From My Tower: Featuring Christmas at Greystone

By Margaret Sells Emanuelson

My Tower is a collection of some of the poetry that came to me over a period of years, as I found them, jotted down on backs of envelopes, pages of textbooks, and other unexpected places.
Many of them were written during the years that "Greystone Castle's" was our home.
May you find solace in the universal experience of all, and may you find them a blessing to you, as they have been to me.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477232088

Margaret Sells Emanuelson

Dr. Margaret Emanuelson is a clinical forensic psychologist and a veteran of the O.S.S., America’s first Central Intelligence Agency. • The author of the series, “Company of Spies:” Book 1 Code Name Jana; Book II, W eb of Spies, Book III, New Moon Rising; and the following inspirational books: Totally Awesome; Lost Yesterdays, and From My Tower, she has been a columnist for the “North Beach Sun,” and has written for several periodicals. • Her speaking engagements include the American Medical Association Symposium on Medicine and Religion, and a radio series: “God’s Psychology.” An Anglican Catholic and member of the Order of St. Luke, the Physician, she resides with her husband in Scottsville, Virginia.

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From My Tower

Featuring Christmas at Greystone

Margaret Sells Emanuelson

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Published by AuthorHouse 8/29/2012

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Contents

Christmas at Greystone

The Invitation

To Catch a Moonbeam

The Dreamer

Eclipse

A Dove to a Tower Room

A Life-Time Of Reflection

A Thorn for the Rose

Into His Gates

Essence

Once I Was Blind

The Legend Of Glendare Castle

Incense

As One

The Dreamer

Behold My Heart

Once We Were Young

Repentance

The Prophet

One With The Wind

Loneliness

The Gardener

Solitaire

My America

The Towers

The Great Generation

Monticello

Wake up America!

II Family Portraits

A Boggie

To Be A Man – To Beau

To Laura

To Roma

To Belford

To Jeff

To Special Friends

Intelligens

A Hyacinth For Angie

The Cookie Monster

Ode To Anthony

Ode To The Dabney

To Joey

My Angel

Thank You

About the Author

Books by This Author

• Lost Yesterdays

• Company of Spies, Series:

• Book I – Code-Name Jana

• Book II – Web of Spies

• Book III – New Moon Rising

• Totally Awesome – Is My Lord

• From My Tower

Foreword

It would seem to me that life is like a tall ladder, reaching from birth to the end of one’s days on earth.

A young child, climbing each rung of the ladder, feels the victory that comes with a simple accomplishment. At times he will falter, perhaps fall, only to get up and try again, knowing the joy of achieving these skills and the knowledge of discovery.

As he continues to climb from rung to rung, throughout his lifetime, he will run into trials and tribulations, obstacles to overcome, avenues of discovery until at last he reaches the final rungs. Then, looking back, he can judge his growth with satisfaction or disappointment, a fulfillment or failure.

As I have grown older and pondered the existence of man, it would a seem to me that life is really a search for truth, a university of learning, reaching from Birth to the end of one’s days on