   
Joyce Scarbrough
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1084 Registered: 03-2004

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As a Father's Day tribute to the things I learned from my daddy when I was growing up, I wanted to share with you this poem I wrote. I'm sure my mama and daddy must have tag-teamed me from Heaven to bring me back into the Everlasting Arms, and this is just a sample of how I plan to use the gift God gave me from now on.
Blessings to all of you! "I Remember You" by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough I remember you, my dearest childhood friend My confidant, my companion, my protector to the end I know you as well as I know my own name I’m a lot older now, but you’re exactly the same Yours was the hand in mine when I walked alone The voice that calmed me at the height of the storm The face I saw when I closed my eyes to pray The arm around my shoulders at the end of every day I don’t know how or when I lost hold of your hand And wandered away to follow my own plan Adrift in a world where so much is wrong Searching for something I had all along The world’s ugliness and hypocrisy turned me inside myself Until I believed in me and mine and nothing else I thought I was so smart, so gifted, so urbane So certain that someday people would know my name But something was missing from every small success I needed to share them with the one who knew me best I was jaded and bitter, so I had to wonder why Those childhood songs about you would always make me cry I’m so glad you didn’t forget me while I wandered away I know how it must hurt you for one of us to stray Thank you for your patience, your love and your grace And for welcoming me back into your embrace You were the place in my heart that nothing could fill Calling to me from the shadow of a cross on a hill In a voice I knew well from sweet childhood memories Telling me in song that Yes, Jesus Loves Me Each line on my face is a lesson I have learned And I know you’re the prize for which I’ve always yearned No longer do I wonder what it is that I should do Everything I need, I find in knowing you Blessings to all! ~Joyce Sterling Scarbrough True Blue Forever ISBN 0-9722385-9-X Different Roads ISBN 0-9722385-3-0 Authors Ink Books http://www.authorsinkbooks.com Read the first chapters: http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1 Waste time on Joyce's Blog: http://joycescarbrough.blogspot.com Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztz5e3XZeo |
   
Gloria Marlow
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1980 Registered: 04-2002
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That brought tears to my eyes, Joyce. Beautiful and so, so true. Gloria Gloria www.gloriamarlow.com Flowers for Megan**Shades of Silence**The Butterfly Game |
   
Tom Elkins
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790 Registered: 01-2005

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Dammit Joyce, you shouldn't make grown men cry. Especially when he's me. I had a dad until ten years ago. Unfortunately, I never said those things to him while he was alive. Tom Elkins NORTH of TEXAS www.authorsden.com/tomelkins |