Reflections of Me: Living Life Experiences by Sarah Wilburn is a deeply personal collection of narrative poems, prayers, memories, and moral reflections shaped by faith, family, work, hardship, and self-examination. Wilburn writes from the center of her own life, moving from the mirror of self-image to the crowded confusion of “Downtown Chaos,” from the ache of job loss in “At Home Job” to the spiritual certainty of “It’s In His Word” and “Words of Inspiration.” The book feels less like a conventional poetry collection and more like a testimony in motion, a record of one woman trying to understand what life has taught her and how God has carried her through it.

What stayed with me most was the book’s sincerity. Wilburn writes with the plainspoken urgency of someone who has lived through disappointment, gossip, uncertainty, betrayal, and change, and still wants to come out of it with her spirit intact. I found “At Home Job” especially touching because it takes something painful, the loss of a long teaching career, and slowly turns it into a quieter kind of victory. The poem begins in tears and confusion, but by the end, prayer and writing have become a kind of shelter. That movement from hurt to acceptance gives the book its emotional pulse. Even the lighter pieces, like “Colors” or “Family Reunion,” carry that same desire to find meaning in everyday things, in clothing, relatives, routines, and passing conversations.

The writing itself has a homespun rhythm that can be charming. Wilburn leans on rhyme, repetition, direct address, and moral instruction, and at times the poems feel more like spoken-word sermons or church recitations than literary verse. There’s an authentic voice here, and I appreciated its candor. In “Blind Fate” and “Betrayal,” the poems become tangled, restless, and almost breathless, which suits their subjects. The ideas are firmly rooted in Christian belief, sometimes tenderly and sometimes with a stern warning, but Wilburn’s larger concern is recognizable beyond doctrine: How do we keep going when people fail us, when we fail ourselves, when the path ahead refuses to clear?

By the end, I felt that Reflections of Me is best read as a devotional life journal in poetic form, full of gratitude, bruises, encouragement, and hard-won faith. I’d recommend it to readers who enjoy faith-based poetry, personal testimony, inspirational reflections, and writing that feels close to the voice of a church elder, teacher, or loved one offering wisdom across the kitchen table.

Pages: 52 | ASIN: B0H45GD935