1821. Alexander Pushkin is in exile in Bessarabia, Russia. Restless and depressed, he is spending a month in Odessa on leave. He recalls a visit, the previous year, to the palace of the Tatar khans where he saw a Fountain of Tears: a khan's monument to Maria Potocka, a Polish countess who died before he could persuade her to love him, and to the khan's own perpetual grief. Pushkin will soon immortalise Maria, the khan and the Fountain of Tears in his poema. The interwoven stories of the captive countess and the exiled poet take place on a day in Bakhchisary and Odessa respectively.

For about ten years I have been told to write my stories in a book form. I never did it until now because I couldn't think of a title that was worthy. My son, David and I were talking one beautiful Halloween day at our church. As we discussed his recent separation from his wife, we also discussed my plans to build a new church auditorium. I told him the one I wanted was probably going to cost about $900,000.00 and I didn't want to borrow money. I knew that God had provided for our first building and I knew He could do it again. I just couldn't see any way for that to happen. for such a large amount. David said, "Momma if you will write your stories it will sell." That day after we left the church I came directly to the office and started to type and the title "My story for HIS glory" is what I typed first. I didn't need to stress over the title anymore, that was it. Some secrets bring much greater destruction into our lives than if they were revealed. Revealing secret sin is painful, but God uses our honesty to bring a whole new dimension of freedom into our life. Satan will never be able to use that secret sin to hold us in bondage any more. Many others have allowed fear and shame to hold them back from taking the path that I have taken. Revealing my secret took courage. But God's incredible rewards await those who are willing to take the hard steps to live in open honesty. I praise God that He brought me through all the pain and destruction that Satan was putting on me, because now I live in freedom.