This is actually a song I wrote in the middle of the night. Tossing and turning, suddenly it started coming to me. The next day, I played it for my adorable vocal performance student, Candan Grace Stark, age ten. And she came up with the chords and words for the chorus. I will always remember how wonderful that was.

Oklahoma City was the site of the worst terrorist act in history on American soil up to the date of April 19th, 1995: The main target was the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Following the bombing, my husband, Chuck, and I were privileged to take part in the search and rescue effort.

The inspiration for this collection of positive message story poems comes from my father - William Lee Dunsworth. A poet at heart, he showered his family with poems. I have tried to follow in his footsteps. I hope you love these poems.

"Special" is the true story of my year teaching special education at the middle school level. It is an unexpected, haunting and heart-warming story about children with disabilities and how their lives and loves matter and how I discovered that love conquers all.