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Emma L. Willey

Since 1991 Emma L. Willey designed, created and written over 170 projects in needle crafts which were published in 30 craft magazines My Cow Milking Lesson - The Senior Times of The News Review, Roseburg, Oregon Creativity to Cash - Home Office Opportunities, revised and published in Home Office Journal and in Crafting Today Riding the Troop Trains in World War II - Periodical, Journal of America's Military Past The book Prairie Rattlers, Long Johns and Chokecherry Wine, Memoirs of the Silent Prairie - Publish America 2003 (Nostalgia Magazine published an excerpt from this book The Old Paring Knife Good Old Days 2005 Three Little Girls Nostalgia 2005 The book Beyond the Silent Prairie, A Love story Publish America, 2006

Emma lives and writes in Roseburg, Oregon. She has three grown children, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

At age 61, I suffered a heart attack. When I got out of the hospital, I told myself, "I could have died, and I haven't written my memoirs for my kids." That's when I began to write. The more I wrote, the more memories came flooding in.

It took me a while but in 2003, Prairie Rattlers, Long Johns and Chokecherry Wine, Memoirs of the Silent Prairie, was published by Publish America. Three years later my second book, Beyond the Silent Prairie, a Love Story came out in paper back. Those two little books started my career in writing, and I haven't left the keyboard since then.

At the age of 70, after traveling for a few years after retiring, I launched a new career in needlework and writing. I designed and made needlecraft projects in crochet, knitting, tatting and plastic canvas needle work. I was successful in marketing and getting many of them published in national craft magazines.

I kept a journal along the way, so I have a lot of material to draw from for articles in Helium. I love all the ideas I get for subjects to write about in Helium.

My passion is ...

my writing, mostly poetry.

I know too much about ...

cooking because I did too much of it for three years in the army.

My parents always told me ...

To be honest and treat people the way I'd like to be treated.

My childhood ambition ...

was to grow up to be a teacher which I did for a short time.

My favorite memory ...

is when my children were small and all still home. I love my family.

Why I write ...

I get a lot of satisfaction out of expressing myself, especially in poetry. I

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I don't find much on television I enjoy. I'd rather write and read things on the Internet and now I really like Helium articles and poems.

My first job ...

Teaching in a one room country school, all 8 grades.

My best moment ...

Next to my wedding, I would say it was joining the United States Army

My inspiration ...

I think God inspires all my writing and I give HIM credit for all my successes in life.

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Birthdays

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88 Short Years I can't believe I'm finally old, It happened awfully fast They say I'll have 88 candles But I know I'll just have a blast. I may not dance and I may not sing, But I know I'll have a great time Just think, I have so many memories I can do it all again in my mind. I'll celebrate in spite of my age I'm happy to still be here, I'm glad I can still walk, and talk I've had a good long life, you hear? My hair is white, my wrinkles are here But they bring me respect and love Getting old isn't as bad as you may think I have blessings from Heaven above. I have family who love me forev...

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