In Gardens Where We Glory

In, "Gardens Where We Glory" Sallie McCormick-Adams digs into life's garden and its variety. This is a beautiful poetry collection in which she discerns life and the world through her unique perceptions and understandings. Her wonderful book offers a fusion of poetry, pictures and family artwork, to create a beautifully blooming tapestry of the author's poetry and life.

For Sallie, this book was especially close to her heart. She saw life as a celebration, and all God's handiwork a palette to celebrate poetically. In her life she experienced great tragedy, heartaches, and daily trials, yet she rarely let them steal her joy, or diminish her faith. Her faith in Christ kept her strong, and gave her wings to continue forward. Her poetry carries this confidence, hope, and strength.

Sallie McCormick-Adams, through her 71 years of writing, left her mark on the world through her poetry. She was published worldwide along-side some of the most published contemporary poets of her time period. Sallie's work has been published in: the DeKalb Literary Arts Journal, DeKalb University, Hyacinths and Biscuits, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, University of Nebraska ,Grit, Ozark Mountaineer, Rockford Review, Southeast University Press, The Amherst Society, Stone Drum, as well as in publications through The Missouri Writers Guild. She was a member of the Missouri Writers Guild, Saturday Writers, The Rockford Review, and Poetry Society of America. Along with numerous other poetry societies and poetry guilds.
Sallie McCormick-Adams life was a miracle. She valued life. She was a very faithful woman, holding dearly to her faith in Jesus Christ.
She was born on April 8, 1934 at the Crittenden Home in Columbus, Ohio, weighing in at ten pound! Her very young courageous birth Mother chose to give her baby girl a chance in life, in light of the tragic way she came into being. This young mother gave Sallie up for adoption. Sallie was soon adopted by Dr. James Edward and Edna Lucille Lorimer-McCormick of Zanesville, Ohio. Sallie grew up in Zanesville, Ohio and graduated from Lash High school. She went on to graduate from Stephens College, and the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, majoring in Early Childhood Education & minoring in Music.
On June 11, 1955 Sallie married John R. Adams. They have two children, Michael & Heather.
They lived in, Chicago, Illinois, Washington, Missouri and briefly in Raleigh, North Carolina, retuning to St. Charles County, Missouri where they called home for over 50 years. They were married 59 years.
Sallie passed away 2014.
Being adopted, Sallie spent her life searching through many genealogy resources both in her travels and in privately researching for her birth mother to thank her for giving her life!