A Boy Named Twinkle

By Linda M. Washington

Whats inside a persons heart is what matters.
Twinkle was a boy born with one special winking eye. His neighbors and friends laugh because he winked all the time. They just stare at his appearance and tease him all the time. He asked both his parents if the condition would cause him to die. His mother replied, Not in a lifetime. One day, while Twinkle was on vacation at the beach, he was stung by a jellyfish on his winking eye. His parents drove him to hospital, where he stayed overnight. The doctors checked on his condition and felt it was okay for him to go home. He was drowsy from the medicine and went right to sleep. Then a voice whispered, I am your angel. I need the wink so I can give it to a child that cannot see or wink at all. And so little Twinkle, unaware of his special gift, was now wink-free.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504924368

Linda M. Washington

Linda M. Washington, a native Washingtonian, retired from the Metropolitan Police Department after twenty-five years of service. I am working now as a court security officer in the Washington, DC, area with the District of Columbia Superior Court. I published my first book, titled Eye Unlocked, in June 2013, consisting of prose, poetry, and illustrations. This will be my first children’s book, titled A Boy Named Twinkle. I have written and published a few poems in the Fraternal Orders of Police Simulcast newspaper back in the nineties. I wrote a poem titled “Love, Help and Hate.” The poem was sent to Nashville, Tennessee; a demo record was made, inspired by the poem. I was a semifinalist in the International Open Poetry Contest for my submission, titled “No Crime Here.” My plans involve a move to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, an area close to my son and newborn grandchild, while I continue to pursue my career in writing and designing illustrations.

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