Since 1974 Minnie Remembers has been read and loved my millions of people all over the world. First published by Alive Now!, a publication of the Upper Room, it has been made into two documentary films, won a Golden Eagle film award from CINE, and been reprinted in hundreds of periodicals, both religious and secular as well as many books.

My paternal grandmother, Minnie Worley, was the inspiration for the poem. She raised 9 children and 4 grandchildren and was a devout Christian woman. Widowed and blind by her late 60s, her son, my father, took over the farming and took her to live with us. As a child I read to Grandma from her beloved King James Bible and I credit my love for the beauty of language to that activity.

Recently I came across a number of prints that were made after the poem became popular. Using a rare photo of Minnie Worley, Les Booth, owner of Net 500 Communications Group, rendered the poem by hand in calligraphy. A portion of that print is reproduced above. It is done on gold parchment card stock. One of these prints was on display for several years in the Upper Room Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, where Minnie Remembers was first published. I recall being show the print while a staff member gave me a tour of the gallery. I was in Nashville to watch the filming of a portion of the Minnie Remembers film done by United Methodist Communications.

If you would like to learn more about the print, or how to obtain one, please go to www.mindsinger.com .  (As of this morning, 4/30/08, the information has not been posted on the mindsinger website.  So if you will add a comment asking for that information, I’ll be glad to answer as soon as I see it.)