Two new chapters. One old promise.

The Footprints story did not end on the beach.

For 40 years the world has read one night, one dream, one set of footprints. Charles Lee wrote what happens next. Download the new chapters today. Print them for your wall and your church. Most of every dollar goes to children who need it.

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Footprints, being carried by my Lord. Footsteps, learning to follow my Lord. Walking Together, joining my Lord.

01Footsteps, the second chapter

I see you have learned to follow in my footsteps.

Most everyone knows the story “Footprints.” As for me I continued walking with my Lord in the dream. After awhile we came to a point where, once again, I looked back. Seeing just one set of footprints again, and about to point out to my Lord that he had not been carrying me this time, when he spoke up and said, “Ah, I see you have learned to follow, in my footsteps.” I smiled. He stated, “Because of your faith, I promise, I will never leave you.”

The first story had no promise in it. The second one does. The third chapter, Walking Together, ends with one set of footprints left behind. My Lord's and mine.

02The Collection

Two sets. $4.99 a piece. Yours in two minutes.

The Trilogy carries all three chapters on five different skies. The Stories and Poems stand on their own. Every download is a high resolution file sized for framing. Print it at home, at a local shop, or order it framed when framed editions arrive.

The Trilogy · all three chapters, five skies

TrilogyMost loved

The Trilogy: On the Shore

All three chapters, Footprints, Footsteps, and Walking Together, on the beach where the story began. The classic.

$4.99

TrilogyMost loved

The Trilogy: Kentucky Sunset

All three chapters over a blazing Kentucky sunset. The one that looks like home.

$4.99

Trilogy

The Trilogy: Open Sky

All three chapters in a wide blue sky. Some folks see a dragon in that cloud. Look for yourself.

$4.99

Trilogy

The Trilogy: The Rainbow

All three chapters under a rainbow. The promise, painted across the sky.

$4.99

Trilogy

The Trilogy: Island Sands

All three chapters on white island sand and clear turquoise water.

$4.99

Stories and Poems · eight pieces that stand on their own

PoemMost loved

The Voice

An evening stroll, the voices of family gone home before, and the Lord with his arms open wide.

$4.99

Poem

The Fall

Every fall of a lifetime, and then the best fall of them all. Right into the arms of God.

$4.99

Poem

The Bum

A park bench at night, a man with no shoes, and the best friend nobody recognized.

$4.99

Story

Old Man on the Pier

An old man crying at sunrise over his family. Then you realize whose children they are.

$4.99

Story

Working for my Lord

A cry heard down the beach, a man on his knees, and the work that never ends.

$4.99

Poem

Fathers Parting Words

See you later, he said. And it rang true at Heaven's Gates.

$4.99

Poem

The Cross

With Heaven above and the earth below, I hung in the middle just to let you know. Charles set that cross on the hill himself.

$4.99

Poem

Brighter Days

Brighter days are ahead of you, my precious, precious child. For the wall that needs it most.

$4.99

The Complete Collection

Every trilogy backdrop, every story, and every poem in one download. Print any of them, as many times as you need, for your home and your church.

~~$64.87~~ separately

$29.99

03Formats and framing

One story. Six ways to hang it.

Downloads ship today. Everything below ships to your door when the print line opens. Join the list and you will hear first, and waitlist members get first-run pricing.

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Digital Download

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The file itself, sized for framing. Print at home, at a local shop, or send it to anyone who needs it today.

Sizes: 8x10, 12x16, 18x24, 24x36

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Rolled matte print on sand background, 800x600

Matte Art Print

Coming soon

Museum grade matte paper with a soft, glare free finish. Ships rolled, ready for the frame you already own.

Sizes: 12x16, 18x24, 24x36

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Framed print leaning on plaster wall, 800x600

Framed Print

Coming soon

Arrives framed, wired, and ready to hang. Three frame styles, each with acrylite front and a lifetime of wall time ahead.

Frame styles

Matte BlackGallery WhiteNatural Oak

Sizes: 12x16, 18x24, 24x36

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Stretched Canvas

Coming soon

Hand stretched over a wooden frame with the image wrapping the edges. No frame needed. The church wall favorite.

Sizes: 12x16, 18x24, 24x36

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Metal print with floating shadow, 800x600

Metal Print

Coming soon

The story printed on aluminum with a floating mount. Sharp, modern, and built to outlast every paper print in the house.

Sizes: 12x16, 18x24, 24x36

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Magnets and Small Gifts

Coming soon

Fridge magnets, greeting cards, and small comforts. The story that fits in an envelope or a hospital care bag.

Sizes: 3x4 magnet, 5x7 card

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Printed and shipped by a professional print partner. Every physical order arrives white label with tracking. Church and bulk orders get hand fulfilled locally, email us for those.

Photo: hospital children's ward, 1200x800

04Where the money goes

90 percent given. 10 percent kept. That is the whole model.

Charles keeps one dollar in ten. The rest goes to children's hospitals and orphanages. Here is one example. A $59 projector turns a hospital room ceiling into the ocean, fish swimming overhead in 3D. Every children's ward should have one. Your $4.99 download buys shoes, projectors, and quiet nights for kids who need them.

Shoes for kids in orphanages
Ceiling projectors for children's hospital rooms
Given through established children's charities, not one man's pocket

People do not just read these. They cry.

I read Walking Together at my mother's service. Not a dry eye in the room. Three people asked me where to get a copy before we left the church.

Placeholder: Sandra K. · Elizabethtown, KY

The original hung in my grandma's hallway for 30 years. The second chapter now hangs right beside it. It feels like the story finally got its ending.

Placeholder: Ray T. · Louisville, KY

Our congregation printed The Complete Collection for the fellowship hall. Twelve frames, one afternoon, under $100 total.

Placeholder: Pastor D. M. · Hardin County, KY

Portrait: Charles Lee, 800x1000

05The man behind the pen

Charles Lee saw the original at his grandma's house as a boy. Sixty years later, he wrote what came next.

Charles is 61. He has spent 26 years in missionary Baptist life and a working lifetime fixing what other people could not afford to fix. He is a handyman in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He does not want a mansion or a Ferrari. He wants these stories on walls and this money in children's hands. His extended letter on how the stories came to him is being prepared by Royston Publishing and will be published here.

“There is no I in it. You will not see my signature at the bottom.”

The first 100 downloads fund the first gift.

One hundred downloads buys the first batch of ceiling projectors for a children's ward. Be one of the hundred. Then join the list so you hear when framed prints ship.

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