Cheri Foster

Cheri Foster

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My interests include studying religion, politics, history and physics. In my life, I have been an avid reader, writer,
book collector, technical rock climber, mountaineer, bicyclist, runner, dancer, business owner, customer service manager and friendly waitress. 
 
My favorite authors are Mark Twain,  
Henry Thoreau, Stephen King, C.S. Lewis,
Dave Barry and many more.                             
 
I reside with my family in Colorado.

A Dime Is a Sign: Poems of Love and Loss (Feelings Into Words)

A Dime Is a Sign: Poems of Love and Loss (Feelings Into Words)

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<p>A psychic medium once said that if you find a random dime, it is a sign that someone that you have loved and lost is thinking of you.</p><p><strong>A Dime is a Sign Through Time</strong></p><p><em>If you find a dime, </em></p><p><em>You will know that I'm</em></p><p><em>Sending thoughts of love</em></p><p><em>Through the veil of time.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Ten cents with a silver shine, </em></p><p><em>A sense sent you to help remind</em></p><p><em>That someone who left you behind</em></p><p><em>Is always living in your mind.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Sending love and vibes, </em></p><p><em>Felt as psychic sighs ...</em></p><p><em>The ones that you miss, </em></p><p><em>Send you a kiss ...</em></p><p> </p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon's second book of poetry contains messages written through the years in poetic form that put feelings into words. As a teacher, many of her poems helped counsel troubled teens and friends.</p><p>There are three sections in the book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails ... (Love &amp; Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms include free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets, while some are just playing with words!</p><p>Hopefully, this is also a book of healing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon, a former teacher and grandmother of ten, is the author of nine acclaimed rhymed children's books, plus a recent award-winning book of poetry <em>(A Penny for Your Thoughts), </em>which together have received 63 national and international book awards since 2011. She also wrote seven published plays for elementary school children that have been performed in over 25 countries. Most of her children's books emphasize consideration for others. Married for 58 years, she and her spouse are now retired, live in Pennsylvania, and travel in their RV from coast to coast, spending time with their children and grandchildren, and sharing her books along the way!</p><p> </p>

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<em><font size="4"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:'times new roman';">I read both books and they were both very good.</span><span style="font-family:'times new roman';">  The first one really took me for a ride because I kept saying to you GET OUT, NO. </span></font></em><font style="font-family:'times new roman';" face="Arial"><font size="4"><font style="font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman';">The second book had me rolling, so much of what you said is so true.</font><br /><br /></font></font><font style="font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman';"><strong><em><br /><br /><font size="4">You have no idea how you have helped me ...</font></em></strong><font size="4">my best friend is in an abusive marriage .....I am trying every way I know how to get her out of it ..... but I am realizing she has to want out ...... the tears I have cried would flood a river.<br /><br /></font></font><font style="font-style:italic;font-family:'times new roman';"><br /><br /><font size="4"><span style="font-weight:bold;">I read your book and I cried so hard.</span>  I know love is very hard to let go, but once that abuse starts up it will never end. Once he hit me, he said he was sorry and then did it again. But everytime it got worse and worse, hitting me with belts, hangers and even trying to strangle me and hit me in the face or slap me.  I was in love with my eyes shut, kinda like you. We all make mistakes, but we never realize that we can get into those kind of situations. Granted I was with him for 5 years and the first year we were together I never knew such a thing of him abusing me in the future. He treated me just like Shane. <br /><br /></font></font><font size="5"><strong><em><font size="4"><br /><span style="font-family:'times new roman';">Have you ever hit home. Abuse should never happen, but it does. I hurt as bad as my friend hurts when she is abused. I feel the blows. I feel the pain. But there is nothing I can do until she decides she wants better in her life and walks away. The pain we feel as  friends is the same pain the abused one feels, just as </span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:'times new roman';">helpless and lost.</span></font></em></strong></font>