Just Living, Loving and Caring

By Marionette S. Daniels

I love people, ever sensitive to those who touch me in my little spot in the People Garden of Life. My poems, each taken from personal experiences or direct observations, form the content of the works found in the private pages of Aunt Nettes People Garden. The emphasis is always related to the aspect of people to people encounters which are reflective of actual, potential or missed opportunities for expressions of love or for a responsive moment of tenderness and joy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483647258

Marionette S. Daniels

About the Author Dr. Marionette Daniels Pen Name : Aunt Nette Born : Union, South Carolina –the oldest of three children (two boys) of the Late William and Essie Moorehead Sanders Married : Edward Daniels of Louisa, Virginia. Education : West Virginia State College and Columbia University School of Social Work Occupation : Social Work Consultant and Health Educator Faith : Follower of Jesus Christ Member : St. Mary’s Baptist Church, Washington DC

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JUST LIVING,

LOVING AND

CARING

AUNT NETTE

Copyright © 2013 by Marionette S. Daniels.

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Rev. date: 08/16/2013

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Contents

About the Author

Aunt Nette, who are you to be writing poems?

Dedication

Section I: Togetherness In Life’s Garden

Gathering

Know You?

People to People

Necessities of Life: For the Garden—For the People

Does it Matter?

Room to Bloom

People

Section II: Simply Life Encounters

An Ode to My Friend of the West 98th Street Transient House,

Part I I see you—Do you see me?

Ode Pt. II Growing Buds of Friendship

Ode Pt. III Here Today, Tomorrow Gone

Ode Part. IV Scattered Thoughts

Friendships

Part I Friendships Do Survive

Part II Letters Between Friends

What if? Would I?

A Missed Opportunity

Riding the New York City Subway

My Beloved

Just Reflecting

Feeling Free

Right Here—Right Now—On This Day

Seasons for Visiting

Section III—Epilogue: Collection of Personal Treasures Reflecting Living, Loving and Caring

I. Remembering

II. Edward Daniels—Expressions of Just Living, Loving & Caring

1. Why Am I Lonely?

2. Just A Note Speaking Love Accompanying the Flowers

3. Recommitted to Christ Jesus—(Missive left by Ed)

4. Ed Daniels’ Mantra

5. Testament—Just Life Encounters

III. Memories of Yesteryears

1. Daddy William—What of Love?

2. Mama Essie

3. Ode to Brother Grady M.

4. Ode to Brother James W.

5. The Sanders Grandchildren (Robert, Snooks, Nette, James & Grady)

IV. Precious Encounters on the Road of Life

1. Letter from Rev. William H. Bennett

2. Fifty-two Years of Togetherness (In memory of Essie Moorehead Sanders)

3. Moments Remembered for Edward and Marionette Daniels

4. Just a Tribute

5. It Only Takes a Moment

6. Precious Moments Bursting Forth

7. Precious Memories Continued

V. The End

1. Through the Years with Uncle Ed and Aunt Nette

2. Note to the Reader

About the Author

Dr. Marionette Sanders Daniels

Silver Spring MD, 20910

Pen Name; Aunt Nette. Born: Union, South Carolina—the oldest of three children (two boys) of the Late William and Essie Moorehead Sanders. Married: Edward Daniels of Louisa, Virginia. Education: West Virginia State College and Columbia University School of Social Work. Occupation: Social Work Consultant and Health Educator. Faith: Baptist—Member—St. Mary’s Baptist Church, Washington, DC.

Marionette Sanders Daniels, fondly known as Aunt Nette, first began writing poetry in the mid-1970s. One of the very first was titled Ode to My Friend. It tells the story of her interactions with a man who lived on the street outside her home in New York City, and engages an exploration into the