Beyond the ordinary

APPRECIATIONS                                                                     

The author would like to express his appreciation to the late Rod Raymond owner of the Tribune in Campbellton, NB, to whom he sold his first children's column for 5 cents just to be able to claim that he sold his first piece of work called THE TOT SPOT.  Next appreciation goes to the late Dr. Tish Thornton of a Creative Writing Class at STU under whom the author won the Creative Writing Award entitled the Edwin Flaherty Prize for Creative Writing.  Many thanks are extended to the late Dr. Robert Gibbs for review of a first book of poetry entitled Views from Apartment 301.  A further great appreciation is herein extended to the former Dean of Studies, Mr. Gary Briand of Gaspe Peninsula College, PQ, for his encouragement over the years and for his review of Views from Apartment 301.  Almost lastly, to my wife Sarah for her unlimited patience in facilitating everything I have been able to do in all areas of ministry and book fairs and everything imaginable.  All my thanks, appreciation and gratitude go to my God, my Lord and Saviour, and His Holy Spirit, for nothing would have been possible without His will.  On the Christian side of life, we are indebted to Pastor Steve McLean of Victory Churches Canada for welcoming us into the Victory movement first founded by Drs. George and Hazel Hill.  Finally, many thanks to one of our sons, Scott, for sponsoring the publication in full of the book entitled Life Lines.