In mid-February of 2013, Bertha revisited Beene’s Plantation in Bossier Parish, where she spent her teenaged years living and working with her mother, and where she met her first love.
Read Bertha’s recollections of her time at Beene’s Plantation in Chapters Five through Nine (5–9) of her inspiring autobiography, The Courage to Rise Again: A Journey through Tears and Testimony, available from this website and shipping now.