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A collection spanning over thirty years. Poems both religious and secular with a little something for everyone. Poems I hope will entertain and inspire with reflection, thought-provoking, and humor as well. My poems are my children, some unruly, and some are my pride and joy. Some were hard in birthing, and some I couldn't write down fast enough. And some even seem to have written themselves. If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then poetry is the transcript. Such a gift to one so unworthy. I'm the luckiest man in the world.Bless you all,Bob

What happens when you dig below the surface of several beliefs? When you compare it to that of your own, what will you find? What happens when you take those different belief systems, practices, backgrounds, and histories and place them side by side? What types of truths will unfold before your eyes? What is truth when you are faced with what lies beyond faith?

When We Meet Again is a semi-fictional narrative of a canine-human bond from the beloved author's dog's point of view. From the beginning to the end, delight in reading this humorous, heartwarming tale of tails. It's a sensitive, sincere, compelling story of a family and their furry family members.Timelessly enduring lessons of love triumphing over fear and even death.Ages 7 to 107. This canine is truly one of a kind!

Maura Delaney is just your average, sarcastic, chain-smoking young woman who happens to moonlight as a vigilante assassin. Through the use of advanced technology, her mission is to dispose of the human monsters who plague our communities every day. We're talking murderers, rapists, pedophiles-the worst of the worst. Seems like a dream job, right?Of course, everything doesn't always go according to plan, especially with a best friend constantly playing matchmaker, a hard-nosed boss breathing down her neck, and an obsessed coworker who doesn't understand the term friend-zoned. The malfunctioning of her ability to inconspicuously dispose of the bad guys suddenly throws Maura for a loop. And the appearance of a handsome stranger amid the chaos really throws a wrench in the cogs. Who is this enigmatic man, and why does he make Maura's palms sweat? There's something peculiar and yet absolutely magnetizing about him that she can't seem to shake.To top things off, a serial murderer is on the loose, and without Maura's disposal mechanism running at full capacity, the bodies may really begin to stack up. It's a high-stakes race to stop a killer, with quite a few speed bumps, school zones, and construction detours along the way.

#winning is a twenty-years-in-the-making autobiography that encompasses the life of a young woman who has sacrificed everything she has to please others. Being a giver is a wonderful quality but not when it results in being abused, stolen from, losing your family, having to claim bankruptcy, and almost losing your life. You will be able to go back in time to 1999 when this young author was twelve years old and read many of the journal entries that have taken her through the ups and downs of life. This book opens up the questions of "e;Why do we do what we do?"e; "e;Are we who we are because of how we were born or because of the decisions we have made?"e; "e;How can we learn to love and forgive those who have hurt us so badly?"e; and "e;How can we give to others without being taken advantage of?"e; If you have experienced failures, abuse, financial disasters, ugly divorces, drug and alcohol abuse, rape, isolation, and much more, than this book may offer you some comfort, understanding, and hope that any bad situation can be turned around and used for good. By the grace of God, we can all survive what this world may throw our way, and this book will prove to you that you are not alone.

The moon is melting!Join Cooper and his friends as they melt the moon and try to return it back to the sky before the book ends.

Tough Guy is the creation story of Jimmy. As he becomes a man, Jimmy's personality, abusive tendencies, and selfishness are deeply ingrained into his psyche. Jimmy has little awareness or concern about the impact he has on the people most deserving of his actual love.

The title of this book is my middle name Eugenia and all my creations and pain I have endured in my life and in my dreams. I have daydreams and night dreams, some good, some bad, some perplexed, and some crazy. The pain is about deaths of my family, friends, neighbors, and people in the world. I can say that my title is Me* because I feel I'm a very confused and complicated person. (The title and Eugenia's creation's pain*.)

Love is the worst of the four-letter words in the world as I tried and couldn't track it down. I did find it at first to where it didn't find me but pretending it did. I didn't even know I was in love, and showing me some things in the beginning only hid the fact that this wasn't love. Whereas I couldn't see love for what it was that I was lost when someone did love me, and I believed the lies that came in between until it broke my heart forever as she showed she was only in it for the money. I refused to become her trick, and off to prison I went, where she would kill off what was known as Tiffany's heart, and I would learn that if they didn't love you, they didn't love you.I grew up loving one person for fifteen years. It was only second best to having my children. I never loved anyone so deeply and truly that my heart became hers. My first, only, and last love died with you when you broke my heart. If time was to heal your heart, we will see 'cause you have officially made it unfixable.Hurting this bad, and I'm not still over you. I didn't ever want to be hurt like this bad. How do I fight it?My life growing up was hard, not knowing what love was anymore. Now that I once again grow, how do I go on without you?

