Inspirations and Emotions

About the Book

My name is Daniel Hamel. Thank you for purchasing a copy of my book of poems. The book is titled,” Inspirations and Emotions”. The title suits this collection very well. They are all written because a topic or an event inspired me to write it. And the Emotions that I felt while writing virtually all of these, especially the ones written that have to do with my disease. While I was still active and after I went to rehab. There were many many tears shed with pen to the paper. These poems are all inspired by me as a person who in many ways lived a simple life with many complications along the way. So many as you will read are self inflicted. While others I had no control over. I am a man with hobbies, family and friends, and a disease that is in my blood that I let overpower my life.

About the Author

My name is Daniel J. Hamel. I was born June 13th 1964. My birth mothers name was Shirley Ann Fisher. My birth father, I have no information on who he was. My name at birth was Timothy John Chandler. At age 6 months I along with my year and a half old sister Gwen were taken away from our mother by the state of Vt. and put up for adoption. Our 3 year old brother Fred was allowed to stay. She was determined to be unfit to raise 3 children alone as an alcoholic. Gwen and I were adopted separately by two different families. I was adopted by Ronald and Madelyne Hamel of Windsor Vt. I was the youngest of 5 children and graduated in 1982 from Windsor High School. I have one son named Joseph Timothy from my first marriage. He was born November 1st 1988. He has blessed me with my only grandchild Jack Joseph and very influential aspect to my sobriety. I have battled the disease myself over the years. In the fall of 2011 I started writing poetry. Several were written before I got sober while I was married to my second wife. As that marriage was failing I continued to write. When we separated in January 2014 we still loved each other but I wasn’t the man she married. A month later on February 23rd she took me to rehab which saved my life. I continued to write in rehab and in sobriety afterward as Jennifer and I worked on our marriage. In October of 2014 I made a decision I didn’t want her son to be a part of my life. We were divorced in December.