Family Matters

By Mike Schoepp

In this collection of love, loss and celebration we are reminded of how vital our family relationships are.

Thoughtful verse explores how meaningful connections with loved ones can give us the support and insight to deal with life's challenges and to share in happy moments together. The author's deep bond with his wife is heartfully felt in his poetic love letters to her.

This book inspires us to appreciate the close relationships we have to one another and affirms that family truly does matter.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Sep 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667804224

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Copyright © 2021 Mike Schoepp

All rights reserved.

ISBN # 978-1-66-780422-4

Photos courtesy of:

(in order of appearance)

Mike Schoepp

Nathan Dumlao

Jeremy Bishop

Kenrick Mills

Aaron Burden

Ulysse Pointcheval

Wolfgang Hasselmann

Book Cover Design by Kelly Carey. https://kellycareydesign.com/

This book is dedicated to Susan Schoepp, my wife, living for so much and to lose her to kidney disease, has forever altered my journey. We each meant the world to each other.

I remember the first day of our honeymoon in Maui, Susan stood under a double rainbow holding a sunflower. The path that follows the rainbow will find you when you are lost.

With you … always with me.

Table of Contents

Faith

Close By

Dreams

Her World

Prayer

Shades of Hope

Strength

Susan

The Eyes of my Dogs

Another Time

Mountain Star

Rain and Sea

Seasons

Waves

Fall

Who We Are

Willful

Supermoms

Rocky Road

Reflections of Christmas

A New Year

Music in Me

Growing Up

Family Tree

Another Year

Stars and Stripes

Gift of Love

Feeling Life

Here with You

Keeping it Together

Peaceful Reflection

Lost in Myself

Valentine

Thoughts

Time Rhyme

True Colors

Peaks and Valleys

Never Alone

Happy Place

Reviews for Family Matters

[Mike Schoepp · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lahaina Strong
There was a fire that burned the town.
Folks fled many never made it down.
Roots nurtured by those that we love.
Hawaii’s ancestors watch from above.
Raising spirits through chant and song.
Ohana must rebuild no matter how long.
Taking their land would be so wrong.