Faith, Hope & Love by Doris Washington
Faith, Hope & Love inspires you not only today, but also to believe in tomorrow. This collection of poems is an easy read, meaningful, truly inspirational for all to enjoy. Each poem has its own inspirational message. Not only will you be inspired by each individual poem and its message of inspiration. This collection of poems gives a wonderful reminder how to live and enjoy life fully. In the poem Obstacles the author expresses that life has its challenges, and dreams can come true. In Could You Sing A Song For Them? the author invites you to take a closer look at autism with understanding and awareness. In the poem As Tomorrow Comes the author expresses the message of hope, with the understanding the challenges that we may experience today, may not be our tomorrow. And as we hold on to hope, tomorrow can be brighter than we can ever imagine. In Morning comes a positive look in how to live each moment, each day of one's life most blessed. In the poem Blessings we are reminded about all the beautiful things we already have, and to know that each blessing we receive, we can then begin to see the true meaning of living life to our fullest. And in the poem Home we are inspired with encouraging and spiritual words in knowing God's peace and love. In our vast changing world today, there's a need for inspiration. Faith, Hope & Love gives you all that, and much more. Hope Giving up is surrender to no place. When all seems lost, holding on brings you one step closer to the promise. And as you believe each day is a new day, your trials can be your triumph. Just believe that it all gets better, no matter your circumstance, no matter what you go through. Believe what is now can change tomorrow. Believe with Faith. And always hold on to- Hope.
Doris Washington is a spiritual writer, author, poet, and disability advocate who resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with her husband and son John. Doris takes the inspiration for her poetry from an unfortunate incident involving her 18-year-old son with autism and two police officers in December 1993. Her son was peeking in a window of his own home when two officers approached him. The two officers held her son on the ground with handcuffs, and he suffered a separated shoulder. The two officers were not aware of her son's disability. This unfortunate incident impacted Doris'life greatly. She was empowered to advocate for a statewide training program for police officers to be aware of and recognize persons with special needs. And it was through this painful period in Doris' life her writing began. Doris has found peace and healing through her poetry. Her husband is her anchor of support and best friend. Her son is her inspiration to write. She has written over 600 poems. In 1997 she wrote her first poem Invisible. She writes poems about her closeness with God, spirituality, autism awareness, inspirations, positive thinking, social issues in our world, and greetings. She is an entrepreneur of DORIS'POEMS. She does readings at nursing homes, residential home facilities, churches, schools, and community. She has self-published seven books of poems A Blessing, Caring & Sharing and Faith, Hope & Love, The Joy In The Morning And A New Day Begins / A Time, A Season and Always Love / The Beauty of Love / This Day Today/ Where There's Hope- There's Love. Her book, A Blessing, Caring & Sharing has received much writing achievement success such as: the listing in The NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS MAGAZINE in 2008, and its achievement of commercial success that was posted in the Scripps College Newsletter in Claremont, California in February 2011. Doris also received a letter of acknowledgement from President Barack Obama in April 2009 for her poem This Day, A Promise, A Dream Fulfilled, that she wrote in honor of President Obama. She has also received letters of acknowledgement for her poem The Sun Still Shines In The Morning from Mayor Michael Bloomberg in honor of September 11, 2001, and the poem is submitted in the 911 Memorial Museum of New York. Also she has received a letter of acknowledgement from former President Bill Clinton for her poem For The Children that she dedicated for the people of Haiti Earthquake Relief in March 2010. She has also been honored to receive the Inspirational Leader Award of 2013 for her contributions of her poetry as an inspiration to others in her community and around the country by leaders in the Greater Harrisburg Region. With her newly released and eight book collection of poems, I Wish To Live Life, she shares poems that are many of her readers and her favorites, as well as poems of tribute to those who inspire her, such as; The Conductor, tribute to Harriett Tubman. She is currently doing book signings at many Barnes & Noble locations across the country. Doris continues to travel to numerous book signings over 500 book signings to date. Her desire hopes her poems will continue to inspire many all over the world.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781436324168 |
| ISBN 10 | 1436324165 |
| Title | Faith, Hope & Love |
| Author | Doris Washington |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Xlibris |
| Year published | 2008-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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