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The author of Meeting the Christ of Christmas claims no fame in the publishing world, but she has no memory of life without literature. Sherrie Lynne Crawford Morrison began writing little poems as young as seven. In grade school she gained a limited reputation among her peers as a teller of tales and reciter of poems. Upon graduation from Chadbourn High School in eastern North Carolina, she began her baccalaureate studies in English Language Arts at St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina. Ms. Morrison began teaching during the tumultuous years of desegregation. Marriage and the birth of two children within fourteen months brought her teaching career to a halt. During Ms. Morrison’s years as a homemaker, writing poems became a way of journaling life. Occasional poems and celebratory poems for family and friends filled notebooks and stray papers. Somewhere along the way, the tradition began. Each Christmas and Easter a line of poetry would repeat itself in her mind until she sat down and wrote. These devotional meditations on the birth and death of Christ were stored away, seldom if ever shared. When the children were in high school, Ms. Morrison returned to college and renewed her teaching credentials. She returned to the classroom in Kings Mountain Middle School, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Life changes brought her to South Carolina in the summer of 1990. She taught English, drama, journalism, public speaking, and creative writing in the Lexington District I high schools until her retirement. She represented Lexington District I as Teacher of the Year in 1995-96. Throughout those years the collection of poems grew. She began to share. From retirement until the present, Ms. Morrison, most familiarly known as Ms. Mo, is still teaching. She has held teaching positions in private Christian schools and home school resource centers. Her first volume of poetry comes in response to the urging of friends with whom she began to share what she has written. It is to these friends she owes the courage to join the publishing community.