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Praise for the Listening Tree
Your stories are really life-filled and uplifting. Thanks for sending them along. You should consider publishing them, if there is a market for such."Reverend Charles R. Mallen, C.SS.R., Director Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat and Spirituality Center, Venice, Florida
"You are so rare and special. You have shown the family what no words can speak. Not a day goes by that I don’t talk about you in some positive way. I pray I can pass on to your grandchildren all these lessons, patience and love you have given me." Mary Charlene Nishida, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, American Cancer Society Hawai’i Pacific, Inc.
"Deborah and I have read your stories and poems and find them beautifully written. I will put them in the bookstore for our parishioners." Reverend Bob Deshaies, Rector, St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church, Plantation, Florida.
"I am delighted to inform you that your poem ‘What Would I Be?’ has been awarded our prestigious Editor’s Choice Award because it displays a unique perspective and original creativity—judged to be the qualities most found in exceptional poetry. It will be included in a CD poetry collection read by a professional reader…"International Library of Poetry."
"I thought your writings were fine, sensitive, intelligent and revealing." Monsignor Robert W. Schiefen, Pastor St. Isabel, Sanibel Island, Florida, (deceased)
"I firmly believe that those who have made your type of journey ultimately end by making the greatest contributions on behalf of the Kingdom." Very Reverend Gerard LaCerra, V.G.,Chancellor, Archdiocese of Miami, (deceased).
REVIEWS
As you "stroll" through the lovely flowers of Joyce Ann Edmondson's "The Listening Tree," you can feel the spirit, soul, and love of the author. While reading I was introduced to the spirit of all grandmothers. Having never known my own grandmothers, I felt appeased and satisfied with the warmth, care, thoughts, and wisdom chronicled so lovingly over the course of the author's life. She wrapped me in the loving arms of her eloquently written words to nurture my soul and spirit; and the little girl in me soaked it up with delight as if I were sitting on grandmother's lap. "Grandmother," how precious that name is to me, and even more so now. The author leaves a legacy of wisdom, passion, and love of Jesus as an inheritance to her precious grandchildren; how blessed they are indeed.
To merely recommend "The Listening Tree" seems so trivial, when one is trying to convey the heart and sincerity of the recommendation. Yet I say sincerely, get The Listening Tree as a gift for those dear to you. Some are recommending it for grandparents and parents--which is excellent; however, this reader can say that for grandchildren who hold their grandparents in reverence, to receive "The Listening Tree" as a gift inscribed with loving words--and signed with whatever name your grandchildren call you--would be one of the nicest and loving memorials you could leave of yourself. *****
Patricia Winters Johnston
Author ~ Freelance Writer
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