SUMMARY: These are my poems from before I finished college.

A Little Girl's Prayer

The Lord gives me joy

It's a joy that no one else can take away

I may not always be happy

But I'll always know that He loves me

The Lord gives me peace

It's a peace that no one else can take away

I may sometimes be scared

But I'll always know that He loves me

The Lord gives me love

It's a love that no one else can take away

I may sometimes feel alone

But I'll always know that He loves me

--January 1993

--This was the first "poem" I ever wrote – if you can call it that. I used to sing it to myself while I was climbing around the stones in the front lawn since I had nothing better to do.