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    Guided
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    Guided

    By Gemma Keatley

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    She is just a child of ten or eleven when the soldiers come. Before then, her world was one of blissful days spent on her familys land, working the fields and tending to the garden. But her life changes forever on the night her mother wakes her in the cold, dark hours before dawn and hands her over to a stranger in a truck, with tearful promises to meet her once it is safe.



    That is the last time she ever sees her mother alive. While in settling into her new life in a crowded house, the young girl receives a vision that leads her to safety and tells her to seek a religious life. She makes her way to an abbey and pursues her unexpected new calling. There, she learns that in times of war, safety and happiness are not necessarily the same. But just as she had trusted her mother, she trusts her angels to keep her safe.



    Based on a past-life experience from World War II, Guided explores the timeless quest for lifes true meaning, especially when faced with loss and fear.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press AU
    Release dateMar 2, 2014
    ISBN9781452513348
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    Gemma Keatley

    Gemma Keatley is a Psychologist and a mother of three young children. She lives in Melbourne, Australia. The Druid Boy is her fourth book and the second that has been co-authored with Ruth Keatley. Gemma is passionate about helping others to feel good about themselves and live a more meaningful and satisfying life. For further information about Gemma’s other work and for some great articles, find her at www.livelearnandgrow.org Ruth Keatley is a Registered Nurse and mother of four grown children as well as a growing number of grandchildren. Along with Gemma, she is the co-founder of Live, Learn and Grow, a psychology and personal development service that helps people to know themselves well through the use of personality realms. She runs workshops and facilitates groups as well as working in the area of early parenting. Ruth is passionate about helping mums to feel confident in their ability to parent. For more information about Ruth’s other work go to www.livelearnandgrow.org

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      Guided - Gemma Keatley

      Chapter 1

      A Story

      I was young, a girl of maybe ten or eleven, when the soldiers came, and it’s funny now that I think back to those days, I can only remember them through the eyes of a child.

      But where do I start? Well, I suppose with the most important part.

      I remember my mother, with her coppery red hair and slight frame, always working hard on the farm. I remember my father, big and strong, working out in the field. Looking back now, I find it strange that I was not blessed with brothers and sisters, but I think it was not for lack of trying. I remember a plot of garden with several wooden crosses lovingly laid with flowers.

      Sometimes in the evening, I would sneak a peek out of the window and see my mother crying in the garden. She would compose herself before her return, but when she tucked me in at night and kissed me so gently, I could feel that her face was still wet.

      One night, my mother called me to her, and we sat in front of the hearth. She pulled me up on her lap and told me a story. She said that all would be well because I was not Jewish, but that some soldiers were coming and it was best that we were away when they arrived. She told me not to worry, but her brow was furrowed.

      I asked where my father was, and she said he was seeing a man about a secure passage. I had no idea what any of these things were, but some of the boys in the neighbouring village had started playing soldiers some time ago, and they did lots of hitting and shouting and shooting with guns, so I agreed to be a good girl and take a passage. Whatever that might involve.

      The next morning, my mother woke me early. I was used to being up at daybreak to milk the cows, but this was even earlier. It felt like the middle of the night. My mother fed me the biggest breakfast I had ever seen, although it was hard to have an appetite when it was so early.

      After breakfast, she carried our cases out into the laneway, and we waited. And waited. And waited.

      After what seemed like ages, we saw a truck come up the laneway. It was old and rickety with a large, open truck bed at the back. As the man pulled up, I noticed the children. So many children. All ages, all sizes, and all colours, all sitting in the open air at the back of the truck.

      The man apologised, said he had run into some trouble, and said that the job was going to be harder than he first thought. He pulled my mother aside, and she began to yell at the man. You agreed! she cried with desperation in her voice. We’ve given you all we have!

      The man waited. There’s just no room, he said.

      "Well, make room! my mother screamed. I had never seen her so angry and upset. She stormed into the house and came out with a small package. It looked like my grandmother’s old jewellery box. Out of it, she took my grandmother’s pearls and her engagement ring. Keep her safe,"

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