The Life of the Honey Bee (PB) (2019)

In The Life of the Honey Bee, two young girls, Em and Noel, cope with the destructive, fatal choices made by their mother during her life after her death. Their mother, Marian, suffered great tragedies in her lifetime, causing her to lose compassion for everyone including her own daughters. Marian, born in the south and migrated north with her mother as an elementary-aged child, recovered from the brinks of insanity, only to fall into ghastly grips of addiction and self-destruction.

During happier times in her life, Marian conceived two children in very different manners. Marian tried to be a good mother, until the weight of her past caught up with her. Not in the mental state to be a productive parent, Marian left much of the child rearing to her mother, Cecilia.

Cecilia was a devout Christian, an excellent mother, and a dutiful wife to the day of her husband's death. After the death of her husband, Cecilia dedicated her life to raising her children successfully. Marian, the baby of the family, was the only of Cecilia's children who failed to live a long joyous, happy Christian life.

Em suffered, and Noel witnessed much pain during the short time they were in their mother's care. Both girls lost their innocence before age ten. They had seen too much to have the socio-emotional intellect of girls their ages. The wisdom both girls gained was fuel. It fueled their very different paths to very different ends. While Em remained in the cycle of the generational curses that were the root causes of her mother's death, Noel embarked on a spiritual journey that helped her cope and survive with the loss and her pain of her life. Some people may consider Noel's life and survival to be a miracle. Noel managed to stay strong and focused. Despite the bad she witnessed, she always managed to do right and good to everyone in every situation.