This book is a compilation of my poems, short stories and the like. Through the years, I have written many poems for my friends and acquaintances to peruse and enjoy. An elderly friend, Mary, chose: 2 Samuel: 23:2: The spirit of the Lord speaks through me; his words are upon my lips.] to describe my writings. She loved to hear the words I would pen on paper and read to her. Along with my other friends whom I would share my thoughts with. When asked to remember them, or repeat some of my poetry, I would tell others that those words were given to me by God and I never could remember what I wrote. But He has given me many, many poems through the years. I hope you will enjoy what I have written. I love to write poetry, but I also like to write short stories. All of which you can find in this book. thanks for listening, kathie PS. I am still writing poetry. Especially little ones for those who are ill and need to be inspired. My one wish is that each of you who read this finds it enlightening and pleasurable. Thanks for listening I was born in the Wells Tannery area in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. When I was eight years old, my father moved us to Norristown, Pennsylvania, to give his younger children better financial opportunities. I grew up there and got married at the age of 21. I married a man who was seven years my senior and had custody of his four children from a previous marriage. We then had two children of our own. After ten years of abuse, I left him and returned to Norristown. I got my job back with Howard Johnson Motor Lodge and settled into making a new life. I have worked as a waitress, secretary, crossing guard for the local police department, court clerk of Montgomery County, clerk for the local county jail, and police secretary in Upper Providence Police Department. I enjoyed all those jobs as well as being an apartment manager for the apartments where I lived. I bought a cottage in Mont Clare, Pennsylvania, in 1998 and retired in 2017. I married a wonderful man from Colombia, and we now live in Kingman, Arizona. Thank you for listening, Kathie
