Forget Me Knots…from the Front Porch
By Compiled by Helen Kay Polaski  

      Do you ever long for that sense of security that enveloped you as a child? It doesn’t matter if you are 20, 30, 40-something or beyond. This book gives you the sense of that special someone who was always there for you, to hold you in their arms, as you sat with them on the front porch.

     Forget Me Knots…from the Front Porch will take you down Memory Lane, back to a young child, who cries because she does not understand why President Kennedy has been shot; a young girl who learns the principles of fishing from her daddy; and youngsters and oldsters alike, who all had a special front porch as a part of their lives.

     One of the things that I found most interesting about this anthology was the difference of the contributing authors. Their stories came from the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Canada and all across the United States. Perhaps a bit unusual is the fact that several men also told their tales in the volume.

      The book is conveniently divided into six parts: “Memories Frozen in Time,” “Child’s Play,” “Grandpa and Grandma”, “Special Memories,” “Growing Up” and “Family Ties.” Ms. Polaski has done a wonderful job of compiling the very best of people’s past that will leave you with a warm feeling, like you have just had a gentle, warm summer breeze pass over you. It ends, very aptly, with a wonderful tribute to Ms. Polaski’s own mother and father—the parents of 16 children.