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Janie Leigh Goodson Cobb, a native of South Carolina, lived in Norfolk, Virginia most of her life and is currently residing in Chesapeake, Virginia. 

She retired from the Department of Norfolk Social Services in 2000 as a Case Management Specialist after 34 years of service with them. Currently, she keeps busy with various church and community activities. 

During her early years, her hobbies, besides reading, were cooking and composing poetry. While still in high school, she qrote 25 poems which she hoped to someday have published; however, her Aunt Addie gave the composition book containing the poems, to her son, Donald, to play with and every poem was completely destroyed. It was the only copy Janie had and she was so discouraged that she very sporadically pursued her hobby after that incident, and finally discontinued it for many years. After meeting the love of her life, she resumed her passion for writing poems when she first composed one for CeeCee which confessed her love for him. 

In addition to writing poetry, Janie, in later years, developed an interest in photography and discovered an unknown talent. Consequently, she has had photos published in three books by the International Library of Photography, and on April 4, 2004 was awarded a silver cup for outstanding achievement in amateur photography. 

When not involved in missionary work or other activities, Janie spends her time just relaxing and reading a good book or The Good Book. 

This book, which is written in two parts,  is a true story of loss, perseverance, redemption and triumph.  It chronicles the life of a young girl from earliest childhood to adulthood, and focuses on her hard times and traumatizing experiences after the death of her mother and grandmother at the age of 12 and 13.  It expounds on the various mistakes she made during and after her teen years, tells how she was able to overcome obstacles and turn failure into success. 

A return to the church brought about a transformation in her life, where she eventually discovered real love and happiness in her future husband. 

This book will be of interest to young and older readers because the youth population will learn to avoid bad choices, yet realize that they can be overcome and a good or better life can prevail.  The older population will find affirmation that no matter how deeply in love a couple may be, failure to maintain good communication concerning issues that affect both persons’ lives will create a breakdown in the relationship.  But in the end, prayer and forgiveness can heal all hurts and love will endure. 

““I Remember” – Bittersweet Memoirs

It’s rare to have a kind of presentation of a novel divided in two parts, the author’s childhood all the way to adulthood, which makes it more compelling and relatable to readers. It reveals her trying times and the loss of her mother and grandmother during her pre-teen years. She also documents her life mistakes in her teenage years and how she dealt with it. The author also shared the hoops and hurdles of failure and converting them to success. Then she rejoined church and eventually met the love of her life.

This diary-novel inspires beautifully and provides the life lessons needed in a daily basis, no-nonsense and practical in a self-help context where most readers can relate. More like a guide in some aspects. A very compelling read and it’s a must for every fan in the memoir/self-help genre. A unique experience where you can learn to avoid bad decisions and pursue your life goals (and making it even better). Young to older audiences will appreciate the included scenario of actions being presented by the author’s perspective. The bottom-line here is, no matter what you do, either good or bad, will always result to a consequence or a blessing. This book helps expounds that and to avoid unnecessary mistakes. Maintaining a healthy communication between husband and wife is a must especially resolving sensitive concerns to prevent any nasty quarrels and misunderstanding. If you feel that the relationship is “on the rocks” or shaky, talk it over and pray to our Creator and ask for guidance; then enlightenment and forgiveness can make all the difference. Only forgiveness can heal all hurts as love will always prevail.

This memoir-novel is unique in its own right and a great addition to your collection or to your growing inspirational, self-help library.”