Goldie, born in 1916 in the deep South where she lived until her death in 1965, wrote poetry about family, nature, compassion and God—sometimes mixed with a dash of humor, especially in poems such as “A Letter to the Teacher” and “A Boy and His Toad.” From her early twenties until five days before her death, Goldie wrote about her childhood memories on the family farm, her children and grandchildren, her preacher, the death of a family member killed in the war, and more. Most of her poems, including the inspirational “Margaret,” were written during her final and most difficult decade when she was hospitalized several times. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, Goldie expresses the emotions of life that we all experience and always in words that renew one’s spirit.