Annie Clark Tanner

meet my grand-father's sister

a life

her adult life

disappointment

heartache

poverty

amazing joy

but having just read this book

her tale of raw despair

i feel to honor her

courage

sacrifice

work

wisdom
and always

mother-love

here is a good woman

a saint
who in the sunset of her life
only expressed gratitude

Annie Clark Tanner

i hope to meet you someday

her closing lines...a verse she memorized
a signpost

"We shape ourselves, the joy and fear
Of which the coming life is made;
And fill our future atmosphere
With sunshine or with shade.

The tissue of the life to be
We weave with colors all our own
And in the field of destiny
We reap as we have sown."

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