Thelma Evelyn Jones

Chehalis, Washington

Thelma Evelyn Jones (b) March 11, 1918 (p) Elmer C. and Ada Wisner Brown (m) Melvin R. Jones Dec. 18, 1937 (ch) none. (occ.) Boeing, Kraft Foods (mem) Worldwide Church of God. (Hon.) First Prize Robert Frost Award for World Poetry Day 1964. John F. Kennedy Commemorative Anthology 1964. International Hall of Fame Poets 1968-69. Received many Hon. Mentions, Blue Ribbons, Editor's Choice Awards over the years. (Books) Pebbles Flung, Be My Guest, Hogwash, Faithfully Yours, Feathers Adrift, Enter My Joy. (Lyrics) 6 on side 2 of EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW produced by singer-songwriter Robin Todd. Just released album OUR EVERYTHING (cassette and c.d.) lyrics ETERNAL NEW SONG and EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW.

Always Leaving Crisis

Life it seems is a crisis from the day that I was born
I came out flogging and crying on that long ago "who am I" morn!
I clung so tight to my Mama, but soon she sent me away
I heard the school bell ringing! A crisis for me that day!
The years, I recall, flew swiftly, where do I go from here?
A crisis, my graduation. Commencement day brings fear!
I don't understand where I'm going, another crisis for sure
I must find my way and purpose, the way to live and endure!
I'm always leaving, leaving, always searching to find
Where am I going? I wonder? I leave my childhood behind!
I leave all my teen years behind me. The past is the past is the past
One crisis after another, and all of them come so fast!
Then there was the crisis that really made me smile
A real big one for you as well, you walked me down the aisle!
I left my Mama and Daddy to spend a lifetime with you
Now comes a double crisis! We're leaving, oh what can we do!
I'm not sure when we are going, all I know it is true
I'm leaving this world behind me, and my dear, you are leaving, too!
Life has been a challenge, it seems we are always leaving!
Doors that close, doors that open, a pattern that's ever weaving!
Now at the end of our journey, we'll leave it all and find
The great and the small must leave it all, this is the way it's designed!
We'll trust our great Creator who has seen us through our strife
He'll never leave or forsake us! He will give us Eternal Life!

How Can It Be

As I watch a glorious sunset, I'm amazed, oh how can it be!
When I see the stars in the heavens, I can't comprehend all I see!

The moon, the planets, the Milky Way, the great universe, master planned
The sights, the sounds all around me, designed by a great master hand!

The powerful rushing rivers, the mighty oceans and seas!
Forests, flowers and creatures, the sun and the fragrant breeze!

The raging storms, crashing thunder, and lightning that rends the skies!
Seasons will all of their wonders! The thrill of a new baby's cries!

The songs of birds, all created for beauty in feathered flight!
Wonder of wonders surround me, as sunrise turns darkness to light!

All creations, so awesome, amazes, the wonders and splendors I see!
If creation hold all this glory, how great our creator must be!

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Welcome friend, be at your ease, get up when you're ready, go to bed when you please.
Happy to share with you such as we've got, the leak in the roof, the soup in the pot.
You don't have to thank us or laugh at our jokes, sit deep and come often, you're one of the folks.