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My Daddy was a coal miner, which makes me a "coal-cracker"
You know you're a coal-cracker when the waitress asks, "Do youse want smoking or non-smoking?"
I love my hometown, and sometimes I say "youse" or "hain't," too, because this is how we are.
And btw, to get a coal-cracker's attention, you just say, "Ho-But!" Try it, it works, at least in my hometown.
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Background
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Writing helps me to pray, to work out my heartaches, and to "keep" the stories that happen in my life. We so easily forget the blessings we receive in the daily struggles we endure. It helps to go back and relive the times when God was evident in our lives and to recapture the gratitude and love we felt at that time, when we could feel Him near.
At 26, I believed and received Jesus Christ into my life. My greatest desire is to know Him better and to touch other people's hearts with His love.
My greatest influence has been Jesus Christ and the written Word of God, the Bible. I also like a variety of "Christian" books; fiction by Randy Alcorn, Lori Wick and more; and non-fiction by Ann Graham Lotz, Jim Cymbala, David Mains, Joyce Rogers, Carol Kent, Donna Partow, Chuck Colson, Chuck Swindoll, Charles Stanley, Max Lucado, many more.
A favorite treat for me is to go a nearby discount store and buy great books for .99 to 4.99. Just don't ask me how many books I'm in the middle of reading!
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Greeting for You
I cannot come to visit you --
I rarely drive the car.
I cannot walk to your house --
For me, it's just too far.
But one thing I know I can do
even as I sit at home --
I'll pick up paper and a pen
and write for you a poem!
A friendly smile and happy thoughts,
especially penned for you.
I'll write some love, include a hug,
to cheer you when you're blue.
I'll add a tea bag and I'll say,
"Let's drink a cup 'round seven."
Together-apart, still one at heart,
let's praise our God in heaven.
Even better than a visit,
a poem you'll tuck away
to remind you someone loves you
so much more than words can say!
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Birth Place
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Coal Country, PA
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Rhonda Galizia has embellished my works with her wonderful graphics on her site, "hewritesthewordsonmyheart.com" She's given me a lot of space on two pages: Contemplations and Valley of Beracah. I am thrilled to be part of God's team and Rhonda's team.
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Additional Information
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Additional poems are posted at skywriting.net and hewritesthewordsonmyheart.com and a few on WordChimes.com
Last week, I reached my goal of having "free poems" of inspiration placed in racks in 7 locations in Shamokin, Pa, including the Meditation Room of Shamokin Hospital; the Art Gallery and the Auditorium of the Arts and Career Center; Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, Dentistry offices of Dr. Ernest Steinhart; Medical offices of Miller Family Health Center; and the newest location--the Cookie Factory store and cafe.
So far, the Medicine Shoppe has been the most active, with most of the 150 poems I place there monthly being taken. This idea came from the late Connie Hinnen Cook, and goes under the name she had for it, "Mustard Seed Ministries." I also include some of her poetry, with the glad approval of her husband, Guy.
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