: About Me

I am a retired Child Protective Services worker and English teacher living now in Nevada. I continue to volunteer with Family Services helping to write grants. I have always been involved in children's causes and now have a foundation named after me. I have lived in several states including Alaska and spent three years in the Philippines. Poetry is a great love of mine - a beautiful way of expressing feelings and emotions.

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A New Beginning May I step reverently into each new day Filled with awe and wonder That another sunrise has been given, That on earth there is a heaven. Give me a voice that speaks God's peace, Let me love as I am loved, Let me lead as I am led, Let me feed others as I am fed. When I despair, may I know your nearness, Wipe my tears, Lord, when I cry. Give me caring hands to touch another, Let me call all men my brother. When I am blinded by daily burdens, May faith guide me through the brambles And give me sight to see the flower on my path, Vision to see beyond my neighbor's wrath. O God,...

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