December 21, 2006 Gary and I got married on December 16, 2006 around 12 noon Tennessee time. We hope you will keep us in your prayers as we start this wonderous journey down life's road together. P.S. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year readers of poetry everywhere. I am pleased to announce I have recently become engaged to the most wonderful man in the world. He is all I can ever want or need. God bless each of you! Please join me in the great joy I feel at having found my special man. I am at this time trying to revamp some of what I have on this site. If you have trouble opening some of the poems, please come back later. I promise the remakes will be worth the trip Thanks for all the good feedback and encouragement. Thank you Rich for helping me figure out how to make the pages look and sound better. I am in the process of writing 2 books. Hope to have them finished shortly, but I may be like Agatha Christy and write my first book at a later time. I am working on publishing a short story and also a thesis which I wrote in College. I hope that when you read these words they will hold some meaning for you. A good writer can make words rhyme and spell correctly, whereas a great writer can evoke a feeling with their words. Hopefully I am the latter. Please remember God's greatest commandment. Love one another. Thank you to all of the people in my life who encouraged me to use God's gifts. I will try to add to this site as much as I can. Please give the girl a break if you will. I have six classes this semester, plus work. If you are enjoying the poems, great, come back. I will try weekly to add things. I have had some very good feedback this far and want to thank those people who have read and enjoy the things God gave me. Off to school Hi Ho! I want to thank my family, my friends, the new friends I have meet because of this site, and those other people who have been reading my works. From me to all of you, Know this thing is true, You've brought smiles a tear or two, I wrote these words for me and you. I have uploaded two short stories, a term paper on cyber criminals, and the Prologue and Chapter 1 of my book Cotton Candy Sky on the following website: http://storypen.com/susanmistressofwordplay. If you like to read more than poetry see what you think. Feed back is appreciated. Have a good day, Susan

Hi, Most people want to know who is writing what they are reading. I have written the better part of my life. Almost 50 years now (well maybe not that long). From the time I can first remember I was writing first with a crayon, then with a pencil, and now with a pen or anything else lying around when the moment hits me. The gifts and talents I possess are gifts I received with God. At the end of my life when the credits roll they will read: Created by God, Directed by God, and Produced by God. Hope you find joy in the things you read. May God's blessings be upon you. Susan (Lily) The Mistress of Word Play