I was inspired to write this book of sayings by two of my sons Lernardo and Cordell. In their late teens, early 20s, they would come to visit, and they always had a story to tell me. When telling me their stories, they would be so expressive about what they were saying and they always end up saying, "It's a beautiful thang" Ma or mama. Which to me was powerful to see the beauty in what they were saying. I love nature, the outdoors, especially watching birds, squirrels, butterflies, ants, and the list goes on. And I am a people watcher. God's creation is so amazing to me. When you stop and take the time to look around at God's creation, you will see wondrous things; the busyness of people doing nothing but walking or sitting, which is their time to relax, animals, birds, insects, even to the flowers peeping through the dirt, trees changing from limbs to beautiful greenery, the sky rolling clouds away and the sun peeking through early in the morning and setting in the evening. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THANG!