My Tree of Life

By Marlene Scott

This is a book about my son, Mark. We all have pain/sorrow in our lives upon the loss of a loved one. This became a reality when I lost my son unexpectedly, leaving a void in my life that is still there. We moved to a Campground for a quiet time where we met wonderful peop

• Language: English
• Publisher: Authors' Tranquility Press
• Release date: Feb 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781957546728

Marlene Scott

I live in Santee, S.C., was born in Kentucky, graduated in Camden, Ohio from Shawnee High School. After graduation, I joined the Navy. I met my husband, married, and a Navy wife. I have four children; 3 sons and a daughter. Now, I have 9 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.We moved a lot, met many wonderful people, and learned a lot. I learned we are all looking for the same thing, Love/Peace/Understanding/Friendship. The poems I wrote were from my heart. I want them to go on and on. God says even after death, life goes on.I felt others' pain, yes, and mine. This was my therapy. I pray if, in some way, you find yourself in one of my poems that they will in some way touch you too.Twenty (20) years later, we still live on the Campground, go to the same church. This is my next step down that road, but God willing, we will be here for a few more years. This is my home, my next and the last step will be when God calls me to step into His Heavenly Home.

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My Tree of Life/Marlene Scott

Paperback: 978-1-957546-71-1

eBook: 978-1-957546-72-8

MY TREE of LIFE

THE TREE is FULL

THE LEAVES are FALLING

WITH EACH LEAF FALLING

MEMORIES I AM RECALLING

FROM the SEEDS PLANTED

THIS TREE did GROW

FROM these SEEDS CAME LIFE

Contents

Dedication

MY GRANDCHILDREN & GREAT GRANDCHILDREN

OUR NEXT CONTINUING GENERATION

INTRODUCTION

YOU

ARE WE PUPPETS or ARE WE REAL?

ANOTHER MASSACRE

ANOTHER DOOR OPENED

AN EXPECTED CALL

AN OPEN MIND

CHANGING LANES

ANGIE & DAVE

AN ANGEL from HEAVEN

MY LOVE

AMERICA WELCOMES YOU I BELIEVE

A LASTING FRIENDSHIP

CLOUDS

A GODLY COUPLE

AN INCOMING PRAYER

A CHILD'S PRAYER

AT THE FOOT of the CROSS

BE STRONG or WALK AWAY?

CHRISTMAS CARDS

CASHING in MY TICKET

BRINGING GOD BACK

BRIEF MOMENTS THOUGHTS

BLOW-OUT

HAVE A SEAT

BLESSINGS OF MY LIFE

SHIRLEY…..A BLESSING

BETTIELEE

Behind Closed Doors The Impeachment

CHOOSING OUR WORDS CAREFULLY

LOOKING for the DOOR

CLOSING the DOOR

CRACKER BARRELL TRADITION not FORGOTTEN

CROSSING GOD’S BORDER

CRYING OUT

CRYING OUT

DISCOVERING MY HOME TOWN

DO YOU KNOW GOD IS SENDING US A WARNING

DRIVING TO GET AWAY

DREAMS

DEAR DAD

DEPRESSION

EVERY DAY Yesterday............. Today................ Tomorrow

{ Excerpt} MY WALK DOWN THE MEMORY LANE

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

FINDING MYSELF

FOLLOW YOUR HEART

FRIENDS in QUESTION

FRIENDSHIP

GET RIGHT WITH GOD

God Has the Answer

God is Testing Our Faith

GOD is WATCHING

GOD Knows When We Need Someone

GOD SAID HE WILL BE BACK

GOD SAYS STAY CONSCIOUS of ME

God Will Say 'When'

God Sent an Angel to Me

God.. You Have the Final Word

God, You Tell Us

GOOD MORNING GOD

ALAN

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NORMA NELL

Have A Seat

Heartaches/Pain and Sorrow

HELLO DAD

HELLO MOTHER

HELP...HELP...HELP S.O.S.

I AM SORRY

I Have Arrived

I FOLLOWED the STARS

LAST WORDS TO EACH OTHER

SONRISE

I PAID MY DEBT

I WOULD IF I COULD

If I Ask

IF YOU BELIEVE

Impatience...Judging.....Conviction

IRENE

I WILL OVERCOME

JAYME DUBOSE

SHIRLEY FRYER.

