Listening for Hope

In May 2015 Leellyn Tuel stood before her class of second-graders in Kansas and made a promise: She would publish her poetry, just as she was teaching them to do. She began harvesting poetry from her journals, written throughout a lifetime of challenges and opportunities a culture shift in childhood, finding a career, growing a family with a disabled child, mentoring women spiritually, developing adventures in teaching, and now care-giving for her husband. The act of journaling had encouraged contemplating Gods Word and his ways and seeking his help. Poetry became the language to express her insights. Leellyn fills the snippets of her free time with sewing, reading, word games, movies, swimming, yard work, and baking bread.