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Debra Shiveley Welch
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Best Selling and award winning Author, Debra Shiveley Welch was born in Columbus, Ohio and has lived in the Greater Columbus area all of her life. She now resides in Westerville with her husband, Mark, and their adopted son, Christopher, also a published author.
Debra is the author of three books: Son of My Soul – The Adoption of Christopher, released during November, National Adoption Month, in 2007 and a Best Seller on Amazon within the first week of its release, and has been awarded the FairthWriter's Gold Seal of Approval - Oustanding Read and Books & Authors award for Excellence in Literature and voted Best Non-Fiction Book of 2007. A Very Special Child, a Best Sellers in English at Amazon Japan and also awarded the FairthWriter's Gold Seal of Approval - Oustanding Read, and Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae Adams, Debra’s first novel, co-authored with Linda Lee Greene, an Amazon Best Sellers. Christopher Bullfrog Catcher, written by her son at eleven-years-of-age, and scribed by Debra, who wrote its introduction, will soon be followed by his second book Just Chris, an autobiography documenting his memories of growing up with a deformity, his fight to overcome several learning differences, his delight in being adopted, and his incredible love for the lake on which he was raised. All are available through Saga Books http://www.sagabooks.net/ and at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/.
Currently Debra is working on Christopher’s Family Table, a companion cook book to Son of My Soul - The Adoption of Christopher, which she is co-authoring with her son, Christopher Shiveley Welch. Debra can be reached at http://www.DebraShiveleyWelch.net/.
Birth Place: Columbus, OH USA
Accomplishments: First place winner "Mama Told Me" contest.
http://www.enjoyyourmenopause.com/index.html
Winner of two Faithwriter's Gold Seal of Approval - Outstanding Read.
Winner of Books & Authors Award For Literary Excellence
Winner of Books & Authors Best Non-Fiction Book 2007
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Books
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 | Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae Adams by Debra Shiveley Welch
Charismatic, enigmatic, televangelist and philanthropist, Dr. Oma Mae Adams, lives a mission-filled life linked through fate to Gandhi and trussed by direct counsel from Jesus. Yet despite such divine favor, she is vulnerably human after all, as in the end, diabolical forces hold sway. Gunned down in front of the television station where she tapes her popular religious program, her shocking death...
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Short Stories
Your First Easter by Debra Shiveley Welch
I imagined my friends and neighbors preparing for the day. Easter hats, bright dresses, and new suits, bought for the special Easter services, would soon adorn Mother and Father, Daughter and Son. Mul...
Today I Want to Write About the Courage of the Human Spirit by Debra Shiveley Welch
Right now I want to write about the courage of the human spirit. In particular, the spirit locked within the adolescent breast of my thirteen-year-old son....
My Cathedral by Debra Shiveley Welch
Strands of hair dance about my face as a sweet, cooling breeze washes over me. I breathe in the scent of water, fish, ducks, geese, new mown grass and impending rain....
Today You Are Fifteen by Debra Shiveley Welch
I awoke early this morning, just before sunrise. Slipping into your room, quietly, quietly, I tiptoed to your bed, and bending down, pressed my lips to your temple....
Mama Kisses by Debra Shiveley Welch
Mama kisses are magical.
Neither washing, nor wiping nor rubbing, can remove them. They remain where they were planted on the day your mother kissed you, whether it be on your nose, your ...
The Cigar Box by Debra Shiveley Welch
On a dark, lonley road, a man meets his destiny....
Going Home by Debra Shiveley Welch
Loneliness and tragedy lead a woman to a deserted place atop a hill....
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Poetry
Wearin' The Green by Debra Shiveley Welch
A tribute to my late father...
Kyle by Debra Shiveley Welch
This was written for a dear friend of mine when her nephew, whom she had raised, was killed in a terrible auto accident.
I knew him. He was a sweet boy.
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Once Upon a Morning Dreary by Debra Shiveley Welch
A parody on the poem "The Raven"...
The Resurrection by Debra Shiveley Welch
The sun has not yet risen,
The night is very still.
A woman kneels silently praying
Beside a hewn out hill....
