The poems presented here are just moments: moments of thought, of feeling, of healing, of dreaming, of smiling, of time... TO THINK 1 Senseless 2 Now Where? 3 What Rules? 4 The Past is the Past 5 Disunited States 6 The Red Planet 7 Animal Instinct 8 Why on Earth? 9 Escalation by The Book 10 Going Nuclear 11 Watch This Space 12 Written in Stone 13 Down to Earth TO FEEL 1 Moonrise 2 Solitude, or is it just Me? 3 A Place to hide 4 Upon Reflection 5 Life Making Sense 6 Life Time 7 Prisoner 8 Where does Love go? 9 (P)ending 10 Cowered 11 Delays 12 No Way Back 13 The Bird 14 Calm 15 The Circus 16 Feelings 17 Sunset TO HEAL 1 Just Maybe 2 Cancer in the building 3 A Dark Place 4 Damocles 5 You again 6 Dear Cancer 7 Feeling odd, even up 8 The Witching Hour 9 Faith 10 Appealing to Faith 11 The Wishing Well TO DREAM 1 So…What? 2 Always in Dreams 3 Chasing clouds 4 The Night Time 5 Mind Games 6 A Walk in the Park 7 The Song of a Lark 8 Seasons 9 0340 10 Heaven or Hell 11 Sometimes, however 12 Heart TO SMILE 1 Becoming of Age 2 Seventy 3 A Body Driven 4 Growing Pains 5 Old News 6 Lockdown 7 Ethereal

Alice Chesterfield is a woman pursued. Having survived an attack that left her scarred and her father dead, she is never free from the fear and memories of the man who is responsible. Texas seems to be an answer to Alice's prayers, and when she has the opportunity to relocate to a ranch near Dallas, Robert Barnett captures her attention. Unlike any man Alice has ever known, Robert doesn't worry about the obstacles that stand in their way--and he hardly seems to notice the scar she bears. But there are storm clouds gathering; devastating information about her family comes to light, threatening Alice's peaceful sanctuary. Disillusioned, Alice must learn to place her trust in God as she seeks a measure of peace for her future...and for her heart.

Just a Moment By: Merredith F. Perkins, PH.D. In Just a Moment: A Conversation, Merredith F. Perkins, Ph.D. invites readers to join her in a series of dialogues that will lead to greater self-awareness, self-discovery and a way forward in their lives. She offers proven, uncomplicated exercises which she has developed over the years in her own meditations and questions she has asked herself and tried to answer in her journey of inner and external exploration. For years, Dr. Perkins was a teacher who, in the same method of patient and probing pedagogy that she employs in her new book, encouraged and advanced so many young learners. Now she will be able to guide students of all ages, as they interact and encounter with these enlightening and satisfying “momentous decisions.”

In eleventh-century Wales, a land steeped in ancient Celtic lore, two lovers discover a passion that journeys beyond time. Young Wynne of Gwernach has no dreams of marriage. Innocent and pure of heart, she believes that love is an illusion. Instead, she devotes herself to managing the great family estate nestled in the raw beauty of Wales, vowing to protect it and her younger brother until he comes of age to inherit. And then Madoc of Powys enters into her life, claiming his betrothal to Wynne when she was a babe. Madoc is both feared and worshipped throughout the land, for his family’s power is said to stem from Merlin himself. Yet it is a very human desire he evokes in Wynne; his warm gaze makes her flesh burn with unaccustomed fire. Still, she remains firm in her belief that she can never marry, can never be owned. But Madoc of Powys is a Celt in his heart and soul. He knows Wynne’s reluctance to wed is the legacy of another life. In time she will know everything—for which he is both hopeful and desperately afraid. For Wynne and Madoc have been lovers in another time, another place. But what unfinished destiny lays between them?

Each member of a family enjoys his or her special moment in time on a balmy summer day on Cape Cod.

Most commonly found on the nightstound or in the bathroom, is this little treasure of a book with favorite quote from the wise and the humorous, uplifting stories and reflections, and prayers to guide those who are getting older. It's a gift not to take one's self TOO seriously...and this is the perfect gift to give that lift.

I wrote this book for me at first. I was given such wonderful feedback from my Five Word Poetry Book and Short Stories, I decided to do it again. The content of this book is an accumulation of 10 years of poetry, story, and thought. My absolute delight is within inspiration and the gift given by those I offer it to. I am delighted to have my gift placed on a fridge, humbled when you shed a tear, and amused when my gift causes a smile. The energy reflected in emotion is my gift’s purpose. I am eternally grateful and inspired by the ease and synergy of life. My writing has changed as I have. A teenager asked me if I had ever written a proper book. I laughed as he fine-tuned his statement, “I mean like, a story.” He inspired me to smile and I shall have that feeling for eternity. To all who encouraged me, offered feedback, shared emotion, and communicated. All the words in the world could not give meaning to the pride I have inside for your time…and to those I am yet to meet poetically I say, “You are in for a treat.”