Today we have another wonderful written piece from Jeanne Claire Probst, in our continuing literary series.
Report by Paula Antolini
March 26, 2015 8:29AM EDT
Today we have another wonderful written piece from Jeanne Claire Probst, in our continuing literary series. We are thrilled to have author/poet/blogger Jeanne Claire Probst join Bethel Advocate as a contributor, sharing her “Thought and Poem” written works with us. Her work covers many topics. She is excited to be fulfilling a life-long dream of writing a novel of which “The Fifteen Houses, a Novel” is her first published work. I think you will enjoy! (Read more about Jeanne Claire Probst below.)
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THOUGHT AND POEM
Written By Jeanne Claire Probst
Remember when we were younger, we looked at our parents and said to ourselves, “I am going to do it differently when I am a parent.” Let’s laugh at this one together shall we? Ha Ha. Even though we knew our parents were right on certain issues that we may have rebelled, we did what we wanted anyway. Right?
We move away, we get married; we have children of our own… BAM! We are hit with the same dramas we put our parents through in our earlier years in life. Pay back? Absolutely! But as we must have learned from life experiences, we were determined to be better, do better and think better as parents to our children.
Parenting can be a vicious circle… what comes around, goes around and then all hop the merry-go-round and we get to do it all over again. Has this been your experience in the parent/child category? Share your thoughts with us…
Jeanne Claire Probst
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PARENTS/CHILDREN
Written by Jeanne Claire Probst
As parents, our children think we have all the answers,
We would like to feel we do, but we know better.
Children like to feel they can turn to their parents for the wisest of suggestions,
Still yet, they take our suggestions at times with hesitation.
It is not that they don’t trust us,
They can’t love us enough,
But they like spreading their wings,
As they search for their place, to do their own thing.
And as parents, even though we know they are going down a wrong path,
We have to let them experiences their own steps, we have to stand back.
This is the hardest thing for us to do,
And when they come around and ask us to help them figure things out…we need to resist from saying, “I told you!”
Remember what it was like when we were young,
Remember all the silly things we did and…then…some.
It will help us to understand what it is like to be a child today,
And love them, love them, love them… always!
Jeanne Claire Probst
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The Fifteen Houses, a Novel
The Fifteen Houses is the first book of this new and exciting series to be published. Staged in the beautiful and scenic palate of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, in the early 1950’s, the main character delves into her reoccurring and discomforting memories of her younger, formative years. Searching for answers to questions that have resurfaced in her mind over and over again during her time away from her family, she seeks to find rhyme and reasons to her insecurities, anger, phobias, fears, and life’s choices. Julianne Marguerite, one of eleven children, is determined to uncover the “mystery” that resulted in the downfall of her family. As you turn the pages in the book, each series of memories, will open a different door, to the different homes, (“Fifteen” to be exact).
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ABOUT JEANNE CLAIRE PROBST
Jeanne Claire Probst was born and raised in the New England state of Massachusetts, is retired an lives in Ludlow. She is excited to be fulfilling a life-long dream of writing a novel of which “The Fifteen Houses, a Novel” is her first published work.
Jeanne shares her poetry blog, “Thought and Poem,” on her Facebook Page: Jeanneclaire Probst that is aimed to encourage, comfort, and share with others what it feels like to be human! She is also doing her part in bringing awareness around bullying and finding solutions to redirect anger and disappointments and her blog: Breaking Down the Bully Wall – One Action at a Time can also be followed on Facebook.
For more information about the author, her book and poetry visit:
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