A Gift From Up Above

About the Book

This book contains many poems written about people, places and situations that we have been put into in order to enrich our lives, and to make us grow stronger in the process. When I first started this book it was considered therapy, as it was not good to keep everything bottled up inside of me, and I needed to express myself by putting all my thoughts and feelings down on paper. Once I made the decision to start helping other people feel better by doing additional poems for them, it was then that my gift really developed and took flight and allowed other poems to flow freely and allowed this book to be complete. The very first experience I had in expanding my limits was when I had the privilege of writing a poem for a cancer benefit, for my brother-in-laws brother, Jim Bratt. He really enjoyed the poem and he and his wife Debbie, placed it in a frame on top of their T.V. Set. It was after that, the poem helped her to cope with his death, in knowing the thoughts and feelings they shared over this poem, when he was no longer around, she still had something they cherished together. Till this day the card from the Funeral Home still sits in my wallet containing the poem, "Trucking with the Grim Reaper". I pull it out to read it from time to time, to remember that time in my life, that my gift developed. I did up a poem called "A Penny for a Memory", it was after that I noticed brightly purple pansies growing under my swing, even throughout the winter months. I am sure these were compliments of my Aunt Frances Wenger, and Great Grandmother Helen Wenger. I am sure even though I cannot see them; they as well as all my friends, family and relatives will be with me from this day forward.

About the Author

I am forty-five years old. I am married to a wonderful man named Terry Laird, with two boys, Matthew and Jeremy. The pets we have are as follows; a cockatiel named Zeek, two dogs, a Lab/Mix, his name is Bandit, and a Lab/Chihuahua mix her name is Taffy, we have aquarium fish and Pond fish. I enjoy coaching club 240 bowlers on Saturday mornings at Rosebowl Lanes. My hobbies include writing poems, knitting, bowling, swimming, camping and fishing. I grew up in, and still reside in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. As this has always been a life long ambition to have a book published with my poems, I am living proof that dreams really do come true. I have now started working on a second book.