Tales from the Soul: My Poetic and Photo Collection

By Doris Watson-Gist

About the book
Doris Watson gist invites you into the inner sanctum of her mind through her book, tales from the soul, MY POETIC AND PHOTO COLLECTION. She gives you a look Inside her soul. She shares her lifetime with you. Read about her innermost thoughts about living, dying, happiness, Sadness, and a midlife change. Learn what inspired her to pen each writing. All is revealed in her Poetic compilation. Her collection is raw, unabridged, and comes to you straight from her heart. Enjoy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781665510714

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020924758

Published by AuthorHouse 12/28/2020

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TALES

FROM THE

SOUL

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Prologue

MY FIRST LOVE

SHERYL

THE LITTLE PROPHETESS

JR

IT’S TIME

THE CONFIDANT

JOHN

ASK

GIRLFRIEND

MY TURN

LETTER TO GOD

LOVE IS

ADVICE

FROM HIS HEART

TOO LONG

KATRINA

THE PINK SLIP

DO YO KNOW

LET GO LET GOD

THE FACE IN THE MIRROR

DECISIONS DECISIONS DECISIONS

MISSING YOU

INCARCERATED

SPACE AND TIME

STUCK

SHE IS

PEACE AND HAPPINESS

He Spoke to Me Today

I CAN’T BREATHE

RUNNING FOR MY LIFE

STILL GROWING

STAND

THE BEGINNING

WE CAN

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WELCOME TO THE PHOTO GALLERY!

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am humble and grateful to everyone that provided help during the time that I wrote Tales from the Soul / My Poetic and Photo Collection.

Thanks so much to all who took the time to encourage me. Special thanks to my son John who provided great insight, my daughter Nia, always a cheer leader, my friend Tonya, my friend and assistant pastor Mary, my friend Malik, and Courtney my granddaughter for listening, laughing, and talking with me as I wrote Tales from the Soul/ My Poetic and Photo Collection.

During my writing journey I also received help from my eldest daughter as she reminded me to eat properly and take time to rest, and my eldest son Phillip who provided some much-needed time away from my keyboard.

Special Recognition to my I T, photographer, and special effects person Herbert T. Fontenot.

Above all, thanks to my heavenly father. Without him, none of the above would have been possible.

PROLOGUE

Tales from the Soul/My Poetic and Photo Collection was written with the hope that someone, somewhere, somehow, would be helped by reading this book.

My objective was to provide documentation that an abused person who had a very difficult childhood, could overcome problems. Some of those problems were: a broken home, growing up without either parent in the home, being left unprotected and alone while growing up yet maintained good grades. In retrospect her survival was an act of God. She was a high school dropout, a mother that raised four children in her head of household role, and a person that suffered several atrocities. Despite many losses and setbacks, she still managed to succeed in life. Was it in spite of, or was it because of?

As of this day and this time I