For the Sake of My Children
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For the Sake of My Children

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For the Sake of My Children is a book of poetry inspired by one woman's challenges with relationships and motherhood. The poems inside will bring readers from anger and fear toward feelings of wonder at the face of God as they contemplate the experiences of a woman motivated in all things to keep her children safe.Born in Jamaica, Yvonne was raised by her grandparents. She is a proud mother of six children. She went to the college of hard knocks called life. She has been knocked down several times, but for the sake of her children, she found herself asking God for wisdom to know that she would overcome. Yvonne started writing when she was abandoned by her first husband with their children while he rode off into the sunset and started another family. She completed a course in community development, then worked in several communities across Jamaica. In 1999, she was laid off. Faced with the fear of losing their home and splitting up her children, she went to court seeking the judge's assistance in getting child support; only to have a high-court judge tell her to send her children to the poorhouse. It was only by the grace of God that Yvonne did not lose her mind. She wants her children to know that people can be cruel, but she holds onto the hope that they will have a much brighter future. Her faith in God remains strong even after the death of her daughter, Jodi. She still sings songs of praise to God and shows her children what it is to believe through it all! Check out her daughter, Sarah, performing dramatic readings of her poetry on YouTube sarahclunis

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Publisher
Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Year
2020
ISBN
9781644927274
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Women in Poetry
Index
Literature
For the Sake of My Children
Yvonne White
Copyright Š 2019 by Yvonne White
Copy Editing provided by Amy Andersen, MA
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.
Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
832 Park Avenue
Meadville, PA 16335
www.christianfaithpublishing.com
Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

For The Sake Of My Children

Loving You

Some People

Sleepless Night

What Do You Want To Be

Moments

Mothers

I Am Not Trying

Mama, Please Forgive Me

Myrtle

‘Who’s’ House

Time

As The Years Fly By

In the Eyes of Myself

Roots

Today I Declare

Winter Blues

Not Waiting

For Too Long

Who

Courage

To All

Quest

Things My Grandmother Told Me

I Am Always Mindful

You Are

A Place Called Home

Class Of The Classes

Welfare Babies

The Girl

My Daddy

Busybody

Perfect Lies

Life

The Wrong Time

Who Am I

Fear

How Much More Blood

My Life

Which Way

Rights

Depression

Burn The Bridge

Hush

Choice

Good Morning

What Would I Not Give

Signs Of The Times

Greed

When You Are Young

News

I Would Be a Hero

Kiss Mi Neck

The Past

So Many

Maybe

Determined To Win

His Vessel

Who Will

Tribute to Septymus White

Tick Tock

Jamaica

Peacemaker

Kidz

Mind Game

Lip Service

Faces

Builders

Anger

How

Learning, Learning

Father Of Life

Broken

Mind Glitch

When You Are Tired

Don’t

Still

Self-Will

Stay True

Let Your Tears

Emotion

If

Mommy, Please Ans...

Table of contents

  1. For The Sake Of My Children
  2. Loving You
  3. Some People
  4. Sleepless Night
  5. What Do You Want To Be
  6. Moments
  7. Mothers
  8. I Am Not Trying
  9. Mama, Please Forgive Me
  10. Myrtle
  11. ‘Who’s’ House
  12. Time
  13. As The Years Fly By
  14. In the Eyes of Myself
  15. Roots
  16. Today I Declare
  17. Winter Blues
  18. Not Waiting
  19. For Too Long
  20. Who
  21. Courage
  22. To All
  23. Quest
  24. Things My Grandmother Told Me
  25. I Am Always Mindful
  26. You Are
  27. A Place Called Home
  28. Class Of The Classes
  29. Welfare Babies
  30. The Girl
  31. My Daddy
  32. Busybody
  33. Perfect Lies
  34. Life
  35. The Wrong Time
  36. Who Am I
  37. Fear
  38. How Much More Blood
  39. My Life
  40. Which Way
  41. Rights
  42. Depression
  43. Burn The Bridge
  44. Hush
  45. Choice
  46. Good Morning
  47. What Would I Not Give
  48. Signs Of The Times
  49. Greed
  50. When You Are Young
  51. News
  52. I Would Be a Hero
  53. Kiss Mi Neck
  54. The Past
  55. So Many
  56. Maybe
  57. Determined To Win
  58. His Vessel
  59. Who Will
  60. Tribute to Septymus White
  61. Tick Tock
  62. Jamaica
  63. Peacemaker
  64. Kidz
  65. Mind Game
  66. Lip Service
  67. Faces
  68. Builders
  69. Anger
  70. How
  71. Learning, Learning
  72. Father Of Life
  73. Broken
  74. Mind Glitch
  75. When You Are Tired
  76. Don’t
  77. Still
  78. Self-Will
  79. Stay True
  80. Let Your Tears
  81. Emotion
  82. If
  83. Mommy, Please Answer Me
  84. You Are
  85. You Will
  86. Woman
  87. Breathe
  88. Say What
  89. Sometimes
  90. The Sound of Laughter
  91. What Time Is It?
  92. What’s Wrong
  93. Addiction
  94. Move On
  95. Could It
  96. As
  97. New Way, New Year
  98. Dear Father
  99. Dreamer
  100. Who Are You to Tell Me
  101. Race To The Tape
  102. Don’t Tell Me
  103. Mother
  104. This Is It
  105. Tell Me
  106. Some Will
  107. New Age
  108. Mother, Mothers
  109. Why America
  110. Peace
  111. America
  112. To All
  113. Stop
  114. Move
  115. My Jewels
  116. He Don’t Want You
  117. What
  118. Wish
  119. Bullies
  120. Pain
  121. Power
  122. My Overweight Friends
  123. What Does It Mean To Be An American
  124. Autosuggestion
  125. I Want To Know
  126. In The Name
  127. My Dad
  128. I Know
  129. Tomorrow
  130. Too Weak
  131. Come What May
  132. Trying to Rise Above Rejection
  133. Trying to Keep It Together
  134. Trying to Focus
  135. Trying to Make It
  136. Refusing to Give Up
  137. Indecision
  138. I Am
  139. Why
  140. Tell Me Why
  141. I Need
  142. The World Is Mad
  143. Lady, Lady
  144. ‘Raison’ In The Snow
  145. This Is My Life
  146. Lying Knight
  147. Wounded Girl
  148. Monologue
  149. What Do You Say
  150. She Is
  151. They