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Conversations

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Conversations is a poetic memoir that examines an eclectic palate of subjects in a refreshing new presentation of lyric, prose, conversational verse, and poetic stories, inviting the reader into a journey of conversations, insights, and view of life.

Most of the poetry in this book was written during a 6-month period in the winter of 2002-2003. These are my collective thoughts from that time period addressing what I felt then in my heart. It comprises thoughts that I wished to share with people in my life but had not, be it because of distance, hurt, shyness, or anger. It was an attempt to express parts of myself that I had not shown to the world.

A totally genuine, unadulterated document tracing a relationship which has taken place online over 12 years from 2001 to 2012. Only the names of the protagonists have been changed to names to names we felt better reresent their predicament. An irrepressible bond develops between these two poeple of entirely differen backgrounds, based on a strong common chemistry. Resisted at first by them and then finally acknowledged, in the face of impossible odds the two heroes of this unique and fascinating story of poetry and chats, of passion and doubts and desperation manage to set down on the pages of their laptops and phones a beautiful and unforgettable love story full of tenderness, drama an fun.

Conversations combines my three short stories into a print edition format. I wrote Conversing with Normality, Conversing with Salvation, and Miscarried, as part of a contest on Lulu.com. The contest had authors writing 600 word stories, in order to win a Nook. I did not win the contest, but I enjoyed developing and writing the stories. Conversations with Normality was about a conversation I had with my oldest child, who is autistic. He was hungry and I was struggling to figure out what to feed him, when we had nothing to eat. Conversations with Salvation was about a conversation I had with God about my child's salvation. Will Brad truly understand God's grace and mercy? It is my responsibility to make sure my son learns about God, despite his disabilities. I found a church home, Fallbrook Church, shortly after, which has an amazing special needs program. My child can learn more about God, obtain salvation, and have eternal life. Miscarried was about the pain I felt dealing with multiple miscarriages. The story became 600 words of therapy for me. Conversations with Sexuality discusses my journey towards Celibacy. First Attempt is a mini-short story I wrote for National Novel Writing Month. This is the beginning of my story. Wrote based on things, which occurred between me and my sons. Please enjoy Conversations

An interesting little book full of witty, funny, inspirational, and sometimes senseless conversations that I have shared with a diverse group of people.

Celebrating the Fourteenth Anniversary of the In My Backpack web site, Conversations offers a collection of interviews with some fantastic people. Participants joining Bob include: Earl Swift, Terry Fator, Keris Stainton, Chris VanDahl, Brigitte Valdez, Kelly Smith, Brian McCullough, Daryl Wagner, Scott Jordan, Christina Shaw, Brandon Evans, Terry Hocking and Denise Alekseev. Drawn primarily from interviews posted on the web site between March of 2003 and March of 2017, Conversations also includes bonus material exclusive to this publication.

Wordsworth. Keats. Shelley. Coleridge. These are the poets many of us read in high school and found old, boring and irrelevant. What if we could have a conversation with them today? What do we have to say to them 250 years later? We are readers; these poets were readers. And we all are human beings. They were concerned with the same things as we are today: life, nature, death, the soul, the transcendental, all kinds of human interactions, who we are, the nature of time-all this and more. They speak.Read. Feel. Listen.And open your hearts.

Conversations is gutsy, honest, and spirited. The poems are genuine, inspirational, and easy to relate to. You will find release. You will be uplifted. Patricia Griffin has found, through her life experiences, that the most trying moments, are what they are and sometimes, draw us closer together and challenge us to find our inner strength in almighty God. We experience many different and special encounters in our walks of life. We even meet God, who we treasure dearly. Everyday living with its highs and lows, laughter and sadness, paints quite a colorful picture and is like a series of conversations. These conversations inspired this book of poems.