Sweet Melissa

Yesterday-I remember having to take showers with shoes on my feet... Today-I am grateful for shoeless showers... Yesterday-I remember being face down on cold asphalt in the rain... Today-I am grateful for the sand on the beach that tickles my toes... Yesterday-I remember the never ending noise... Today-I am grateful for the silence... Yesterday-I remember repetition... Today-I am grateful for spontaneity... Yesterday-I remember signing a list to use a phone... Today-I have my own phone... Yesterday-I remember hate... Today-I am grateful for love... Yesterday-I remember control... Today-I am grateful for freedom... Yesterday-I remember loneliness... Today-I am grateful for family and friends... Yesterday-I remember hopelessness... Today-I am grateful for confidence... Yesterday-I remember gray skies... Today-I am grateful for rainbows... Yesterday-I remember addiction... Today-I am grateful for sobriety... Yesterday-I remember prison... Today-I am grateful for a

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Why are reviews so hard to get? That’s what I would like to know!  It seems as though Amazon won’t let someone leave a review unless they have spent a certain amount of money on the site.  Also, family members and of course the author can’t leave reviews either.  I wonder why some authors have reviews that straight out mention that they are related and right there in the actual review! I don’t understand!!!!!!! Why are certain reviews being removed while others aren’t? I am trying to make it as an author in an honest way.  I’m not trying to manipulate the system or take advantage by using illegal tactics which are clearly stated and defined in Amazon’s TOS. I guess in the end, God will have my back. Karma’s a “B” I appreciate Amazon for allowing me to publish my work and I know that they are trying to regulate fraudulent reviews but some that I have seen on some #1 books in certain genres are ridiculous. Also, I have noticed a lot of review retaliation which in the end will only give