In My Keeping: A Memoir

By Justin C. Waters

For most of his life, he believed he knew where his story began.

Raised in a home where love was uncertain and survival often meant silence, he learned early how to endure. Questions went unasked. Feelings went unspoken. And the past became something to carry rather than understand.

But even in the quiet, something never quite fit.

There was a space -- subtle, persistent --that followed him into adulthood. Into love. Into the life he built with the one person who truly saw him.

Years later, a single conversation would begin to unravel everything he thought he knew about where he came from.

What follows is a deeply personal memoir of survival, resilience, and the search for identity. From a childhood shaped by instability to a marriage grounded in unwavering love, this is a story of a life lived through unanswered questions - and the quiet strength it takes to keep moving forward anyway.

Because sometimes the truth doesn't arrive when you expect it.

And sometimes, the beginning of your story isn't where it first appears.

It's where you choose to keep going.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GVN487VM
• ISBN13: 9798254040514
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"