Blessings and Hugs from the Sisters

By Pansy A. Dodson

My book came into being quite by accident. My sister, Madeline F. Sparrow, needed some cards to send to her shut-ins. She had over eighty at the time. She had used all that she could find. I said, Why dont I try to write a note of cheer? I always thought about writing short stories. So I started writing verses. Each month, I would sit on my porch or at the kitchen window and think about God and how I felt on the day. I always looked at nature, the birds, squirrels, deer, etc. I wrote how I felt about the changes of the weather and the seasons. Many of those who received these verses responded with notes of thanks for lifting their day. Others were placed on the doors of nursing homes. Several suggested we have them printed into a book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: May 2, 2013
• ISBN: 9781449792640

Pansy A. Dodson

Pansy F. Latta Dodson expresses thoughts from her heart in messages sent to friends and shut-ins. These verses were written from 2000 through 2012, each month of the year. They touch on 9/11, weather disasters, economic problems, and nature. These verses reflect her love of nature and her concern for those who might be in need of a lift in their daily lives.

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Blessings and Hugs

from the Sisters

PANSY F. DODSON

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ISBN: 978-1-4497-9265-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4497-9266-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4497-9264-0 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013907294

WestBow Press rev. date: 04/30/2013

Contents

Wishing You Joy and Peace at Easter         April 2000

Thoughts of the Season         2000

Just Dropping in to Say Hello         2000

August         2000

September Thoughts         2000

October Days         2000

November Blessings         2000

Christmas Promise         2000

New Year’s Reflections         January 2001

March Thoughts of You         2001

Glorious Easter         2001

The Beauty of May         2001

June         2001

Midsummer Greetings         July 2001

Miracles of August         2001

September Smiles         2001

September 11, 2001

October Days         2001

Thanksgiving Meditation         2001

Christmas Greetings         2001

January’s Snow         2002

February, the Month of Love         2002

The Beauty of April         2002

May         2002

Meditations of June         2002

Greetings of July         2002

Wishes for Your Day         2002

October         2002

Thanksgiving Meditation         2002

Christmas Greetings         2002

Thoughts of the New Year         2003

February is the Month of Love         2003

The Winds of March         2003

Welcoming Spring         April 2003

May Is the Month of Beauty         2003

At the Shore in June         2003

Midsummer         2003

An August Garden         2003

Changes of September         2003

Flying High in October         2003

Thanksgiving Blessings         2003

A Gift of Love         2003

January         2004

February Greetings         2004

The Winds of March         2003

God Be With You in the Springtime         2004

A Garden in May         2004

Thoughts of the Season in June         2004

July Prayer         2004

August Thoughts         2004

September Days         2004

October         2004

Thanksgiving Prayer         2004

Are You Ready for Christmas?         2004

January         2005

February Love         2005

Blessings and Prayers of March         2005

Easter Greetings         2005

The Miracles of May         2005

The Ocean in June         2005

July Thoughts         2005

August Heat         2005

September Days         2005

October Rain         2005

A Prayer of Thanks         2005

Christmas         2005

A New Beginning         2006

February Love         2006

March Wind         2006

Easter Greetings         2006

The Beauty of May         2006

Remembering Fathers in June         2006

Midsummer Greetings         July 2006

Long Hot Days of August         2006

Changes of the Season in September         2006

October Changes         2006

Giving Thanks in November         2006

Celebrating Christmas         2006

A New Beginning         2007

February, the Month of Love         2007

Winds of March         2007

Easter Blessings         2007

Morning in May         2007

The Beach in June         2007

July of 2007

August Heat Wave         2007

September         2007

October Season         2007

November Blessings         2007

Christmas         December 2007

January         2008

February         2008

Wishing You Peace and Joy at Easter         2008

April Spring         2008

Beauty of May         2008

June         2008

July         2008

A Day in August         2008

September at the Beach         2008

October Beauty         2008

Beauty of November         2008

Christmas         2008

January         2009

February         2009

Changes of March         2009

Blessings of April         2009

The Beauty of May         2009

June         2009

Summer of 2009

August         2009

September Breeze         2009

The Season of October         2009

Thanksgiving         2009

Christmas Season         2009

January Freeze         2010

Frosty February         2010

Winds of March         2010

Rebirth of Spring         2010

May         2010

June         2010

Hot July         2010

August Heat         2010

September         2010

October Changes         2010

November         2010

December         2010

January         2011

February         2011

March         2011

Miracles of Spring         2011

May Showers         2011

A Garden in June         2011

July         2011

The Heat of August         2011

Stormy September         2011

The Beach in October         2011

November Blessings         2011

Christmas Season         2011

January         2012

February, the Month of Love         2012

March         2012

April         2012

A Morning in May         2012