The Poetry Book entitled: On The Inspirational Side Of Poetry - Book I & II published by Iuniverse is uplifting and a joy to have in every household

A book of spiritual poetry. Its words come from one man's search for the Truth. Hardcover with 88 pages of beautiful colour photography.

A comforting bereavement gift book, consisting of a short sermon from Canon Henry Scott Holland.

Mildred E. Stanard penned over one-hundred inspirational poems during her lifetime. Her poetry captures key insights into life and motivates the reader to reflect on their own life's journey and learnings. These fun-to-read, reflective, and inspirational poems provide something for everyone in the family. Topics include love, humor, friendship, children, stress, words with God and more. Mildred grew up during the depression era and lived in several small Midwestern towns as a girl. She married and started a family in the city of Chicago, later moving to the Chicago suburb of Villa Park.

In December of 2000, the authors husband, Randall, fell from a deer stand while hunting and broke both legs in several places. Randall had always been a strong, healthy, hardworking man with a wonderful job, but this took him and his family to a very low place in their lives. He spent three months in the hospital and had five surgeries to repair his legs. The doctors said he would never walk again! Shirley carried many burdens during that time including tending to a crippled and broken man and handling crashing finances because he was unable to work. Feeling really hopeless and alone, she shed many tears and prayed very hard. One night (actually about 2:00 a.m. in February of 2001), she sat up on the edge of her cot in her husbands hospital room and begin to write in a journal she was keeping. When she finished writing her prayer to God, she read it and realized that it was in the form of a poem (Why Are You So Afraid, My Child)! Since that time the poetry has flowed from her heart in a miraculous way. And she has written a huge collection of poetry! She believes the poetry is a gift from God to help her express what she is feeling deep inside. It flows from her heart in a matter of minutes and falls onto the page in poetry form! She praises God for this gift!