JAYME'S GRANDMOTHER

JUDGING ME

Judge Thyself....Judge Not Others

Judy Ekstein

LIVING TODAY for TOMORROW DRUGS...DIVISION...MISTRUST

Lord, I Need to Talk

Looking for the Door

LOVE

Love is a Commitment

My Daughter

MAN'S BEST FRIEND

DOG'S BEST FRIEND

MY GRANDCHILDREN and Great Grandchildren

MAY I PLEASE SPEAK?

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2021

MICHELLE

MICHELLE & KIA

MIRACLES BELIEVE and RECEIVE

Mother-God's Gift To Us

MY BIRTHDAY DEC. 29, 1936

JEANNIE GUNNELLS

MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

MOTHER....A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT

My Decision Was a Shoe In

My Doll-My Friend

MY DREAM LAST NIGHT

MY ESCORT HOME

MY FIRST STEP

My Heart is Aching-Crying Out

MY JESUS I TRIED TO DENY

MY LACK of COURAGE

My Last Wish

MY MOTHER'S DAY

My Own Little World

MY POEMS

MY REMEMBRANCE of THERESA M. HYDE

My Self as I See Me

My Stairway to Heaven

My Teddy Lost-but now Found

MY TRAIN RIDE HOME

My Word is my Bond

MY WALK BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE

NIKKI

No Big Deal

NO GOOD-BYE

ONLY GOD KNOWS

Old Age

OUR CLASS of 1955 SHARING of MEMORIES REMEMBERED

Pam & Paula

PAPPA'S ROOM

BEFORE the STORM

PARENTS-GET INVOLVED

PAUSE BEFORE SPEAKING

RAINBOWS

Raising Our Flag and Our Voices

Ranting and Raving

REMEMBERING FRANK CANAL

RECOGNIZING

RED LIGHT....GREEN LIGHT....CAUTION

ROAD RAGE INSULTS.... THE RESULTS

Saying Good-bye

SEE THOSE CLOUDS

SELF

SELF DENIAL

SHIRLEY

SLOWING DOWN ALMOST OUT of GAS

SMILE

STANDING BEFORE GOD'S GATE ARE YOU IN LINE?

A WOMAN OF GOD

TAKE A STEP BACK

THANK YOU GOD For THE MEMORIES

The Bench or the Trench

THE CHOICE IS YOURS

THE FAMILY I MET IN CHURCH

THE LAKE SANTEE LAKES & KOA CAMPGROUNDS

THE ORDINATION of BROTHER KEITH

TO MY BELOVED WIFE SHIRLEY

TO MY FAMILY

TITHING

WHAT %

To My Anesthesiologist

Thank You

TODAY....I THOUGHT I HAD DIED

Thank You...Laying Down My Pen

The Road I Walked My Uphill Climb

THERE ARE NO STRANGERS

TO MY FAMILY and LOVED ONES

True Friends Care

Unspoken Words From the Heart

Until We Meet Again

WHEN I TURN 80

WHY?

WALLS...DIVISIONS...GRAVES

When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

WHAT A DAY

WOULD HAVE....COULD HAVE....SHOULD HAVE

Who is Minding the Sheep?

Tribute to my Mother

Walking Down This Road

WARNING Is this VIRUS GOD'S Warning to Us?

WEAKER but WISER

When I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Who is Minding the Sheep?

With This Ring

YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION

You Know Me God

You are not Forgotten

YOU ARE SPECIAL

You Need Not Tell Me Who

Your Special Day Duane & Donna

YOUNG vs. OLD

BETTY

BETTILEE

Building & Dedication Of Lakeside Outreach Ministries

Building & Dedication Of Lakeside Outreach Ministries

Dangerous Woman

FIVE SISTERS----WHAT A TEAM

MAKING AMENDS

MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

MOTHER....A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT

MY GRADUATING CLASS CLASS of 1955 SHAWNEE HIGH SCHOOL CAMDEN, OHIO

OUR FIFTH GENERATION

To My Husband

TREE of FAITH & STRENGTH

Tribute to my Mother

A GODLY COUPLE

Discard or Recharge

GOD'S PRESENCE FELT TODAY

GOD TOOK DOWN MY SIGN

A LASTING FRIENDSHIP

MELISSA THOMPSON

MY SON and the EAGLE

MARK and the EAGLE

POLLY

Shirley Walton

THANK YOU GOD

Tearful Memories

JESSE Mc LEOD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dedication

I want to dedicate my book to ALL who have encouraged, read, asked me to write poems for them... There are too many to name individually, but if your name begins with an A thru Z... your name is there... It is to ALL of that you I dedicate my book.

