Ruth’s face became stern, and from the cramped backseat she zoomed in on my eyes through the rearview mirror.
“Listen, Ma Nay, wherever you go, I’m going, and where you stay, I’ll stay.” I turned to face her because I felt the presence of another party in the car. Ruth’s response wasn’t even on the level of her understanding…it was higher. She was speaking what the Holy Spirit conveyed.
“Your family will be my family, and ya God my God. So help me; where you die, I’ll die, and I’ll be buried right there next to you,” she insisted without batting an eye. Ruth held her hand up as though taking an oath.
“May God deal with me alone if anything but death separates us!”
“I didn’t know what I would do without Eli. He was my rock, and I was the earth beneath him. He covered me, and I held him up.”
“My best friend, O, short for Orpah, not Oprah…”and I were at the club that night, supposedly celebrating our graduation. O was trying to cheer me up because my mother wasn’t there to partake in the occasion.
“Eli was not only my husband; he was my best friend. After he unexpectedly died, I went through so many different emotions: shock, fear, and anger. Mostly I was numb. The worst feeling after losing a spouse is rolling over in bed to an empty space where they once lay. It’s a fresh reminder every morning that you have to face the world alone. I had to learn how to live again, single.”
Spotify Playlists
(Ruth–Bounce) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/61oJfsFbTSO4FNbgUA9Cto?si=bd1520b22f204964
(Ruth–Rebirth) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5KqjsSheTjINXQk6nUhMoH?si=f3c2a9c78e9f4c37
Women’s Christian Fiction and Romance
Sometimes genuine love requires uncompromising sacrifice.
It’s easy to make an idol of routine—finding comfort in the boundaries set before you. Something About Ruth is an intricately woven, magnificently crafted story about three ordinary strangers, who, after Katrina, are plucked from their own securities and set against unordinary circumstances. But fate brings them together.
Ruth, an outsider.
Naomi, a wounded mother.
Boaz, a no-nonsense man of character.
The path that brings them all together is scarred with the pain of loss, the bitterness of starting over, and the faith that sustains them.
Early Reviews
“This story will take you back in time while holding you in the present moment. Ruth jumps off the page with her bright narrative and unique character, it’s a must read!”
~Brikitta Hairston
“Belonging and finding love was just a piece of what belonged to her.”
~Crystal Books and Soul
“If the author doesn’t put this on audio, AND have the screenplay written for a 90 minute TV movie, she is doing her talent a disservice!”
~Kay Bee’s Bookshelf
About JC Miller
JC Miller is a freshly anointed, faith-based author who uses her childhood experiences in the Bronx, New York, to capture the soul of inner-city living. As a former student of Chicago’s Moody Bible Institute and a graduate of the Te’Hillah School of Urban Ministry, Miller utilizes her studies to intertwine pop culture with divine accounts of biblical characters. Through sharing these stories, her goals are to encourage people to study the bible and not make it complicated, to view themselves through the lives of those characterized, and to find healing in Christ.
JC Miller recently co-founded a publishing company, Jess, Mo’ Books, with her childhood friend, M.R. Spain. Together, these ladies are creating fresh content to uplift, educate, and motivate women through blogs, social media groups, and a yearly online magazine.
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