I remember visiting Grandmother's house when I was a child!  My favorite memories of those visits centered around the wonderful stories she would tell us at bedtime.  Even as an adult, I always looked forward to visiting with Grandmother and hearing her stories.  Grandmother also loved to read and write poetry.  Her yearly Christmas poem was always eagerly awaited by everyone in the Graebner family.  Grandmother's poetry inspired me to write my own.  I began writing poems as a young child, and have continued to enjoy writing as an adult.

Grandmother wrote poetry about life. She wrote about her travels all over the world, and about her feelings about what was going on in society. She wrote about her husband, my Grandfather, Albert Graebner, including many poems of mourning after his death. She wrote inspirational poetry; always finding beauty in the world God created. She wrote of childhood, and whimsy. I have tried to include the same themes in many of my poems. In my childhood I tended to write about the world around me, viewed through young eyes. My more recent work tends to reflect my optimistic views.