title: The Air I Breathe: A Mother's Struggles
author: Deborah Wells
description: I have been in ministry for more than thirty-six years; I was licensed in 1981 as a Christian minister. Raising children is a challenge for anyone, but when one or more of them marches to their own drumbeat it becomes extremely difficult. This is my testimony, but by the grace of God we met the challenge. My husband was in the military for twenty-three years, so we have travelled to and lived in many places; however, we have lived in Chandler, Arizona, since 1990. I have been married to one man for forty-five years. We are those grandparents you hear about who have raised their children and grandchildren. We say God bless you to those other grandparents who are like us.
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  BREATHLESS 3
  
  
  By Shani Greene-Dowdell
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  
  
  
  
  Jacob
  
  
  Recap
  
  
  
  
  
  After seeing Destiny and Ms. Clara onto their flight to Atlanta, I felt the
  need to do something that would take my mind off the shocking events that
  occurred at dinner. I dressed in a pair of shorts, tee and running shoes and
  went for a run on the trail surrounding my parents’ property. My feet hit the
  pavement in earnest as I thought about Mom inviting Justine to have dinner
  with us. It was a spit in the face to both me and the woman I loved. I had
  never felt so disrespected by my mother in all my life. All hope of the two
  most important women in my life having an amicable relationship was squashed
  after that stunt.
  
  
  But as it turned out, being spiteful towards Destiny was the least of Mom’s
  worries. After Ms. Clara’s spirited slap to my father’s jaw and him rushing
  off behind her for a hug, we found out Ms. Clara had been the long, lost love
  of my father’s life. And