A Blessing, Caring & Sharing takes you to that place we all long for “inner peace.” This collection of poems also brings you spiritual and inspirational messages of hope, love, and the world of Autism. Finding that inner peace can do so much for the soul. If your looking for that peace of mind through everyday living, if your looking to relax after a stressful day, if you live with Autism, or if your searching the beauty of life in a vast changing world, then this book is for you. Imagine your dreams fulfilled, to be encouraged, to enjoy life. In the poem “You” the author expresses healing in searching God’s peace for self. In “John” she expresses her son’s uniqueness, his gift to the world, as she pleads for public understanding of Autism. And in her poem “Choices” she expresses how we can choose to live life. Doris Washington brings you her thoughts about inner peace, love, and living with Autism. A Blessing, Caring & Sharing will enlighten, inspire, and touch your life more than you can imagine.

Author Doris Washington Featured on Showcase Newspaper December 2008
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This Day, A Dream, A Promise Fulfilled
By Doris Washington
One's dream fulfills the hope of love and humanity for all
(Dedication to Barack Obama The President of the United States of America )

A dream has come this day,
Filled with hopes,
Opportunities,
To live our best life,
To be all we can be,
Explore all possibilities beyond our most imagination.
To discover our own uniqueness.
To open our minds,
To listen,
To hear always with Love.

A dream has come this day,
With a leader whose voice speaks not only for self,
But for others as well.
Building a foundation
To Grow,
To Prosper,
To Achieve,
Dreams we all wish for ourselves.

A dream has come this day,
To fulfill the promise we can build a world
Of Hope,
Of Opportunity,
Of Tolerance,
Of Understanding -
And Love.

This Day, A Dream, A Promised Fulfilled copyright (c) Doris Washington, November 2008. All rights reserved.

Note of Poem Acknowledgement from the President of the United States

Thank you for your recent note, and for sharing your thoughts with me. Your kind words echo the messages of millions of Americans who have welcomed me and my family to the White House with an outpouring of goodwill.

On January 20th, Americans spoke with one voice, choosing hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. Our Nation faces serious challenges, but we will overcome them if our imagination is joined to common purpose.

Now is our time to work together, reaffirm our enduring spirit, and choose our better history. With your help, we will renew our Nation's promise to carry forth the great gift of freedom to our future generations, as our forebears have delivered it to us.

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Doris Washington is a spiritual writer, author, poet, entrepreneur, and disability advocate who resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with her husband and son John. Doris takes the inspiration for her poetry from an unfortunate incident that involved her 18-year-old son with autism and two police officers in December 1993. This unfortunate incident impacted Doris´ life greatly. She was empowered to advocate for a statewide training program "Recognizing Special Needs" for police officers to recognize persons with special needs. And through this period of Doris’ life her writing began. Doris has found peace and healing through her poetry. Her husband is her anchor of support and best friend. Her son is her inpiration to write. She has written over 500 poems. She writes poems about her closeness with God, spirituality, autism awareness, inspirations, positive thinking, social issues in our world, and greetings. She is an entrepreneur of DORIS´ POEMS. She does readings at nursinbg homes, churches, schools, and community. She has self-published two books of poems "A Blessing, Caring & Sharing" and "Faith, Hope & Love." Her book "A Blessing, Caring & Sharing" was listed on THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS MAGAZINE June 12, 2008 issue, and the book also received great commercial success that was posted in the Scripps College Newsletter in Claremont, California of February 2011. The author also received a letter of acknowledgement from President Barack Obama in April 2009 for her poem "This Day, A Promise, A Dream Fulfilled" that she wrote in honor of President Obama. She has also received letters of ascknowledgement for her poem "The Sun Still Shines In The Morning" from Mayor Michael Bloomberg in honor of September 11, 2001, and from former President Bill Clinnton for her poem "For The Children" that she dedicated for the people of Haiti Earhquake Relief in March 2010. Now with her new book "The Joy In The Morning And A New Day Begins" she combines poems of old and many new poems that express inner peace, hope, love, the awarenes of autism, peace and love in the world and much more. She has done a numerous of over 300 book signigs across the coountry, and she continues to travel across the country to book signings and poetry reading reading events. Her desire hopes that her poetry will be an inspiration for many all over the world.