Touch the Sky

Have you ever been so happy with the things that were happening your life you felt that you had never been to that level before? Sometimes in my life it was a promotion, a new birth, maybe it was the greatest love of life. There are just those special times when everything in life pales by comparison. It is during those moments we feel so elated that we could Touch The Sky. It is through these poems that I hope you will travel again in your memories and you will once again Touch The Sky.

I was born Sonja C. Crawford, the daughter of Welch and Alma Plemmons Crawford. I had one sister, Linda. I have been blessed with one child, Stacy Carol. My paternal grandparents were Joseph P. and Anne King Crawford. My maternal grandparents were Isham H. Plemmons and Sarah. He was a hit songwriter in the 1919 to 1935 era. He wrote numerous poems that were used by many famous entertainers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Dean. Most of them were inspirational poems. I started writing poems and short stories around the age of eleven. The novels started appearing around the age of twenty-seven. I am also an award-winning artist using the mediums of oils and water colors. I was one of the three first women who passed the Kentucky auctioneers test. I held at one time a North Carolina and Kentucky Real Estate license, the Kentucky Auctioneers Apprentice license, and the Certified Appraisers license. I studied sign language and use it in Gospel songs. I was married to E. Ray Warren, and we lived in Kentucky for many years. After his passing, I returned to my hometown in Asheville, North Carolina. I married Joseph V. Rackes, and we lived in a wonderful two-story home in Michigan. Between the two of us, we have five children and ten grandchildren and one greatgrandson. With him, my life became one of wonder. He is now deceased,