This is the story of a young boy growing up in a home with an alcoholic dad, a physically abusive older brother, mental illness and child neglect...and surviving. From my earliest memories at 5 years old and on into my late teens and early twenties, all these were present in our family in which I was the youngest of the five children. But along with the saddness of growing up as I did, this is a story of hope, victory and the truth of the promises in God's word. You can win, you can have victory in this life and there is always hope, regardless of the giants in your path. I was the youngest...

One of the poems in this book is called "New Day" which I wrote in September of 2013. Writing that simple poem was a revelation to me and I hope it will be to you as well. Every day is a new day and a gift from God and I approach my life from that perspective now, or at least try to. Since writing that poem, I also have taken a bit of a different course in poetry writing, as well. With each day being a new day, I now try to look at life in a mostly positive, more spiritual way and write about it as such. These 31 poems reflect that thought in... Poetry: Through your Eyes

Before...and After is a 31 piece collection of Christian poetry, many of which reflect on living life before Him and then after meeting Him. The change in a person is distinct and unmistakable after giving their heart and life to Christ and I hope that theme through out this book clearly captures that for you.

Pages...is a collection of 50 of my personal favorite poems that I have penned over the past five years. Some are uplifting, some are quite serious, some encouraging but all are from the heart.