AFTER ALL THAT WE?VE BEEN THROUGH IBD

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As a child on a cold Christmas Eve in a country farmhouse in the early 1950s, R. Olin Jackson sat mesmerized before a crackling warm fire in the hearth at his family home in the mountains of northwest Georgia, as his father read - in a deep sonorous voice - Clement Clarke MooreâÇÖs immortal 'TâÇÖwas The Night Before Christmas.'á Olin, his brother, David, and sisters Patricia and Mary were fascinated and awed by this wonderfully-lyrical work of art, just as children occasionally continue to be even today.á The unique verse in MooreâÇÖs poem introduced Olin to the inspirational world of that art and its poignant influences upon life.Even though he didnâÇÖt know it at the time, poetry was to become incremental to OlinâÇÖs life.áInspired by such masterpieces as Robert FrostâÇÖs 'Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening,' the captivating KiplingâÇÖs 'If,' John Greenleaf WhittierâÇÖs 'The Barefoot Boy,' and the incomparable LongfellowâÇÖs 'The Wreck of the Hesperus,' Olin eventually began making lyrical attempts of his own.On the pages which follow, a handful of those efforts are presented for the reader.áIn these heart-felt simple works, Olin has presented a picture of, perhaps, the forces at work as one pursues his or her daily life, and further, musings of the manner in which the Almighty demonstrates to each and every one of us what truly is important in this life so fleeting. . . .á