There are a few individually I want to thank, Anne, Manager of the Campground, Shirley McLeod, Polly McLeod who befriended me upon arriving at the Campground after the death of my son

It was during this time at the Church LakeSide Outreach Ministries I found Peace, and yes God... I was embraced and welcomed, T.J. Milgram...Winnie Mae/Henry...Pastor Kenny/wife Bonita... Ray/Shirley...Teresa/Charity...J.c/Angie...Betty Evans, son Allan & Pat Evans, Marlon/Bob...Walt/Betsy...SO, SO MANY...My husband who gave me my space, my children who encouraged me to keep writing, those who talked to me, involving me in their lives, we bared our Souls to each other. My classmates in Camden, Phio who stayed in touch, buy and read my books... Yes, to ALL of you THANK YOU... I Appreciate you...without you and God, there would be no book

Yes, GOD sent me where I needed to go and meet those in my life at the time I needed them...I needed that time in my life that God gave to me and the WORDS to write

THANK YOU GOD

IT is to YOU that I am DEDICATED

MY GRANDCHILDREN & GREAT GRANDCHILDREN

OUR NEXT CONTINUING GENERATION

When Mothers are chosen by GOD to give Birth

To children who will be placed upon this Earth

For us to Raise them and teach them to Love

To know their Heavenly Father Above

Teaching them Right from Wrong, the way we should

As we watch them begin to grow in Adulthood

I wiped my Tears and Prayed to God that I had done my best

I watched them as they too began their own Families

Soon, I would have Grandchildren, how Blest I could be?

Having them come Visit, Play in the Back yard, having fun

Just like their Parents (my children) had done

I know that someday I will be Leaving this Earth

But, knowing this Generation will keep growing with each new Birth

I Thank GOD for my six Granddaughters and three Grandsons

Yes, this time around, the boys were outdone

I LOVE YOU ALL

GRANDCHILDREN

JOHNNY...ROYCE...STEVEN

BRITTANY...ASHLEY...TRESSA...CRYSTLE...KERI

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN

KJ...BRAYLON...MADDOX..BRYSON..CADEN...BLAKE...

GRAYSON...LITTLE JOHNNY...ABLE...GUPPY(BABY FRYE)

SKYLAR...BRIANNA...BELLA...ALONICA...KAHLEINA...AMELIA...JADE

THANK YOU GOD... GOD BE WITH AND BLESS YOU ALL

INTRODUCTION

THE MEMORY TREE PLANTED on the NEW CHURCH GROUNDS YEAR 2001

This Tree was planted in Memory of my son Mark who passed away that same year....It was planted at the Entrance/Driveway going to the Church....This Tree was to be a SYMBOL of STRENGTH, COMPASSION, BELIEF, LOVE....With Neutering, Compassion, this Tree will Endure Forever....The Branches will Continue to Grow and Branch out....For every Member of our Church....LAKESIDE OUTREACH MINISTRIES....Will have a Branch.....Every New Branch means it is Growing, Getting Taller and Stronger.....It will be Reaching toward Heaven enjoying the Sunlight and Rain that GOD gives to it to Survive.

So, it is with us, GOD GAVE US FATHERS AND MOTHERS to keep Planting the seeds of Life to Keep each Generation growing.

YOU

You have given me extra Strength, YOU have given me LOVE

YOU have given to me, many Blessings from Above

YOU have held me when I have Cried out

YOU have answered my Questions when I was in Doubt

YOU have Never left me, YOU always kept holding my Hand

YOU kept reaching own to Embrace me

YOU said YOU would stay with me, YOU would Never Leave

Who is this YOU in whom I Believe and depend so much upon?

HE is my Savior, Lord Jesus Christ, the Father and the Son

HE is my Comforter, my Protector, my Creator, my Confident

Who said that once again, upon this Earth HE will Ascend

Until then, I know HE will not put upon me more than I can Bear

For whatever I do or wherever I go, I know HE will be there

Some days I feel like I have let YOU down

J just need to reach out to YOU, to know you are still around

NO matter how one will say it or how it is Defined

YOU are Never Late, YOU are ALWAYS on TIME.

ARE WE PUPPETS or ARE WE REAL?

