My Security Blanket Has a Hole in It and I Can’t Sew
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To this day, when I think of my sisters during those early years, I feel loved and cared for, a beautiful patchwork quilt wrapping me head-to-toe, a warm fire, or soft, fuzzy mittens. Maybe that was God’s reason for making me third in line. Bonnie had not even reached the tender age of four and she had already become my surrogate mother. I have always heard whispers and innuendoes that Mama had a breakdown sometime in those years, but I don’t know if it involved my birth or not. Maybe my sister just wanted a Pitiful Pearl doll to play with.
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About the Book
This book came about as an assignment in a therapy session. I couldn’t relate my story smoothly because of the many moves we had made throughout my childhood, so in order to expedite the telling, Dr. Blank wrote an order on her prescription pad: “Using all five senses, describe how each house you have lived in affected the person you are today.” As the tale began, I had to fight the inclination to number or bullet each one, and as it progressed, I began to see the houses as separate entities and drew them in, as if under my wing, to nurture, cherish, and believe in. “He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).
About the Author
Carol Wiggins Gigante lives in Coalfield, Tennessee, where she enjoys spending time with her family. She is an avid reader and always makes time for writing; her first book being published in 2013. She is a member of the Coalfield Genealogical and Historical Society and is active in her church’s food ministry program. She and her husband, Joe, have two grown sons, Shannon and James.