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Carole Devecka
Author of
"God Given Daisies"
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Carole Devecka's on-going story of
God Given Daisies takes us on journey of miracles every Tuesday in SFPNN, beginning with an incredible healing experience, a special rose and some God Given Daisies.
I was born June 29-30, 1942, at exactly midnight! They asked my mother which day she wanted to put down.
She said the day she suffered on. She's always told me I was different from the day I was born! (Until recent years, she didn't say that remark in a good way.) I guess I was a work in progress, still under construction. God wasn't done refining His work yet.
I grew up in a three family house with an extended family of aunts, uncles, four cousins, a sister and brother; even dogs and cats too! We lived in the Bronx, all squished together. At that time we were considered the country folks to our relatives living in Manhattan, Queens, or Brooklyn.
My father was the youngest of an Italian family with nine children. My mother was the oldest child in an English-Irish family with six children. So there were lots of relatives, especially cousins who were the same age, to be compared too! I marched to a different drummer. I wanted to see it all, be it all, try it all, taste it all. In a very strict home that wasn't easy.
My interests in art, music, and sewing, (and my dog too,) helped me escape the daily routine. I always took things to an extreme. I didn't learn one instrument, I played seven! I took up anything connected with art, photography and music. I loved to dance too. We weren't allowed to date so our parents built a nightclub in our basement where all the cousins learned to be
excellent ballroom dancers.
I became a teen model after a teacher entered my photo in some contest connected with a modeling agency. I also worked in the cosmetic department of a pharmacy, while still going to school. My parents were not happy about either position. Two weeks before graduation I had a grand mal seizure and refused to go back to school (in case it happened again.) I traveled as a model, and became a
hairdresser and a makeup artist to very famous show people and Broadway stars.
Then I met and married a European wig maker. We moved to Puerto Rico and had a wig
manufacturing company for Oleg Cassini. We were showered with money and fame. But my husband became an alcoholic gambler and embezzled money. He was also physically abusive.
So with two kids, the marriage over, a house that burned down, and police protection, my life was H---. I know God gave me my kids to help me make it through. Scott and Faye were only 14 months apart. It wasn't easy, but we were a team.
I worked as a hairdresser and wig maker, spending long hours away from my kids. Then I met my current husband, Richard, who was a little battered too! He didn't have a good childhood and was always in trouble. Richard married very young and they had three children, but he was miserable.
It wasn't easy trying to be the Brady bunch. We had yours, mine and ours. Three boys, three girls, an ex wife, and an ex husband who gave me loads of headaches trying to pay back what he embezzled, but never sent a dime for other bills, and hasn't seen his kids since they were both under three. His loss!
Richard and I struggled to make it. I became a medical assistant so I could work closer to home and not have such extremely long hours away from our ever growing family. Then I began having debilitating health and back problems...
Suddenly God changed my life. He Healed me! I was able to function and a new world began. He used every talent He ever gave me, every experience He ever brought me through, every heart's desire I ever had (from childhood till now). He brought people into my life who opened new doors and windows into my soul.
He makes my Spirit soar to new heights. He has used me in truly unimaginable and miraculous ways. God continued to bless me with a wonderful and growing family. We now have seven of our own children and
thirteen grandchildren! We live by the Jersey shore in a large home on the water where we can see the sun rise and set over the bay, viewing the Master Artist at work, fulfilling yet
another of my heart's desires.
Now He has given me the opportunity to share His love by writing my stories. Thank you for seeing His work in me!
--- Carole Devecka
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My husband and I with 11 of our 13 Grandkids, ages 2 -16 years old.
--- Carole Devecka, June 2002.
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"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening
that is translated though you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time,
this expression is unique.
And if you block it, it will never exist
through any other medium and will be lost."
--- Martha Graham
You can E-Mail Carole at:
CaroleDevecka@comcast.net
God Given Daisies by Carole Devecka
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Richard Alan
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Richard Alan
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Richard Alan, a good friend of Carole's and a witness and participant in the miracles of
God Given Daisies adds
insight to Carole's stories as well as contributing his own inspirational work.
I was born August 14, 1957 ... a classic. If I'm not mistaken, around midnight. But I do remember my mother telling me that I kept her awake. I guess I was a person destined to be an individual, doing things at my own pace and in my own way. And I certainly proved that point from the beginning and have been at it, generally speaking, ever since.
One of four brothers, third in line, I was the creative one who was always getting so absorbed in learning things of interest that everything else would be ignored. Taking an alarm clock apart in order to see how it worked - though after having put it back together I wound up with an extra part or two (interesting how many unnecessary parts people put into such things).
Always into trouble and always being drawn to the most exciting choice of any two (example: TV over radio, music over reading, anything over school work). And, as I've discovered in the last 12-15 years, both dyslexic and attention deficit - which would explain all the trouble with schooling.
There isn't much I can say about my family. I myself have remained single to this day. My father was distant and aloof, not wanting much involvement with me. My mother and I were, for most of her life, extremely close, knowing what the other was pretty much thinking without saying a word. And it's from her that I've gained my love for the outdoors, beauty, creativity and my general love of the simple pleasures in life. All three of my brothers were around and spent time with me but there never really was a closeness there. I don't know, I just
never felt as though I belonged to that family. And I remember asking my mother, about 2-3 months before she died of cancer, if I had been adopted. She assured me I had not.
I love things that are creative in nature. Whether it's cross stitch, writing, photography, landscape or creative solutions to problems - I find my niche and my most pleasure in these things. I'm pretty much a solitary person, spending quite a bit of time in introspective focus but I do come out of the woodwork once in a while to spend time with friends, such as Carole Devecka. She says we've been friends for about 25 years - I only know that it's been at least 22 (longest on record for me).
It's not always been the most enjoyable of lives but I can honestly say it's been interesting and I wouldn't trade it for anyone else's. It's helped to shape me into the person I am today. And it most definitely introduced me to Carole and her family - to which I will always be grateful. And, of course, there's God to thank. He's been directly involved in my life all along and He's never going to stop - even in eternity.
Richard
The
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