Journey: A Book of Poetry, Reflections, and Colloquialisms

By D. C. Palm

People experience traumatic events in life that so often leave them broken and feeling unworthy, lonely, misunderstood, and even hopeless. This book was born out of some of my experiences and how I was able to find a sense of peace, self-love, and self-acceptance as I navigated through obstacles from my past. “Journey” provides spiritual anecdotes that will provide hope and a road map in helping you become an overcomer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Sep 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664200074

D. C. Palm

D. C. Palm, who is a native of Chicago, Illinois, unabashedly loves the Lord. She attended Chicago Public Schools before matriculating to and receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Business Administration and Psychology from Olivet Nazarene University located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. After graduation, she completed Post-Baccalaureate Studies in Elementary Education and Computer Technology through a consortium between Concordia University and City-Wide Colleges. Later, D. C. received a Master of Arts degree in Curriculum and Supervision from Chicago State University. Since, she has received a Secondary Education Endorsement in Social Sciences through Aurora and Brigham Young Universities. D. C. has been an educator and Dean of Students for more than two and a half decades. She is a self-described news junkie. Reading, writing poetry, and traveling are her favorite pastimes. Some of her greatest joys have come from being nominated to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers six times and spending time with her family. D. C. lives by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

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ISBN: 978-1-6642-0008-1 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020913454

WestBow Press rev. date: 09/02/2020

Dedications

This book is dedicated to the memory of my late mother, Loretta Palm. I am reminded of God’s love and grace daily when I think about the mother that I was blessed to have had. My mother was loving, compassionate, and altruistic. I learned so very much from that sweet, selfless angel who sacrificed everything for her children, parents, and siblings. She instilled a great since of responsibility in me and an infinite love for family and others. My mother was a woman of faith who taught me how to be a respectable, God-fearing woman. She also taught me how to give without expecting anything in return. To know her was to love her. Truly she was one in a trillion. If I were tasked with creating a model of a mother, I would replicate her.

I also dedicate this book to my late father, LeRoy Palm, who was brilliant, witty, obstinate, and somewhat complex. (I must admit, I inherited the latter two traits). I would be remiss if I did not also dedicate this book to Golden and Blanche Tillman,