Hanford's Hidden Treasure

I don't see myself as a nobody. I know who I am in the eyes of God. I am somebody special, I am an author. You didn't know that? Well, no wonder! Because businesses won't let you know about me!  I tried to let the people of Hanford know they have an author in town. I had my first book signing in a library a couple years ago. Perhaps you didn't  read the paper that week. You know what? That is okay. I got what I wanted even though after the local paper featured me in the paper, no one asked me about it.

Let's go back many years ago when I was in high school. Was I popular? No. Was I accepted? Maybe. Maybe not. I got teased a lot. I didn't have many friends. Thanks God, my self esteem wasn't based on what my peers thought about me. I knew I didn't fit in according to their standards.

I am an adult now. I thought maybe things have changed. Many of the people who weren't my friends in High School are now. It isn't my peers that is making me feel unimportant. It is the whole freakin town. I wish I could leave Hanford! (Where is my prince charming when I need him?) All of my friends are gone. I have none and yet I move on. I don't need two hundred men falling at my feet. I know who I am in Christ. I am His. He brought me at a price. I am His Beloved. I don't need approval from people when I have God's approval.

I am an author and I bet you didn't know that. I have tried to get a book signing going. I walked to businesses because I don't have a car. I can't get around as some of you can. I have been deprived of a lot of things, but I am not dwelling on it. I know God has big plans for me so I am waiting on it. I try to make a name for myself where I live, but Hanford has proven it over and over again; they don't want to know who that Hidden Treasure is. Someday, Hanford, I will be a best selling author. You will wish you've granted me a book signing in your business. You missed out. Another town will find that hidden treasure. You can't claim me as your own because.... you rejected me.

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  1. The Book WhispererSeptember 29, 2013 at 9:41 PM

    Don't give up hope!!!

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    1. Ruthie MadisonSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:06 AM

      Not on writing. Just the town...unless by some miracle someone ask me to do a book signing.

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