THE EMOTIONAL WOMAN

As a writer, I've come to develop a community of lonely and complicated people in my stories. Possibly a mirror image of the people I connect with in my own life. It makes me think of my tag line when advertising my blog  site, "Come connect with me!"  How often do we connect with the people in our own lives?   What are our relationships really built on ...trust, loyalty, jealousy or deceit? What affect have we truly made on each other, are we held up to a different standard than the next person.  Am I valued for being a better person, due to my religious beliefs, or political views? Or, better yet...have I befriended a person solely based on their values or point of view? In the past few weeks or so, I've come to ask myself these personal questions. I say personal, because their's a chance you may not like the answer to some of the questions provided. Honestly, it made me think differently. I realized how empty or lonely one can become, withou...

The Emotional Woman, is a literary novel that explores the complicated life of Zola Roberts, a young woman who suffers from a nervous breakdown after spending much of her time internally existing between two very unique worlds: Haunting images of the past... On the east side of Detroit, inside Bldg. 232, lies a depressing tiny two-bedroom unit, and its occupants: Coral Lincoln, a woman who is both emotionally and mentally unequipped to love and protect her daughter. Unable to cope with demons of her own, Coral continuously detaches herself from the life she shares with her daughter, Zola.  Life becomes even more damaging to Zola William’s young soul when Coral walks in on her lifeless husband, Ronnie Lincoln no longer seated in front of the television. But, yet just seconds away from molesting Zola. Inviting a monstrosity of turmoil into their worlds for years to come.   Leaving the two women to embark on a tormented journey that will forever impact their l...

What happens when your life is suddenly interrupted by random calls, lingering thoughts... weird dreams and complicated people?  Over the weekend I found myself suffocating from extreme randomness!   Two days filled with unusual occurrences remaining with me from the beginning to the end...disrupting my mental space. Haunting me with reminisces of people, places and things long gone or disjointed from my life.   Astonishing, how one's world can easily become transformed by the minor connection "of another"-how "that one person's" struggles easily triggers or amazingly shifts the events of your own life... emotionally shakes me. 

Writing releases for me what life itself can not,  a new identity... a new life ...a new world.

My second life is just beginning...baring it all,  emotionally nude Please tell me... will you be able to accept me? I exist in two different worlds...totally and completely vulnerable living as Zola Roberts, a woman on the run...running from the past  and slowly blending into the present. The future seems almost bleak, so out of reach for me Lord, will I make it? Or, will I just give in and disappear.       ZOLA ROBERTS , The Emotional Woman 

The Pages of The Emotional Woman turn and Zola Roberts is  Born!

Given the time to sit back and evaluate my life. I wasn’t to happy with it; it was time to seek out my purpose in life.   To examine, repair, and heal what was missing. Well, I’ve had that time…I needed to write.  I needed to inspire people with  my words…my thoughts and experiences.   I hope you come to embrace my inner thoughts as food you love to digest.         Enjoy the blog,         J.R. Randle         Experience the written soul          www.emotionalwoman.com