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Tag: parenting

  • 10 Lessons of Advice For My Younger Self and Teens

    10 Lessons of Advice For My Younger Self and Teens

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    Justin Farley

    A Healthy Self-Esteem is the Foundation For Good Mental Health All the previous pieces of advice are predicated on having a healthy self-esteem–proud but humble. If we don’t have confidence in who we are we can’t…

  • A Child’s Laughter Parenting Poem

    A Child’s Laughter Parenting Poem

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    Justin Farley

    A Child’s Laughter Poem About the Joy of Being a Parent The sound of your child’s laughter is the sweetest song your heart will ever hear. Warding off any remembrance of disaster, all concerns and worries disappear. Like a spell of healing, an incantation that breaches the ear, it leaves you powerless to resist joyous…

  • Baby Smiles – Poem About Parents Love and Raising Children

    Baby Smiles – Poem About Parents Love and Raising Children

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    Justin Farley

    Baby Smiles Poem About Parents Love and Raising a Child Beauty’s reflected in your eyes – a gift I never thought I’d actualize in my roller coaster ride of a life. But the moment you were born life changed, the desires of my heart were rearranged with you occupying the largest chamber and given unlimited…

  • Poem About Babies and Parenthood

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    Justin Farley

    Parental Love Days spent thinking about all the things I want to teach you all the things I can’t wait to show you but for now it’s fishing for your smiles like twinkling stars in my sky that I want to catch and hold in my pocket forever. How can something so small, so innocent,…

  • Inspirational Parenting Poem About Raising a Child

    Inspirational Parenting Poem About Raising a Child

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    Justin Farley

    The Art of Parenting – Raising kids is an art in a sense. You start with a person that has no “form” to their character and values, and your task is to shape and mold your child as he or she grows. But this piece can move, talk, fight back, defy, love, bless, care, be…


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My Poetry Collections

the book cover of Nature's Bounty by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about the beauty of nature with subjects on birds, plants, trees, animals, the forest, and God.
A deep poetry book about the beauty of nature and the natural world by poet Justin Farley.
the book cover of Frozen Rivers by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the season of winter.
Deep poems about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the winter season by poet Justin Farley. Book 1 of the Seasons series.
a mental health poetry book about joy and nature poems on the season of spring
Inspirational poems about mental health, healing, and spring by poet Justin Farley. Book 2 of the Seasons series.
the book cover of Summer Days Sunburnt Nights by Justin Farley— a mental health poetry book about bipolar disorder and nature poems on the season of spring
Deep poems about bipolar disorder and being neurodivergent, balanced with nature poems on summer by poet Justin Farley. Book 3 of the Seasons series.
the book cover of A Voice in the Wilderness—A Chapbook of Poems About God by Justin Farley. It is a deep Christian poetry collection about contemplation, the spiritual journey, and finding grace through Jesus.
A contemplative, prayerful Christian poetry book about the spiritual journey and discovering God’s grace, mercy, and love.
the book cover of Thorns of Love by Justin Farley. It is a deep love poetry collection about sadness of breakups, divorce, and heartbreak.
A deep love poetry book about the pain of break ups and the heartbreak felt when relationships end by poet Justin Farley.