994
Chapter 20 Summer, 1994
Chapter 21 December, 1999
Chapter 22 Summer, 1994
Chapter 23 December, 1999
Chapter 24 August, 1994
Chapter 25 Christmas 1994
Chapter 26 December, 1999
Chapter 27 Spring Semester, 1995
Chapter 28 Summer, 1995
Chapter 29 December, 1999
Chapter 30 1995
Chapter 31 January 1, 2000
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
About the Author
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