"An Angel's Smile" by Janet K. Baxter

 – we are not here to play

A long line of strong women shows the way.

Janet K. Baxter lives in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and is a member of the Charlotte Writer’s Club and Scribblers, a memoir critique group. Her stories, “Horse Whispering for the Average Woman,” “Southern Blues,” “A Frank Lesson,” and “Cappie, The Boomerang Horse” appeared in Exploring, That Southern Thing, Luck and Opportunity, and Trouble, four previous anthologies published by the Personal Story Publishing Project. Her story, “Your Classic Friend, Frank” won second place in the 2019 Nonfiction Contest of the Charlotte Writer’s Club. Like her grandfather, Janet owns four horses: www.mountaingaitacres.com.

Janet K. Baxter

Author’s Talk

An Angel’s Smile reflects a brief history of my paternal grandmother and my fleeting, yet vivid, memory of her when I was a child. My father and his siblings kept alive our family history and many of my cousins had stories, old news clippings, and family pictures that were shared with me. 

My writing is an exploration of random thoughts; brief, but colorful, visions; and missives that swirl within me.  Thanks to my family and to Scribblers for their support and encouragement along this journey. — Janet K. Baxter