{"product_id":"stories-and-poems-from-the-water-bucket-9798896830269","title":"Stories and Poems from the Water Bucket","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of stories and poems begins with a five-year-old boy standing on a big rock at the end of the driveway, waiting for his father to rumble over the hill on his school bus. The bus slows down and stops, and the boy gets on for the short ride to the bus shed. Many years later, far out in the Universe, the boy now an old man encounters the dazzling, goddess Shekinah - the feminine side of Jehovah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn between, the little boy grows up dreaming of being a major leaguer, an Arkansas Razorback, or at least a Greenwood Bulldog. But alas, fate provided a different destiny. He became a storyteller. He wrote stories about his childhood and his adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrady Jim Robinson's\u003c\/strong\u003e stories about growing up in Arkansas first appeared in Sports Illustrated in 1979. His first story, \"The Diving Contest\" (June 1979), was later published in Reader's Digest and in dozens of small magazines. The film rights were sold to a Hollywood producer. His stories center around a boy desperately seeking the approval of his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efootball-coach father through attempts at athletic glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobinson developed many of his stories as a youth minister in Tulsa and Memphis and later, in the world of nightclub comedy, and during a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethirty-year career as a professional motivational speaker for corporations across America. In 1994, he was inducted into the National Speaker's Hall of Fame. He continues to create stories and poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17583594\"\u003eGrady Jim Robinson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aspire Publishing Hub, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896830269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspire Publishing Hub, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48459682578669,"sku":"9798896830269","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_579643c1-4388-4a5c-95d1-1e714c0df12a.jpg?v=1753645488","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/stories-and-poems-from-the-water-bucket-9798896830269","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}