Paula Appleby Going Home

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Common Ground has been open one full year and is proving to be a successful and popular coffee shop. A group of misfits have become the cornerstone to Josie's success, which in turn, affords them opportunities to regain lost confidences. Josie keeps a journal in an effort to recall memories, but her journal reveals memories can often be very elusive. She discovers in her entries that looking toward the future is often tied to events of the past. Going home brings memories; and those memories, in turn, bring us right back home again. Home is the source of everything: hope, faith, struggles, security, sadness, and blessings. Home is family and where memories and futures are built. It is a place of love. It can be life's ultimate destination. Everyone searches for a home. But sometimes, home chooses you.