THE STORYBOOK ADVENTURES OF MARY MILLER
MONTANA WOMEN TRUE FAITH TRUE DEVOTION ONE GENERATION AT A TIME
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MARY MILLER’S ADVENTURES LEAD HER TO HER OWN STORYBOOK ENDING
Underneath my bed is a place I hid often when I’m in trouble …
Oh No! I’m dying. God is punishing me …
The Halloween Prank
“It’s time Becky. Are you ready?” I ask her.
“Mary, I am sorry, I just don’t think I am going to do it.”
“Why not,” I ask disappointed and a little angry.
“What if we get caught?”
“O, we won’t get caught, you sissy. No one is at the school this late.”
“Sorry, Mary, I’m just not going to help you. I will watch you from a distance though.”
“No matter. I’m not a sissy and won’t back out of my word, even if my word is to myself. It is important, I think, to keep the promises you make to yourself.”
The Fight
I am fed up and have had enough of her making fun of me about the way I dress and about how poor I am, so I stand up and I say with boldness in my voice to Miss Prissy, “I dare you to say that again to me, Miss Prissy.”
“Mary, Mary quite contrary dresses like a canary. Halloween is not today, Mary. It is in a couple weeks, but I see you dressed up for it today.”
Then she adds, “Mary must sell popcorn at Christmas because she is so poor and dirty.”
I must admit, I am surprised she said it again and then went and added more dialog to it.
I get right up in her face and say to her, “You might be rich Miss Prissy, but I know I can whoop you in a fight.”
The Kiss
As soon as I can catch a breadth, I start screaming, “Help! Help! Help! This crazy man has me.”
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It is May 1928 in Renton, Washington, when Mary Janette Miller enters the world. Three years later, she is surrounded by friends and her siblings while building magical sandcastle villages and pretending she is a pirate sailing the seas. Unfortunately, because Mary frequently gets distracted and into trouble, she must often escape to her favorite hiding place, underneath her bed, to avoid her mother’s crutches.
A short time later after her parents decide to leave Renton for Butte, Montana, Mary embarks on a wild roller coaster ride through childhood as she attempts to navigate through the challenges prompted by the actions of her irresponsible, often absent, father. While growing up and maturing into womanhood amid the building of a famous city in the United States, the Great Depression, and the Second World War, Mary must overcome a variety of obstacles as she learns that having love in her heart leads to true happiness and joy, even through adversity and life’s greatest trials.
The Storybook Adventures of Mary Miller is the fictionalized biography of an American girl who sets out on a unique coming-of-age journey in Butte, Montana, during the early twentieth century.
About the Author
Charity Lovshin earned a BA in business information systems and an MA from the professional and technical communications program from Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. She has been published in Don’t Look Back (The International Library of Poetry), Italian Family Stories (Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives,) and in the Montana Tech Creative Non-Fiction Student Journal. Charity is a mother of four who loves adventure and travel.