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Just A Four Letter Word

Written by Brenda Farrar-Ejemai

Topic: Life LessonsPublished October 12, 2008
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Just a four letter word with powerful meaningnnSomething to hang onto when there is no rope leftnnNothing tangible, nothing you can touchnnYet we cling to it, some for dear lifennREALLY! HOPE, the little four letter wordnnIt has kept many holding on to it, When there was no reason to trust its magic, Nor its ability to keep them from fallingnnCan’t imagine the multitude of folk who depend on its ability to delivernnWhat would it be like without HOPE? What would happen if it had an expiration date? No doubt, a thunderous sound there would bennAs those who were holding on, hanging on, to the last miniscule of a threadnnEXPECTATIONS!n nHOPING FOR THE BEST! Now in mid-air with nothing left to hold onto - nnnTHUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP,nTHUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP… Brenda Farrar-Ejemain© 2008n(Author of: The Family In The Car, A Revelation)nwww.TheFamilyInTheCar.comnwww.youtube.com/thefamilyinthecarnISBN 978-1-58909-485-7n

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In 1994, Brenda Farrar-Ejemai wrote her first piece of literature, a poem, entitled: ‘Experience’. Two years later, in 1996, her children’s book: Roast Beef and Gravy and Black Tongue was written. In 1998, both Poetry From The Heart and a motivational series (including The Goal, Worry, and Fear) were published. The documentary/book: The Family In The Car, A Revelation, (written in 2004) is her fourth book.

Ms. Farrar-Ejemai is an author, educator, conference speaker, and business woman. She is a contributing editor for BrooWaha Newspaper, located in New York, Los Angeles, London and Paris. She writes motivational articles on various blogs. She is also a board member and the Training Director of the United Black Writers Association.

She was born and raised in New York City. There she attended elementary, junior/high school, and college. After attending the City University of New York, she graduated Magna Cum Laude, with degrees in education/sociology.

Favor Blooms, LLC was started in 1994 by Brenda Farrar-Ejemai, and was birthed out of the need to produce work that was not only significant, but timely.

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