Midlife Experiences: Not Necessarily a Crisis

By Darryl E Leslie

The works of poetry created in this book by Darryl Leslie is the collection of his expressions and his life’s journey as an ordinary man doing extraordinary things. We all may have the creative capability to impact the lives of others in our surroundings in a good way or bad, from time to time, whether knowingly or not. Midlife Experiences takes you on a journey through the life of this Author, during his childhood, marriage, divorce, crisis, and fulfillment. Midlife Experiences (Not necessarily a Crisis), is a brief flash fire of some crisis and some inspiring moments, particularly over the past few years of his life and just some of the everyday joys of life that were right in his face, that we all sometimes took for granted.
This book shares some of these experiences to dissect what he went through, how he handled them, and how God can use those situations to inspire others to keep on pushing through their adversities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Nov 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781483440118

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Midlife

Experiences

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Not Necessarily a Crisis

DARRYL E LESLIE

Copyright © 2015 D.E. Leslie.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means---whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic---without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

ISBN: 978-1-4834-4012-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-4011-8 (e)

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 4/15/2016

Contents

I. Present

1. Ordinary Man

2. What's My Motivation

3. A Few Doors Down

4. New Life

5. Afterlete

6. Fe-Fe

7. G-Daddy

8. Great Getaway

9. Momma

10. Truly Free

11. Sunday's Best

12. The Mind is a Terrible Thing...

13. Dash-

II. Reflections

1. Want What I Want

2. Broken

3. Cut Your Grass

4. Doo-Doo Brown

5. Dearest Marlene

6. Greetings

7. Liar Liar

8. My Valentine

9. Rosie Grimmitt

10. True You

11. Man with No Heart

III. Growth

1. Let Me be Me

2. Anger Management

3. Choices

4. A Place Within

5. Rain Check Please

6. Sista Girl

7. Brotha Man

8. Piece/Peace

9. Right on Time

10. A Perfect Day

11. My Prayer

12. Support us

IV. Rejoice

1. All about Love

2. Lord Increase in Me

3. Twisted

4. Wise Move

5. Silhouette

6. Always There

7. Take It to a Friend

8. LIVE IT!!!

9. My Promise to You

10. Sealed

11. Hanging with Me

12. Take Flight

13. Extraordinary Man

14. Done

Acknowledgements

I thank God for the life that has been given to me. I thank him for the good that has happened in my life as well as the not so good that I have perceived and encountered. In the end, I am convinced that it all works for the good for His name sake. I am now enjoying the peace that comes after the storm knowing that trouble is always on the horizon. I take my life experiences as learning opportunities to glorify my Lord even more. I truly appreciate the opportunity to express how I feel as I live and learn each moment of my life. My hope is that my book will be a fun and joyful read and an inspiration to anyone experiencing crisis in their life while illustrating how constant hope, love, laughter and prayer will help stimulate your life if you allow it to happen. I want to thank my mother for her constant love and support. I know she prays for me often. I also thank my siblings whom I know love me as I truly love them.

I also want to thank my