Time 2 Manning Up

By Jasper Manning

This is a book of poems that is designed to share my experiences growing up as a child. This experience directly affects the way I live my life today and how I raised both son’s during 1st marriage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9781973678243

Jasper Manning

I was born September 27, 1959 in Dallas Texas to Alice Faye Manning who soon after became a single parent of 3 children. 2 boys and a girl. After graduating from High School and working odd jobs here and there, I decided to join the United States Air Force in 1980. As a member of the USAF for 12 years and 8 years in the Texas Air National Guard, I was married to the 1st wife for 23 years where we finally divorced after have two son’s Jasper E. Manning II and Jaelen Earl Manning. Later I remarried Sophia L. Manning where I’ve been married for 6 years as of September 2, 2019. I am currently an educator and small business owner and have been writing for the past 27 years. I’ve been published before and have managed to amass a little over 800 poems that I would like to share with world based on our society, the negatives and the positives, love and drama, appreciation and religion. My motto in life is to “Live your life today, so that tomorrow you’re not ashamed of what you did yesterday.”, and like I try to empress upon my students and referees, always leave things better than you found them.

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ISBN: 978-1-9736-7825-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9736-7826-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-9736-7824-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019916867

WestBow Press rev. date:   11/15/2019

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Introduction

Chapter 1    What Man

Daddy-Less-Ness

At the end of the Day

A Valuable Life

Angry Young Man

Bigger, Better You

Broken Pieces

In my America

The Needy

To Tell the Truth

That Winning Hand

Chapter 2    This Man

When She Leaves

The Beauty of a Woman

A Toast to You

You remind me of Love

A Smile that’ll melt the World

Alice Fay Carter Manning

Before we met

Blissful Relationship

Female Kryptonite

Grass Land

Miles of Heart

Mom Memories

My Best Friend

My Warrior Princess

One Special Night

In My Shoes

That Question

Chapter 3    That Man

A Better You    A Better Me

A Man Who Will Love You

Dignity and Pride

Do what you can

The You Inside of You

Happy Fathers-Day 2012

Hear what I’m Saying

Hopes and Dreams

Inspired

Ridiculous

Rough Edges

That Winter Feeling

Chapter 4    Her Man

Hand full of wishes

Happy and Content

Her Legacy, Her Life

Hurting for Love

If I could remix

It’s Okay to be loved

It’s Heart to be Invisible

Little Piece of Happiness

Live to let go

Sense of Love

Mom’s Ride

Husband and Wife

A Rose for my Love

Chapter 5    Awl Man

All My Life

She’s a Jeanious

Sophia’s Secret Seduction

When Will It Matter?

Sleep Is a Beautiful Thing

The Conversationalist

The Value of Being Polite

Where I’m from.

Hey-Ref

Momma Always Said

Mom’s Dynasty

Softball with a Soul

Still Here

Daddy’s Little Girl

The Best Part of the Cookie

The Country in Me

Chapter 6    The Man

Pride of the Eagle

Must Be Hard Being You

An Empty Gift

Corroborating Circumstances

Deaf-nently Love

Kiss and Tell

Disappointing Children

Good for the Ego

Grown Man Stuff

I Love you Jaelen

Leaders of Success

Limited by Dreams

Moments in a Day

The Girl behind the Child

Pictures of Her

Real Love

All the Real Dad’s

That Proud Feeling You Get

Chapter 7    Amen

The Good Sleep

Who has the time?

The Faithful

This Side of the Sand

This Man I Know

A Passion for Christ

Blessed to be

Diamonds in a Crown

Fairy Tale Waiting to Happen

How God Answers Prayers

Introducing God

Missing out on Happiness

Personal Praise

Really! You can’t hear God

Simply Put

Thank God for Giving

Thanks, Be Given

Thanks Be to Thee

The Be in Me

Hit and Run

Where did all the real me go

Blessed are the Grateful

Enough Said

When God is good

Things I wouldn’t want to be

Earlism

A Prayer of Gratitude

Dedication

This book is dedicated to those who have passed before me, and

Because of their love and sacrifice I am the man I am today.

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Acknowledgement

1st, give praise and all honor to God, who I came to know at an early age. He was introduced to me by my mom Alice Faye Carter-Manning-Raye. My inspiration for this book comes from her as well as my son’s Jasper E. Manning II, Jaelen Earl Manning and wife Sophia Londe Manning. I’m also inspired by a host of other relatives for their love and the way in which they lived their lives. Sharing and demonstrating their wisdom, disciplines, traditions, loyalty and commitment to family that I’ve recalled or referenced at some point or another in the writings of this book.

Inspiration:

Edwina Carter, Nathaniel Carter, Melvin Carter, Alice Fay Carter, Olin Ray Carter, Nathaniel Carter, Marie Carter, Phillip Earl Carter, Wank Tippens, Ruth Ann Tippens, Mariah Yarber, Anne Pearl Yarber, Socrates Yarber, Lovie Yarber, Johnnie Yarber, Maggie Mae Manning, Yuteen Manning, Woodrow Manning, Earnestine Manning, Neil Manning, Ora Mae Carter, Bessie Mae Carter, Juanita Carter, Bessie Mae Carter, Juanita Carter, Mack Earl Tippens, Anne Pearl Carter, Judy Tippens.

I hope that you’re blessed as much as I have been in your lives and your walk with GOD when reading some of the poems and the meanings behind them.

Enjoy and thanks for your support in trying to help me leave things better than I found them. Embrace the world and all that God has meant for it to be.

Introduction

Our society has come to disregard the principals of civility over the course of my adult life which hasn’t been that long. Some of us have even forgotten the sacrifices needed to instill values in our children so that they may grow to be productive young adults and continue to nurture the seeds of life. I don’t have it all figured out, but I think that I’m on the right track. If I offend you then you’re the one this book was written for because you are part of the problem. If it doesn’t offend you then help me leave things better than we found them.

GOD’s grace may not be touching the lives of everyone yet, but he is still out present and available for all to embrace. It is hard to recognize and embrace GOD because of so many false prophets that choose to disrupt rather than deliver. I’m not prophet but God has been good to