Merjjena B. Hemp
ASIN: B00M4URCL4
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 125
"I cannot express enough the admiration, respect, and love that I have for my husband as well the veterans, active duty personnel, and the rest of the military community. It is not easy to comprehend until you walk my path and theirs."Beyond The Shadow of 3000 Pairs of Shoes: A Story of Hopelessness, Persistence, and Survival is a memoir. Not until she sat down to begin writing did she realize that her life is the story of a woman who overcame poverty and homelessness, married the love of her life, and embraced the struggles of being a military wife. She never thought that her days living on the streets of Manila as a runaway would provide her with incredible strength, something that would prepare her for military life, where her husband was often away for long stretches of time. She grew up in the Philippines during the Marcos Regime. Dictatorships have a way of making one feel ...