Lady Alice is an advocate for disabled children around the world. She was adopted into a family where she was the only physical one disabled. She wants to be able to give back to the world and to give each child the gift of voice. She won't let society keep her down nor have the naysayers keep her from giving something back to the world. She has the power to make things happen when she sets her mind to it. She wants others to be able to do the same. She wants all walks of life to not be forgotten nor not to feel like no one cares about them. She does, and this is her story.

Crystal Reflection represents the author's passion for expression of deep feelings, releasing thoughts that were previously kept unrevealed and silent through written words on a page. Each poem describes in some way how life can take a toll on our spirit and sanity, especially when we are not honest with ourselves and others about who we truly are as a person and smother our desires and dreams, not allowing ourselves to experience the life we are meant to have and feeling the freedom to achieve. Its message cannot deny there is a heavenly Creator that gives hope and grace to all who believe. This first publication of works will certainly not be the last. There is much more to be poured onto the page. If the inkwell continues to be supplied with fresh ink, the mind and hand is waiting and willing to oblige.

Let's Fly Sky High is a show about how Latoya Fairchild shares the thrilling adventures of her life while growing up in her family. Make yourself comfy as you join Latoya on her journey from her house to your house where she is going to stay and play.

The story within is about a friendship that developed between a quadriplegic and a chipmunk. It's a very interesting explanation of how this friendship came about and how it lasted for over eight years. It's funny at times, it's sad at times, but most importantly, it's a look into how even a small animal like a chipmunk can make life much more enjoyable for many people. In essence, this is a cool and fun story written for children to learn from but can be enjoyed by the entire family and people of any age.

The following is a book based on recovery-related motivational and inspirational sayings and quotes. It is the author's hope that the individual will pick a quote and put it to practice during the course of his or her day to better help and guide them through their recovery.

I know that by reading the title you think there is no such thing as zombies.The question remains: if this was true, why are stories revealed of them worldwide?The old saying "e;Don't judge a book by its cover"e; applies to this chronicle.Think of this: in today's world, we have experiments of (1) cloning, (2) DNA and RNA manipulations, (3) human test trails concerning drugs and lab assignments, (4) vaccines, (5) subliminal brainwashing techniques through the devices (2 Cor. 2:11).The atrocities go on and on of what fellow man is doing to fellow man and woman.This is not just a story of Sandman, a man society loves to hate, but an adventure into the practice of Nihilism, as the destruction of existing political and/or social institutions that are instituted to improve the future of humans by zealots who also follow the footprints of the origins of death and resurrection to create an Orcus type of world.So the question is, who is equipped to go beyond when the reanimated becomes meek?Sandman's survival through his eyes is a fictional adventure, or is it?Fact or fiction: you make the call. So sit back and enjoy! "e;In those days shall men seek death and shall not find it, death shall flee from them"e; (Rev. 9:6). Zombie!Peace,S. Muddy H2O

Cultivation of the Heart is the antidote for the impenetrable hearts-young people who have suffered from a great number of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES). Although many have deemed our youth who are at the center of gun violence to be "e;unreachable,"e; research and evidence has shown that investing in our youth can produce significant positive results in their overall behavior and ability to resolve conflict. I know firsthand because a licensed psychologist diagnosed me as someone who was so prone to violence due to my exposure to trauma at an early age, that the chances of me ever changing were slim to none. She said that I would always resort to violence as a means of problem-solving. Fortunately for me, I had mentors, family, and friends that poured positive energy, love, and support into me that eventually softened my heart, reversing the abuse, abandonment, and trauma that had over the years hardened my heart as a young man growing up in the concrete jungles of Richmond, California. They loved me when I didn't know what it meant to love myself. They showed me how to love myself when I didn't have a clue. All of my mentors were experts in the field of de-escalation and relationship building.You can't help someone grow if they don't trust you. The callouses formed on a damaged person's heart is designed to protect them from more hurt and from further damage. The problem with a hardened heart is that you can't plant seeds in it that are sure to produce positive fruits that all can benefit from. It's impenetrable. Therefore, the seeds of love that need to get in can't get in, and the seeds of hate, heartache, and pain that need to get out can't be weeded out. At least, while that person is still the owner of a hardened heart. However, once a mentor with the skill of a farmer enters their life and begins to cultivate the heart, positive seeds can be planted, negativity can be weeded out, and beautiful fruits can be produced.With the help of others who invested in me, I embraced the process of heart cultivation and discovered that I could do so much more with a soft heart than I could ever do with a hardened heart. Nothing good can ever be produced from a barren land, but fertile ground is the seed bed for miraculous things that are often beyond our wildest dreams. Cultivation of the Heart is that seed bed where miraculous transformation and beautiful evolutions take place. We credible mentors have to be the skilled farmers who cultivate the hearts of our young people, especially those at the center of gun violence who are simply sharing the hurt and pain with us that the world has given them.

