{"product_id":"2940150178489","title":"A Threefold Cord of Black History Poems \u0026 Nuggets","description":"Bay Saint Louis, MS is the place of my birth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflecting back, it was there I began my search\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA place rarely heard of, down on the Gulf Coast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a quaint little town, of which I’m proud to boast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy Mom and Dad had 16 children, they laid a firm foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lifestyle they lived before us, will always be my inspiration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I was 20 years old, within three months apart, my parents were deceased\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI got through it because I was taught, to keep my mind on Jesus for perfect peace \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI retired from the United States Navy in two thousand two\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2012 I earned my Associate’s Degree from Le Cordon Bleu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomeone said to me, you’re in your fifties, why bother now\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI don’t deal in negativity, I simply said” Hallelujah anyhow”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough at times I wondered, if my writing would ever be recognized\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZechariah 4:10 says of small things beginning, do not despise\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is my first published book and regardless of the outcome\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI will continue to write and not give up, I refuse to succumb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI also write gospel and children songs and inspirational skits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnything of a positive and uplifting nature, I am down with it\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI believe God blessed me with this gift, to use, not to save\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I stand before him I want to say I used what you gave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI know God is no respecter of person, with me he’s not done\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI believe my latter days will be greater than any former one\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI must continue on my journey and not become upstaged\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI won’t let fear or doubt stop me, and certainly not age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGod promised to never forsake me or leave me alone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI bear witness to his faithfulness; I’m Mable Williams Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll art work created by my nephew, Gerald D. Williams Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWebsite:  artbygj.weebly.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003egerald.","brand":"Xulon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101753524464,"sku":"2940150178489","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150178489_p0.jpg?v=1763739792","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150178489","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}