Things My Mother Taught Me and More...

By Andrew Hall

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 18, 2009
• ISBN: 9781477180372

Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall is a retired psychotherapist who has tried his hand at a myriad of occupations; an electrician, HR management, industrial engineering, a safety officer on drill rigs among many others and for most of his life he has played and taught music. He lives in Krugersdorp to the west of Johannesburg in South Africa. Andrew is an avid Natal Sharks rugby supporter who, in his words, ‘dares to live in Blue Bull territory’. The Crimson Thistle is his first novel. He is in the process of writing a sequel; Blood of the Thistle.

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Copyright © 2009 by Andrew Hall. 53953-HALL

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4415-3294-7

ISBN: ebook 978-1-4771-8037-2

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Photography by Andrew Hall

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Contents

Introduction

Things My Mother Taught Me

Thank You Mother

A Mother’s Words to Her Son

On your own

How Things should be

I Am A Rock

I Believe

The color of crime

The Art of listening

If you love someone

Advise for a lifetime of love

And More

What is love

Your Day

Forever a part of my Life

Real, that’s you

What my life has taught me

What Matters Most To Me

To My Nephew

Daughter of Your Dreams

To Our Mother

The Boss

The Strength Within

The Battle

Reconciliation

In Memory Of Those We Loved And Lost

The Day My Father Died

Farewell young friend

In memory of Danny

The Alvarenga Family

Janice Williams

God’s Promise

My Dear Friend

We Create Monsters Everyday

Dedicated to

my Mother, Imogene

My wife, Toni

My two boys,

Jordan and Logan.

Introduction

This book is classified as a poetry book, but poetry is life and life is poetry. Life is not always eloquent and pleasant. Life is never perfectly written, never predictable but life is poetic, rhythmic and flowing.

It does not always follow your rhythm or flows in your direction but that is the poetry in life. This book tries to capture little pieces of my life and put it into words on paper. This is a collection of ideas, thoughts and aspirations taken from my life experiences and from the people around me.

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