There are only three things in the universe that stars can't manipulate: life, death, and love. This, of course, doesn't stop anyone from wishing for these things. These are the wishes that stars will dread hearing their whole existence. So when Calista is pulled from the sky with a wish for true love, her world shatters. Without her alpha star to guide her and her smaller stars to encourage her, Calista feels lost and hopeless when faced with the impossible task set before her.Hidden in the folds of the sleepy town of Shelter Cove, she finds Jack, who makes the best coffee she's ever had; Lily, who has a smile like sunshine and a heart to match; Grey, who hides behind his music and a charming smile; and Nate and Savanah, who love each other and their friends fiercely. Each one reminds her that humans are just as beautifully unique as the stars. But will making friends help her find true love for a human she doesn't know? Or will she be forced to face her own fears and feelings about the reality that she may never make it back to the only home she's ever known?

This is the story of a young girl born in the Ukraine (USSR ) who lived during the brutal years and the massacre of millions of people in Ukraine by the Stalin regime. She lost her father and mother and was saved by her uncle, who became not only her protector but also her true love. She witnessed the change in the Germans, from friends before WWII to the cruelty during the invasion and occupation of Russia and their defeat. After her uncle's death, she married a young Red Army lieutenant who, after his promotion to captain, was sent with her and her daughter to northern Siberia to be one of the managing officials of a gulag (concentration camp). There she witnessed the barbarism and murder of the prisoners by the camp guards. After three years, they divorced, and with her daughter, she traveled to Moscow where she worked as a nurse for several years. She met an American businessman and, after her daughter became a world-famous opera singer, married him and immigrated to the USA. Upon his death many years later, she returned to her homeland, Ukraine.

The Whisper Lion is a fun and thoughtful story great for children of any age. Sometimes it can be discouraging to grow up in a big world full of other "e;scary"e; animals, but learning to value our own uniqueness to overcome challenges and seek answers is a great lesson for any cub to learn. This book is able to do that by creatively showing the value of being quiet and calm as well, which I'm sure is a virtue that any parent would love too!

Today started as any other day, with the exception that today, I was getting a typewriter to start my cookbook. On May 10, 2013, my wife was looking for a recipe for a jalapeno quiche to prepare for Mother's Day, May 12. As my wife was looking for this recipe, she looked through this big pile of papers. She made a "e;throw-away pile"e; and a "e;keep pile."e; I had an "e;aha"e; moment, much like Oprah has from time to time; most of you can relate too. My thought was something like, This one man's trash is another man's treasure, recipes that endearing clients and friends had given us throughout the years. And as I picked up the pile and looking and reading through the recipes, this flood of memories surrounded me; the pile she has gathered is 90 percent recipes. I am one short of 100. Wow!The cover of this work was painted by the artist: Annabelle C. Doan

The genesis of Your Personal Power Pyramid is a letter that was written to our son, Jordan, as he commenced from middle school to high school, and the initial transcript was penned to provide Jordan and his two cousins a simple five-component tool to remind them daily what they must do to be successful. The four cornerstones and capstone of the pyramid provide visual reference points for the five operative principles-action, attitude, awareness, alliances, and affirmation. The reader is also able to remember these principles on one hand with five digits.The pyramid and its five components provide the reader, as well, with a simple commitment device to focus on daily choices in his or her own journey along the paths of life.In short, the book challenges you to decide each day whether you will fill that day with pain or gain. The book encourages you to take control of your life and not get what you get by a default mode in permitting the world to give you results and consequences that are likely not in your best interests. At the same time, the book cautions that you are not the center of the universe and that you likely did not secure success on your own. Spirit may have been the critical factor. As a result, humble people on balance are the most successful in the long run.To begin is to be half done. Let us dare to be wise and begin.

Why Me?Many times in life, when we are going through a difficult situation, we tend to ask, "e;Why me?"e; But the question should be, "e;Why not me?"e; I am reminded of the book of Job and how God allowed Satan to torment Job to test his faith and how he was rewarded in the end. I hope this book is able to inspire those who are going through struggles in life, and how important it is for us to keep our faith and remain positive with any endeavor we face in life.

