_________________________________________ {Straight From the Heart} *And When I Die* 10/10/00 Welcome to "Straight From the Heart!" If you enjoy this free daily email service, I encourage you to forward it on to family and friends. If this has been passed along to you and you want to join the list, just send a blank email to: Straight From the Heart ___________________________________________________ "I tell my stories not out of self-pity or because I want anyone to feel sorry for me. I have written these stories, the best I can from a child's point of view so that the world will know what a child secretly feels when he or she is abused and is afraid to speak. I have moved on with my life and now have a wife, four children and eight grandchildren. I have learned much from the pain that I have suffered. I have also lived on both sides of the fence and hope that the world can learn something from what I have written. It has not been easy for me to expose the secret inner thoughts (mind) of an orphan, an abused child, a juvenile delinquent, a criminal, an ex-con and now a self-rehabilitated grandfather who has "seen the light" and now lives in "the real world". However, because of changing times, school shootings and whatever else is happening to our children today. The secret inner thoughts of these people; the one's such as myself who are considered to be dysfunctional individuals must be written about, looked at, studied and evaluated. NOW! Sadness and loneliness are all that I ever knew. They are the only two things that the world ever gave me as a little boy and it is now all that I truly own in my heart. Sadly I say, those two feelings are all that I have to offer back to the world (through my stories) in hopes of making it a better place for the innocent children of tomorrow. I will never forget seeing the last page of my life story come out of the printer. I have never felt so proud. I will never forget slipping that last page into its plastic cover. A protective cover that I have for each and every page that I have written. Then I felt it coming over me and the tears started to roll down my cheeks. I, at that very moment realized that all the sadness, loneliness, misery and pain that I had suffered as a child; That all the heartache and pain from all those years of being beaten and abused; Everything that had been inside of my head for all those years I was now holding in my hands. That I was actually able to feel the unbelievable weight of thirteen pounds of heartache, and that I was now able to look at it, for the very first time with my very own eyes. It was absolutely the saddest thing that I have even known as a human being."
If I may share something I sent to Roger a month or so ago: I am continually in awe of Roger's incredible stories. Each one touches some part of my heart and soul. But I am even more in awe of Roger as a person. There is no one in this world who has more "reason" to use his past as an excuse for present problems than Roger. However, instead of becoming full of hatred, bitterness, and spite, Roger has become someone full of love, hope, and encouragement. Yes, I am sure it was a long hard road, with many trials since his youth, but he has come Thank you Roger and Judy for sharing your wonderful stories with all of us here at Straight From the Heart! Michael ___________________________________________________ AND WHEN I DIE By Roger Dean Kiser Sr.
Roger Dean Kiser, Sr. Send Roger an email and let him know what you thought of his story! A little bit about Roger: Roger Dean Kiser Sr. and his wife Judy have been married for five years Check out more of Roger and Judy's writing on our website: Straight From the Heart Just type in "Kiser" on the search box and click go! You can pre-order Roger's much anticipated book at the following site: Orphan by Roger Dean Kiser, Sr. You absolutely have to check out Roger's website below! Orphan Thought For The Day: "Here is the test to see if your mission here on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't." Verse for the Day: "For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands."
"Sometimes you need a little push to go down the big slide." Parent's Thought For The Day "If your baby is 'beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time', you're the grandma." Coach's Thought For The Day "We're never as good as we think we are, nor as bad as we think we are." Deep Thought For The Day: "Drive-in banking was invented so cars could go in and see
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