Through the years, I have always desired to someday write a book - a novel. Never would I have dreamed that I would one day write a book of poems. After being traumatized from my divorce of almost thirty-six years of marriage, I would awaken at night with the feeling that something was being laid on my heart. This continued and I felt God desired to show me something. In preparation, I readied a pad and pen beside my bed on the nightstand in the event this continued. As time went by, I continued to awaken with words pressing on my thoughts, and I would write them down while fresh on my mind. After about a six-month period of time, I reflected back over the poems and there was a collection of about nineteen poems. Since then, the collection of poems has increased to what are presented in this book today. God continued to lay on my heart and mind things that were there that I had forgotten about - the good things. I realize now that He desired to show me His grace and His goodness through the good things that He had brought my way in my life. I am so grateful to God for His mercy and goodness. He knew exactly what I would need, when I would need it, how I would need it before I needed it. God is so good. Yvonne Mason April 6, 20004