The power of words. I realized early in my college career that words can have a tremendous impact on others.
   At that time, my dream of being a writer was shattered by a creative writing professor obviously struggling to encourage. I had written an article that I was sure was a Reader’s Digest shoo-in! On my returned paper were the words “You have nice handwriting!” Nice words but, for me, a negative message. And, enough to discourage me for many years.
   After a long time of writing and being published by my church, my husband said to me, “I really think you ought to try to publish some of your writing in magazines.”
   “But what about Mrs. Grant. You know what she said to me in college.”
   “Forget about her.” he said. “I really think you can do it!”
   I began to search for information on writing. I went to my first writ ...