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Have you been married, had children, have a friend that you want to help but don't know how, had a love/hate relationship with Corporate America, been in love or lost a love? Have you ever felt lost or so overwhelmed you don't know what to do? Feeling LIfe may help pave your way to inspiration and determination that help lighten your load as you continue to grow and feel life.
Feeling LIfe will nurture the inner you and perhaps reward you with some of life's secrets. The words may put a smile on your face, bring a tear to your eye or tug on your heart. Somewhere within the pages you may find the key to learning about who you are and understanding why.
So whether it's for you, a loved one, a friend or all three start Feeling Life and all that goes with it.
Donna Marie McNeely
I inherited my writing talent from my mom, who has been published in Ideal Magazine, for her poems, and other small magazines, for her poems and witty children sayings. I consider myself qualified to write this book based on how my writings have inspired my life and the life of others that I have written for or about. I have taken the roads less traveled throughout my life. These roads have taught me many lessons, some of which I have converted from my heart to pen and paper. I have truly "felt" my life and am honored to share these feelings and my words with others who can relate. I live in a small town outside of Charlotte, NC with my husband, who is my soul mate. I have three beautiful daughters, a handsome stepson and we are Gigi and Poppi to one grandaughter and five grandsons. My life's journey has, at last, brought me to my happy place and I am truly blessed.
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Feeling Life - Donna Marie McNeely
© 2011 by Donna Marie McNeely. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.
First published by AuthorHouse 10/04/2011
ISBN: 978-1-4670-2843-1 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4670-2842-4 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-4670-2841-7 (ebk)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011916308
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Contents
Children
And
Mothers
Life’s Pages
A Mother’s Feelings
How The Angels Made You
The Seeding
New beginnings
God’s Gift
Grandson
I Was There
To My Daughter
Tough Love
Wings
CONGRATULATIONS
God’s Gift
God’s Guidance
Heavenly Father
Mother
You Are Everything
Mom’s New Home
A New Baby Boy
Friendships
That Old Oak Tree
Ole Man
Sea of Friendship
Through the Years
The Swing Man
Your Inner Child
Symbols of Friendship
My Hope For You
Best Friends
Love
Friendship Wreath
Corporate America
An Ever Changing World
We Love Our Job
In Memory of A Great Man
My Job
It’s Always About the People
Job Well Done
Cheering Success
Enjoy Your Retirement
Training the Trainer
Wishing You Well
Our Gift
Your Guardian Angel
Your Journey
Fate
Special Gift
The Good Ole Days
My Inner Battle
Confronting Corporate America
Life’s Feelings:
Personal and of those I have known and that
have touched my heart
I Am Me
The Child
Open Heart
The First Time
My Changing Identity
Weary Traveler
Solutions
Innocence Lost
The Child
Getting Out
The Last Little Part
Because of You
Because I Love You
I Must Go
All My Love
Life’s Reality
Life’s Chapters
Logic and Fear
Maybe Someday
Someone Special
The Victim
My Hope For You
My Purpose
Stop the Clock
Starting Over
Searching For Answers
The Best of Me
Love
I Wish
Love, An Intangible
Tired and Weary
My Thoughts On Life and
Of Other Things
After The Grave
A Woman’s Day
Not Afraid
Nature’s Colors
Life’s Answer
Sometimes
One More or No More
The Gift
Our Memory Tree
My First Love
My Last Love
My Soul Mate
Thinking Back
Your choice
True Love
My Gifts
Memories
Come Take My Hand
To Me and You
The Journey
Life’s Cards
I LOVE YOU
You Are My Light
Doubts and Fears
I Wish
On Hold
I Ask
You Are My Everything
Life’s Corners
Life’s Celebrations
Taking Virginia!
The Bluebird
GO TIGERS
Congratulations
Love and Friendship
Your Marriage
Two Lives Joined
My Hopes
Second Chances
C H R I S T M A S
The Family Wreath
Special Friends
A Special Time
Special Christmas
The Birth
My Love For You
A Gift
Happy Birthday
Words and Feelings
From my heart, mind and soul
Time
Children
And
Mothers
Life’s Pages
SKU-000497428_TEXT.pdfFrom the very moment
That we are given birth,
Our lives begin the script
As to our place on earth.
We begin as an empty page
Of paper, crisp and white.
A place for us and others
Our life and memories to write.
Of some we have no control
And their scribble causes pain,
But life has no eraser
So a lesson we try to gain.
Other’s words are encouraging
With a soft and loving touch,
It is their kind of strokes
For which we’re grateful, much.
So as our pages continue
To fill year after year,
May we forgive and forget
The writers that bring a tear.
For when our book is finished
And, in leather, securely bound,
May we have embellished in gold
The love and friendship we have found.
4/98
Written from my heart
A Mother’s Feelings
SKU-000497428_TEXT.pdfThe most wonderful memory
That I’ll ever keep,
Is that of my child
Lying fast asleep.
The sweetest smile
That I’ll ever see,
Is the one on your face
Looking back at me.
The number of children
To me, matters not,
For my heart has room
And each has their own spot.
Watching you grow
My heart sometime aches,
But a part of growing
Is making mistakes.
But after all
Is said and done,
I’ll love you forever
You’re a million in one!
08/06/90
For all my children and children everywhere
How The Angels Made You
SKU-000497428_TEXT.pdfYou were just a little girl
There was a story I’d tell you,
About how the angels took the ocean
And made your eyes so blue.
To your hair they mixed strawberries
With a beam of bright sunlight,
Peaches and cream upon your cheeks
Made your smile so bright.
But now you’re all grown up
And I have another story to tell,
Of how you’ve touched the hearts
Of all who’ve known you well.
Your heart is made of solid gold
With a conscious ever true,
Wisdom far beyond your years
And a wit to see you through.
So as your life continues
And this chapter ends,
I’m proud to say for all to hear
You’re my daughter and my friend.
8/94
Written for my daughter, Jaimie
The Seeding
SKU-000497428_TEXT.pdfA seed is the beginning
Of every living thing,
Whether it be a mighty oak tree
Or a precious human being.
As the seed begins to grow
It takes nurturing and love,
Daily care and supervision
With guidance from above.
With lots of time and patience
And any luck at all,
You’ll watch that small seed
Grow strong, healthy and tall.
You are my proud creation
My product of joy and woes,
With beauty, both inside and out
That outshines any prize rose.
I have many dreams for you
My daughter, the light of my life,
I wish for you much happiness
And very little strife.
I wish for you one day soon
To know your basic needs,
To have the courage and the strength
To plant