We have all become Puppets on a String

Someone being in Control of when we can Talk or Sing

Our Elected Officials, and I Do Not Gist

Have a NEW Calling, that of a Ventriloquist

They want Control over our Purse Strings

Also control of Congress an AL the Wings

But, even Strings when pulled too much

Will NO longer feel their touch

They start resisting, causing them to Lose their Control,

The Puppeteer then loses their Hold

Over us, the GOOD OLD U S of A

We again, United will have our Say

We fought for our Freedom, many Died

To keep our Country safe, Free on our Side

Jesus died, sacrificed, tortured upon the Cross

Not for a few Chosen, but for ALL who were Lost

Jesus built this Earth in only six days, then on the seventh, He rested

Our wanting to Keep it is now being Tested

We will fight to keep our Freedom, Not Controlled any more

JESUS IS WATCHING FROM HEAVEN ABOVE

TO see if your Country and your Freedom you still Love

If Not, Jesus will come down, Opening Heaven's Door

Taking back HIS LAND, we will have NO more.

ANOTHER MASSACRE

God, I have just heard

That another Massacre has occurred

This one in a small Church

Twenty-seven were killed, many more hurt

God, this was in Your House, where they call came

To Worship You, asking for Peace and Healing in Thy Name

Innocent children were also killed

Their Lives, their Dreams and Futures will now be Unfilled

I ask You God, what has happened to us?

God, with You, so many have lost touch

There is SO much Disrespect and Hatred for so many

No one is Trusted, even our Neighbors are seen as our Enemy

They want to change our Laws to what only they want

Even letting their Dissent and Hatred come onto our Home front

By Disrespecting our Flag, Our Pledges, Removing Parts of our History

They are even trying to Deny our Right to Worship Thee

Our Hearts go out to All and also our Prayers

By letting them know that God Loves them and He Cares

We are never ready when a Change in our lives like this would come

But God says, BE READY, for One Day, we will ALL meet HIM, ONE on ONE.

ANOTHER DOOR OPENED

God said Another Door HE had opened for me again

For me to walk through it and PICK UP and PEN

He said more Words HE had to give to me

Another Book by me, He said there would be

God said, "the Poems you write to many are a Blessing

Their Meaning of them when read, leaves no one Guessing"

I thank You GOD for helping me

To do what I love most, writing Poetry

I also get to sit in Quiet time with YOU

Talk to YOU and Write, this is what I Love to do

My writing about friends, history, memories and family

Gives me Peace of Mind, it is like my form of Therapy

Heavenly Father I Love YOU and I Thank YOU so much

Without YOU beside me, I would not have that Special Touch

I now know GOD that YOU will

Let me continue to write until

YOU tell me that my time has come to an end

I will know that it is time to Lay Down My Pen

And when I enter through Heaven's Door

I know my Writings will be NO more

But, from Heaven I can now look down and see

All those reading my poems...Keeping of my Legacy.

AN EXPECTED CALL

A call today from my Sister in Fla 1 received

What a Blessing the call turned out to be

She said and Frank are about to make

They are coming here, me they are going to take

To see our Sisters and our Brother and their families

Together one more time, all of us to be

I was always the Lone one who could never be there

She said they all loved me and they cared

So, they were going to make sure I had a way

To be with our gathering, yes, A Special day

It had been many years since I had been home

I always felt empty and alone

But our Love for each other kept us from ever being apart

For we all held a plane in Each other's heart

This trip was going to be Special in many ways

Her Granddaughter Heather in Pa was having her Wedding

So, there we were first heading

Then to Ohio to see Frank's only living brother

So they could spend and have time together

Then, our sister Mary who is in a Nursing Home, a long time

I cannot wait to see this Beautiful sister of mine

Then off to Kentucky to see my brother Jerry and Pam, his wife

Both not well, but they have a Very Special place in my Heart

This trip I made with my Sister Lois. Her husband Frank

My other sisters too, Shirleen, Michelle...I want to Thank

Without them I again would not been able to see

My brother, sisters, and all their Families

So many of them I again got to see and embrace/hug & Kiss

This was a trip, I Thank god I did not Miss

Yes Lois, your call to me that day

Blessed me and the Memories can never be taken away

LOVE YOU.

AN OPEN MIND

You have a place, where you first came

A Place of Worship, where you need not to be Ashamed

The seeds you have planted will grow more and more

God heard you knock and HE opened the door

Be Not dismayed by the things you Hear

Sometimes even from those you hold so Dear

Though many of them may have good Intention

Words can cause Unwanted Dissention

You are part of God's family, you have come far

Only God knows who you truly are

He opened HIS Arms and He welcomed you

Now, you must show HIM that you Love HIM too

A Church can be erected by Material things

But