Turning the Pages of Life…: An Assortment of Poems

By Sandy Carouth

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 21, 2008
• ISBN: 9781462805167

Sandy Carouth

I like writing poetry as an outlet---a way to vent, writing about real-life events, and also to commemorate my family’s special occasions. Readers can connect with the poems, though, as most everyone goes through heartache and disappointment in life, as well as experiencing the happiest of times: birthday celebrations, graduations, finding their soulmate, marrying, and having children and grandchildren. I reside in Houston, Texas, where I am a certified group fitness instructor for the YMCA, helping others get physically fit and challenging them to become better and stronger so they can live more healthy, productive lives. My hobbies include writing poetry, dancing, sewing, and listening to music.

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Turning the Pages of Life . . .

AN ASSORTMENT OF POEMS

Sandy Carouth

Copyright © 2008 by Sandy Carouth.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

My Testimony

AS LIFE BEGINS . . .

As Seen Through a Mother’s Eyes

That’s My Boy

This Miracle

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

A Mother Gets To . . .

When A Mother Hurts . . .

Unconditional Love

Our Dazzling Boy

Graduation Day

Shaped By Loving Hands

Reminiscing

LIVING THIS LIFE

Life’s Winding Road

Life

Life’s Ebb and Flow

The Seasons of Life

FRIENDSHIPS

Friends

Why?

Someone Who Knows Real Love

LOVE

Waffles and Spaghetti

The Age-Old Love Song

Dreams

I Imagine

A Sure-Fire Two Sum

Heads or Tails

The Test of Love

Ode to Love

No One Else

True Love Prevails

Why Do I Love You?

The Heart Knows

Loving Arms

HEARTACHE

The Roller Coaster Ride of Life

What Lies Within the Heart

That Lonely Feeling

You, You, You . . .

Precious Stones

Breaking Up

COMPASSION

Giving

FAITH

Times Like These

If I Could . . .

Good Friday and More . . .

Back into the Fold

            OUR MOTHER LASTING IMPRESSION

As I Look Back

Happy 90th Birthday!!!

Your Mother Is Always With You

Hand-In-Hand

HEAVEN

Carry Me Home

Reference of Photographs

Acknowledgements

A special thank you to all of my family and dear friends

for encouraging me to put my thoughts on paper;

whose very lives have been an inspiration for my writing,

and who are revealed in the pages of this book.

My hope is that these poems will be

a source of comfort and encouragement

as you walk through the seasons of your life.

Every effort has been made to secure permission of use from the authors of the quotes and additional poems used in this book; some have been unsuccessful.

Therefore, author unknown has been inserted in lieu of the actual author for some of the quotes and poems in the following pages.

Words are the window to my heart . . .

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© Feng Yu, ¹

"There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man

which cannot be filled by any created thing,

but only by God, the Creator,

made known through Jesus."

~Blaise Pascal

God sometimes puts us in the dark for us to see the light.

~Author Unknown

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© Arturko, ²

My Testimony

I am your child; that I chose to be.

Yet, I did not choose you, but you chose me.

Even though you let me wander,

And live a life care-free.

For many years I did not know

Your perfect plan I’d see.

You spared me from many a woe,

As to all the wrong places I’d go.

Searching for what was missing in life;

Only adding to my strife.

When you came to me in a dream,

I thought of a master scheme,

To get loved ones back in church

To hear of your