The book entitled For My Children is a personal compilation of poetry with some short stories included. The poetry is drawn from a wide subject matter encompassing topics of humour, thought provoking metaphors, sensitive, fantasy, inspirational, romantic and also expressions of sympathy. The vicissitudes of life and living expressed in poetic simplicity. Listen, as they whisper to you inaudibly, to the heart and soul.

Reaching across the chasm of his bipolar disorder and separation from his children, Chad shares with us his deepest and most intimate thoughts for his childrens spiritual future. Sometimes using his own experiences to model a lesson and at other times clearly relying on spiritual depths, Chad teaches his children those life lessons that were missing from his life as he grew up, lessons he has learned in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. With an unfathomable love for his children, his teachings range from the simple, such as faith and hope, to the more complex and controversial, such as how Christians and the LGBT community should treat each other and the role of just governments in our lives. Chad leaves almost nothing out with regards to how Christians should behave and what their ultimate relationship to Deity will be if they will hearken to the Gospel. Thoughtfully looking into basic Christian Doctrines and the potential of humanity, To My Children: Love, Dad puts you into a position to explore your own relationship with Deity and encourages you to bring the family along the path to Heaven beginning today.

My purpose in writing this short book is to share my thoughts with my loved ones, especially the children in my life. I hope these words will be a lasting legacy to my children and grandchildren as they grow up and after I am gone. None of these thoughts are original or insightful. They are simple truths and ideas. But young people seldom take the time to sit down and think about basic things. As people like me get older, we see young people make mistakes or suffer or destroy relationships and friendships over simple and obvious issues. I have often looked back and wished I had made some small things part of my approach much earlier in my life. I still often wish I could impart some time-gathered wisdom to my children and grandchildren to smooth their path, allow them to avoid mistakes, and give them a long-term perspective in this short-term, short-sighted world. This book is my effort to share some of what I have learned. These short chapters are not an exhaustive examination of the topics under discussion. Rather they are straight to the point and simple as a grandfather would make the point to a young person who is not excited about sitting down for a long discussion about "meaning of life" issues with Granddad. I hope the young people who read these words will get the gist. For those who need more depth, hopefully, these words will get the discussion started. I plan to share this book with my grandkids. I hope it will be of interest to them. But just as important, I hope this book will be read and appreciated by many grandparents who love their grandchildren. Maybe my words will give them a chance to have a short discussion with their own loved ones. They can share all or some of the points as they see fit. They can share my thoughts and add to them their own take. If they agree with me, this may be an easy way to share some truth and advice. If they disagree, this will be a good place to begin the conversation. I pray that once the habit of discussion with their grandchildren is established, they can share other thoughts that are important to them. God speed, Frank Sanders

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This book gives us a frank look at what we risk if we turn away from God's plan for us.