This poem pretty well says it all, but there is a little more that I'd like to tell you:

Over the years I had thought about this kind and gentle friend. I wanted to find him to tell him how much his attitudes meant to me and of course the bracelet too. And also let him know about the years of remembering my guilt and shame I felt for disobeying him.

His kindness had a much deeper effect on my conscience than a hard scolding or a spanking would have had. Let me tell you that if I had been scolded for disopbeying I know I wouldn't have felt near the guilt. And it's for positive that the charm-bracelet and my fond loving appreciative memories would have vanished completely!

By now you are probably wondering how I ever came to find my friend over sixty years later.

After many years I moved back to the area where I went to school as a young child. I thought about Windell but I knew that the teacher that year had came from some other town and I had no idea where.

Just days before I wrote this poem I was at church and there was an announcement for a prayer request for Windell Boone.

I knew this had to be the Windell Boone I had lost track of years ago. I felt so excited! Now I could find out where he lives. Although I felt excited I also felt very sad because Windell was ill.

During my prayer time Windell was top priority!   I went to bed thinking about how he touched my young heart so profoundly, many long years ago!

Yes, soon this poem came flooding into my mind.

I firmly believe in spanking when there seems no other method will get the child's attention but I know that in certain instances an act of loving kindness penetrates the child's conscience and heart in a much more profound way.

Windell blessed my heart and soul!

I praise God for Windell Boone's tender, loving heart and his kindness shown to me.