The Circle that Binds
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When you think about a circle, it's really a curved line that connects at each end. A circle is also a group of people who have shared experiences. What I'm trying to say is that most events in one's life start with family and nearly always ends with your "inner circle” ---those family members who knew you from your early life and throughout your senior years and beyond. I believe, for most tight-knit family members, the early years of their lives are very familiar and are usually points of quaint remembrances---things to laugh about, cry about, or just to acknowledge that they happened.
My hope is that as you read this book, you will get a glimpse of the paths that I’ve taken to navigate my life’s journey and how I cherish the importance of staying connected with family members throughout my life. No matter who you are or where you are, you have a story---and family too!
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As we grow and develop from babies to children, to adolescents, and then to adulthood, most of us rarely think about the roles our immediate family, other family members, and people in our circle play in contributing toward our development as individuals. Therefore, we simply go through life without stopping to relish the good things our family members have given to make us worthwhile human beings.
In The Circle that Binds, author Ellafair Keyes narrates her unique journey through life, sharing her personal family trees and telling how her courageous ancestors paved the way for her to live in the United States. Ellafair is the daughter of a Sharecropper mother and granddaughter of first-generation freed slaves. She offers an autobiographical account of how she overcame negative thoughts and actions by focusing on the life of Jesus Christ and the good things her family instilled in her.
The Circle that Binds serves as a blueprint to help you hold onto family relationships. Ellafair encourages you to use her personal family trees and blank forms to research your ancestral roots and extend and create individual family frees for current and future generations.
About the Author
Ellafair Keyes is a retired Special Education teacher who advocates for inclusion of children and people with diverse abilities to become contributors in society in all areas of life, including home, work, community, and religious affiliations. Raised with strong Christian values in every aspect of life, she is married to William and mother to two adult sons, Elgin McCoy and Algernon Keyes. Elgin lives with his partner Coleen Grisham and their daughters Madison and Mia. Ellafair and William Keyes are devoted members of Overcomer Covenant Church in Auburn, Washington under the visionary leadership of Pastors Gordon and Derozette Banks. Mrs. Keyes lives in Kent, Washington.