PrefaceDuring her lifetime October Brown has had her fair share of life altering events. She experienced her first real encounter with drugs at the age of twenty-one, when she discovered that the man that she loved and who fathered her first child was a Heroin addict! October struggled with issues of trust, abandonment, physical and emotional abuse. Alcohol was the weapon she chose to fight her inner demons. Unbeknownst to her, her poor choices would have a trickle down, effect marking her children and her children's children. Like most mothers, October had high hopes for all her children especially, her only son. Yet one of Wayne's biggest personal challenges was his inability to think beyond the moment. Angela, October's youngest daughter lives her life unapologetically. She is single, divorced and a widow with five children and four babies' daddies between them. Her resilience may prove to be her strongest asset because through hell or high water she refuses to stay down for the count. Treece Brown, October's second oldest daughter thought that she had life figured out. In her mind, she was her mother's "golden child". She manages to hit all the high notes. She is self-indulgent and fills her life with lots of things. Treece believes she has made it.Lela, October's oldest daughter has survived a fifteen, year entanglement to an abusive narcissistic, ex-husband. He disrespected her, the children and he denigrated the sanctity of their marriage. Lela struggles with balancing her new career, being a single mother of three, loving and supporting her siblings and an alcoholic dysfunctional mother. She is trying to figure out how to live a full and meaningful life. Will the characters in Time Serve learn that the choices they make in their own lives have a profound impact on the lives of everyone in their inner circle