Once by the Early Autumn Leaves

"Once By The Early Autumn Leaves" by Carolyn Barber is a riveting true story in poetry and a treasure for anyone who has ever struggled with questions of loss, hope, physical or mental illness, faith, love, divorce, recovery, death, and life. Both the wisdom this book offers and the strength and beauty it shares bring comfort, courage, and healing perspectives to all who have ever dealt with hard questions and challenging situations in life. Carolyn Barber, RN, author of "Once By The Early Autumn Leaves," is an accomplished poet and writer with a lifelong love of writing and the creative arts. She has a BA with honors from Keene State in Keene, NH with an emphasis in dance, theater, and choreography and AA, magna cum laude, in Nursing. She has enjoyed a distinguished career as a registered nurse working in a variety of settings including Emergency Rooms, Addictions Units, Rehab, Mental Health, Ask-A-Nurse, and Psychiatric Wards. Carolyn has had articles published on nursing, dance, and theater and is a past winner of the distinguished Mary M. Roberts Writing Award for the "American Journal Of Nursing." She has received excellent reviews for her acclaimed book "Of God And Women: A Common Memoir" available on Amazon.com. Carolyn has lived in the Midwest and New England and enjoyed travel, gardening, painting, the creative arts, and has mothered a lively creative expanding family. "ONCE BY THE EARLY AUTUMN LEAVES" IS A COMPELLING BOOK BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN THAT OFFERS HOPE AND BEAUTY IN A CHALLENGING WORLD. THIS IS A LIFE TRANSFORMING WORK OF POETRY BRINGING HEALING, FAITH, STRENGTH, AND NEW PERSPECTIVES IN SEASONS OF LOSS AND CHANGE." -DR. JUDITH ERIKSON "A must read for anyone who has ever encountered loss, death, grief, despair, or illness. The strength contained in this brilliantly written inspirational book brings gifts of courage, wit, humor, hope, & resurrection to those fortunate enough to read these enchanting pages. A remarkable legacy "-Rev. Dr. Mary Johnson