• Before I Was Me
• A wonderful illustrated book 

Before I was me,

When  I was still with God,

I asked Him, “Who will I become?”

“Oh, my little one,” He replied,

“I have great plans for you!

I have chosen you to be

a very important person whom I will always love.”

Thus begins a charming odyssey of self-discovery, as, in conversation with God,

the child imagines himself as:

. . . an  ASTRONAUT  going off to work each morning in a rocket,

stopping   halfway to Mars for milk and cookies . . .

. . . a  BAKER  baking yummy treats everyone wants . . .

. . . a  FARMER  growing food for hungry people

of all nations around the world . . .

. . . a  DOCTOR  healing giraffes and rabbits, and, yes, people, too . . .

. . . a  TEACHER  helping boys and bears and gophers and girls

Become  the best they can be (while giving hugs to the downcast!) . . .

. . . a  PARENT  making the lives of children happy and safe; and finally…

. . . a  CHILD! . . . important simply for who he is

and WHOM GOD WILL ALWAYS LOVE