The Haunted House by Debra Shiveley Welch
Follow an unlucky visitor as he enteres...The Haunted House...
I Enjoy Being a 'Tiel by Debra Shiveley Welch
Sung to the tune of "I Enjoy Being a Girl" Just for fun......
Mirroring by Debra Shiveley Welch
I am your mirror. When you look into my eyes,
you see how beautiful you are.
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Springtime by Debra Shiveley Welch
Spring by Debra Shiveley Welch
Spring...
The Jingle Dancer by Debra Shiveley Welch
Native American Dancer...
Alone by Debra Shiveley Welch
I walk the streets we walked...
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Articles
Today You Are Sixteen by Debra Shiveley Welch
Another birthday dawns, and I awaken to the sounds of ducks peeping and quacking, birds singing and splashing water. I stretch and rise, eager for the day: your special day – your birthday!...
Should I Tell My Child He's Adopted? by Debra Shiveley Welch
My son came home at seven-days-of age. Fifteen years later, I am still in Nursery Nirvana. From the moment I first held him in my arms, I have felt a deep pride in him and how he came to be my son -...
Memories of an old Farmhouse by Debra Shiveley Welch
This would be my last visit to my ancestral, country house atop a hill; this lovely old farm house, which made my heart rise up to meet it from the moment I beheld its white, picket gate....
Help Make A Dream Come True by Debra Shiveley Welch
Help a mother fulfill her legacy to her child....
Sometimes Life is a Metaphor by Debra Shiveley Welch
A metaphor about physical differences...
National Adoption Month by Debra Shiveley Welch
Since its 1976 proclamation as National Adoption Month in Massachusetts,[1] November has remained a part of our National tradition as a time to celebrate the gift of love. A little over fifteen years...
These Feelings Within My Heart by Debra Shiveley Welch
Last night, my soon-to-be fourteen-year-old grabbed his favorite afghan,...
Courage Smells Like a Hospital by Debra Shiveley Welch
We walk into Children''s Hospital holding hands....
Should I Have a Child? by Debra Shiveley Welch
If you wait for the perfect time to "have" a child, whether by birth or adoption, you will never have one....
Straw - A Childhood Memory by Debra Shiveley Welch
Straw....I remember the front porch with rocking chairs creaking and Pawpaw singing....
Author Vs Co-Author by Debra Shiveley Welch
Just as we are all individuals, unique and complex, so is each co-authorship. The dynamics involved will vary from partnership to partnership, and no one can predict the success or lack thereof of any...
Creating Your First Book by Debra Shiveley Welch
Many elements go into any written work, but let’s start with the basics. Just as you prepared for doing your homework as a child and young adult, you must also prepare for writing your manuscript. Thi...
Monsieur Squirrel by Debra Shiveley Welch
Observations of a bachelor squirrel...
Summer Harvest by Debra Shiveley Welch
Ripe, red and round, I bite deeply. Juice runs down my chin and within the core of this plump, luscious orb, I taste sunshine....
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News
Awards Keep Coming for Columbus, Ohio Born Author by Debra Shiveley Welch
More awards for Columbus, Ohio born author....
Mother and Son Become Best Selling Authors by Debra Shiveley Welch
Less than a month after Debra Shiveley Welch’s book, Son of My Soul – The Adoption of Christopher, hit the best seller’s list on Amazon.com, her 15-year-old-son followed suit....
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Events
It's a Treasure Hunt! 2/13/2008
Win Prizes!...
Baby Boomer Author's Book Receives Golden Award 1/29/2008
FaithWriter's Gold Seal of Approval - Outstanding Read awarded to author Debra Shiveley Welch...
Interview on Parent's Rule Radio 12/13/2007
Interview with Pat Montgomery
On Parent's Rule Radio...
Ohio Teen Has Unusual Christmas Wish 11/30/2007
Ohio teen, Christopher Shiveley Welch stands up in support of his mother. He wants to see his mother’s Christmas wish come true.
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Amazon Blast and Chocolate! 11/7/2007
Grab your noise makers and come on down. The party is about to begin!
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A Master Story Teller 11/1/2007
Release of "Son of My Soul - The Adoption of Christopher."...
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