Poetry for the Soul (ePub)

Bridget "Que-t'ness" Snipes, born Bridget La'chall Jackson, was born on February 18, 1962, in Dallas, Texas, to parents Addison "Sonny" Beecham Jr. and Diane Jackson. Six months later, her parents were married, Mr. and Mrs. Addison Beecham Jr., and so her surname changed. Bridget Beecham-Snipes is the eldest of four children: two brothers, Addison III and Victor, and one sister, Mary Beecham, now Gibson.

At the tender age of four, she was diagnosed with sickle-cell disease, which is an African American hereditary disease. Bridget was not allowed to run and play the way the other children did. This disease caused her physical limitations. Though Bridget was limited to physical exercise, it did not limit her ability to accept her life for what it was.

Bridget's limitations did not stop her desire to be a writer. As a youth, she desired to write about her life of acceptance and denial of the challenges of growing up with physical limitations. "I have seen people run, skate, ride bicycles, and much more, but never me," says Bridget.

In 1979, her parents moved from Dallas to San Bernardino in Southern California because high humidity was not conducive to her health. Even at the age of seven, her dream was to write, and poetry was her forte. But it took her over thirty-five years to publish her first book, Poetry for the Soul, with more to come. Bridget's long desire is to be a motivational speaker. She feels that we should embrace life no matter what the circumstances are as "there is life and death in the power of the tongue," so "be slow to speak, slow to wrath, and quick to listen" (KJV).

There would be no "e" in me without God Almighty! Don't complain about the bad; celebrate the good in the leftovers. Hallelujah!

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