When anyone is so fortunate to practice veterinary medicine as their calling, their memories are the journals of their lives. This book has excerpts of the journal from a veterinary general practioneers experiences of the happiness, sadness, and realities of being a veterinarian. Every day has been a heck of a ride.2

This book is dedicated to all those who have been adopted and gone through similar situations. This is also for those who have adopted children. Each of us is different, yet we share common feelings and situations. Life is a journey that we all must explore and come to our own destination. I believe "e;fear of the unknown is often worse than the fear at hand."e; Don't let fear and your past dictate who you become, and don't let it hold you back or become your crutch in life. Let your spirit soar and live to your fullest potential. Remember that our past makes us the person we are today.Writing this book was very difficult. As a child, I was always taught that we don't talk about what goes on at home. Children's services was the enemy, and we don't tell them anything. Yet here I am, faced with a difficult decision of writing this book or not. Then I found this quote, and it changed my life!Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free. (Robert Tew)Thelma Merkle tells the story as she remembers it. It is through the eyes of a child and later an adult. The trauma experienced is not uncommon to many children and families. My hope is that you can see what a child who is adopted goes through and how this can affect them as they grow into adults. Adoption is a lifelong process. This is one example of many, so I encourage you to learn as much as you can about adoptees and their past. I also hope that anyone who is living in a similar situation will see that children's services is not the enemy, and they can help if you let them.

Avianna isn't your average thirteen-year-old. She's always been an outcast, and it got worse when her mom went missing two years ago. Her dad, Kallin, does his best to raise her, but after her latest terror, she suspects he's hiding something. What's even more is she discovers her two best friends, Lux and Nisha, aren't who they seem. Her world begins to fall apart when she discovers a centuries-old feud between the gods that she is stuck in the middle of. As she uncovers more about herself, the truth about her family comes to light. What will she do when she discovers her life may be the price that pays the debt her ancestors owed? There are four books in this series: Call of the Witchling Breath of a Demon Rise of a Siren Fall of a Lineage

On June 1, 2019, my grandmother, Christine Helen Wallace, went to be with the Lord. This life-changing experience led me on a journey resulting in a shift from operating under a childlike system to an adult one. This journey occurs over a three-week period where God gives me an opportunity to change how I spoke, how I understood, and I how I thought. After the passing of my grandmother, I realized I could no longer continue to operate under my childlike system. It was time for me to grow up and be the daughter that God intended me to be! God gave me this opportunity by opening the door for me to take a three-week leave of absence from work. After my grandmother's funeral, the journey began.This journey involved changing my operating system, which led to the development of I Put Away. I Put Away comes from the biblical scripture, 1 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV), that says "e;When I was a child, I [spoke] as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became an [adult], I put away childish things."e; I Put Away is about me moving from a childlike system of speaking, understanding, and thinking to an adult one.I am an adult; however, I was using my childlike SUT (speaking, understanding, thinking) system. No, I was not having temper-tantrums, but my speech was incoherent at times; my understanding was not logical, sensible, or rational; and my thinking was muddled, unclear, and confused! Yes, I was a bit of a mess, "e;But God!"e; God began to take me through a transitioning process where I move into this adult system-a system where I am able to speak, understand, and think clearly. I will not discard my child SUT system because it is what made me who I am today. I will just keep it in my back pocket. However, operating under my adult SUT system is what is making me a better me.I invite you into my transitioning journey of I Put Away. You never know, my testimony may make you a better you!

I was seriously minding my own business when I had a supernatural encounter with God, which seemed like out of a Steven Spielberg movie. I no longer can consider myself agnostic after that.

Come Take a Ride This has been made from a lifetime of adventure and experience-through the years, from early childhood to present day. The poems in this book are meant to make you smile and laugh with an occasional sad spot here or there.

The young man, Austin, went through boyhood challenges, as many boys do, but as a man, he faced challenges that almost destroyed his life. He had plans and big dreams, but then after he did some personal research on the computer, the police arrived at his home, and he was arrested. His dreams were shattered. His parents were standing by his side and giving all the love and support they had to give. Their faith was tried, and they were not going to back down or give up. Austin is a man that serves God and has a desire to help others when he can, but now he has to use extreme caution and be on his guard around people he didn't know because his trust in people was shaken.

Let's face it, children hate needles! Shortly after a child is born, he receives his first vaccination. From the age of two months until the age four or five years, the child receives numerous vaccinations before entering kindergarten. Approximately 60 percent of well child health visits involve vaccinations. The vast majority of these are given by injection, which, of course, require a needle to administer. Kids are smart, even at a very young age. It doesn't take them long to associate a doctor with the pain of a needle. It's no wonder they start to fuss and fume when the doctor enters the exam room. Read this story and discover how five-year-old Jimmy Meserve deals with his fear of needles when he has to visit the local emergency department.