AND NOW A WORD From Blessed Mickey Parker I am a Cat... well actually a Kitten. My Story begins when I was very tiny... I had a rough start in life that I was literally throw away when I was a few days old... BUT the good news is some Angels found me and a few other Angels helped care for me until I found my Forever Home.... I hope you enjoy My Book and tell your friends about me. Sincerely, Blessed Mickey Parker (meow)

HARVEY IN HIS OWN WORDS "IF YOU CANNOT DO GREAT THINGS, DO SMALL THINGS IN A GREAT WAY" - Napoleon Hill I AM A HERMIT...I LIVE ALONE ON A MOUNTAIN in East Tennessee. I have a little cabin on 60 acres of timberland. I do not have electricity. I get my water from a spring. I use a kerosene lamp, or candles for light, a wood stove for heating and cooking. I sometimes go for weeks and never see another person. But I never get lonely. I keep busy. I do a lot of reading and enjoying God's handiwork. I have learned that loneliness is a sort of poverty, but solitude is richness. The post office is a two hour stroll away. Every once in a while I walk out to the road with a backpack and hitchhike into town for supplies. By keeping things simple, I am under less of a burden and can enjoy life more. I know the difference between pleasure and happiness... I can keep myself happy without a lot of what folks call 'earthly pleasures' and the Lord does take care of me. It is good to stop the pursuit of happiness and just be happy. Someone said, "There is a period of time between birth and death called life, but many never really live they just mark time." That seems to be a sad reality in many lives and yet society has laid out as pure truth the way man should live. I could not, or would not, fit into that box. If I had, I would have just been marking time. While thinking about my past I realized it is the only mirror a person can use to view the future. All of us remember the bad and hopefully learn from it. The good is easy to remember. But what about the seemingly unimportant things? The simple things? Perhaps wisdom is being able to learn from all. What I have learned has brought me to my mountain... this is my story. YOUR JOURNEY JUST FOR A MOMENT imagine you have come to visit Harvey on his mountain. You may have read about him, heard stories, or met him somewhere on his travels. It is early morning and for most of the way, you find yourself driving through a cloud. A misty fog hovered over the mountain during the night and settled gently into the valleys. AS YOU PARK BESIDE the road and step out of the car the mountain wraps your senses. You hear the creek rushing over rocks as it follows its century old path around lower border of the mountain. The air is crisp. Nearby a blue jay calls out a welcome, or a warning. Walking on you remember to check your cell phone... no bars. You are officially separated from the outside world. CLIMBING OVER A FENCE, you follow the path through damp woods of pine, oak, poplar; their branches create a laced canopy above your head. Jewel-like dewdrops glisten on grasses and the delicate tips of pine needles. The trail is quiet except for the soft crackle of twigs under your feet and an occasional chattering of a squirrel. As you walk farther into the mountain the world shrinks to the path before you. Moss, rocks, ferns, leaves take on exquisite details you would have missed on other walks in wide-open spaces. The pervading silence of the mountain brings with it a solitude humans rarely experience, Alone? Not really, forest eyes are wondering at the stranger who has suddenly appeared in their kingdom. Standing still for a moment you see a whitetail-deer no farther than a stones throw away. She solemnly stares at you with unblinking eyes then melts off into the morning mist. Moving on at a gentler pace you vaguely wonder what it would be like to live this close to God's creatures and yet not see another human being for weeks at a time? YOU HAVE HEARD that before settling here Harvey traversed the length and breath of the country with only a backpack. There has to be a story behind the Mountain Man. Somehow you feel deep within that he may have answers that will help you live your own live in a more authentic way. That is why you made this journey....

Moving On... is a quick read...100 Plus Pages of Pure Inspiration It began as a second edition to an earlier book. One month into the edits it took on a life of its own. While it still contains a few of the inspirational letters I wrote to a hurricane survivor, it is also a book for the survivors of storms beyond natural disasters. Storms driven by un-met needs, un-healed hurts, un-resolved issues, which shroud us in clouds of depression, low self-esteem, confusion, loneliness. The kinds of storms that leave us with broken hearts, broken dreams, broken lives. The storms you and I have lived through, and sometimes camped-out in for long weary nights. This book is about acknowledging 'what is' and making quality decisions to move on to 'what can be.' This book is about change and choices. It is about a new beginning in all areas of life. They say that the books that really change a reader's life are those that change the author's as well. In this collection of articles, book excerpts, poetry, and quotes I share my heart. I pray they will give you the inspiration for your journey as they did mine. Moving On... follows my personal journey into the world of survivors from the early days until now. It is a world of pain and beauty, hopelessness and healing, death and new life. Now imagine we are sitting at my kitchen table. I have poured you a hot cup of coffee, or tea if you prefer. There may even be a plate of warm cookies nearby. We talk and laugh, perhaps shed a few tears. As I take your hand in mine and look into your eyes I want you to realize that no matter what the present circumstances are... 'Happiness' is your destination, and 'Choice' is your passport. I tell you upfront I have only one message... "While I celebrate your survival, I know for sure it is only a launching pad for your beautiful future. You have within you all you need to begin again. God has much more for you and you can take the first step today." Blessings, Wanda G.

This book is designed to be a companion to The Search for Peace. If you have read Part One in that book you already have clear insight into why this Journey is mandatory. Because of a lifetime of wounds embedded into our souls, most of us walk through life with so much baggage that the dream of PEACE is little more than a dim, far away illusion. We love God and want with all our heart to live a victorious life, but we don't know where to start. Well, Beloved Reader right here, on these pages, is the place to start.

This is a sequel to Family Secrets: Letters to My Granddaughters A NOTE FROM GRACE Several years back I enrolled in a writing class called, "Your Dreams and Writing." While taking the class I dreamed I was asked to write a manuscript. When it was finished I took it with me to a park. While sitting on a park bench watching a little girl play with her mom I suddenly saw a title wave coming from afar off. Quickly I placed my manuscript on top of the park pavilion thinking it would be safe there. In the next scene of the dream I was in class and it was time for me to hand in my assignment. I told the teacher I did not have my manuscript because of the tidal wave that had hit the park. Although I had tried to keep it safe atop the pavilion it had been destroyed. About that time the little girl entered the room with my manuscript. I knelt down beside her as she handed it to me. She looked me straight in the eye and said, "You know I lost my mom in that title wave." I replied, "Yes honey, I know you did." And that was the end of the dream. It is possible you hold that manuscript in your hands... rescued by a motherless child and finally published for other children who survived a title wave that took their mother. Grace Ann Neuharth

Letters to a Kitten: SOME OF MY FANS have wanted to know the secret of my success. How does a kitten a few hours old found laying near death in the desert on a cold morning in September become a published author by Christmas? Sounds a little far-fetched... actually it is a little far-fetched. The how's of that amazement is of course documented in my first book I Am Blessed: A Kitten's Memoir.. ....... I am now eight months old and I Got Mail: Letters To A Kitten is my second Memoir; the future looks bright for yet another best seller Just call me MICKEY, THE MEOW MEMOIR MAN ......... AS YOU WILL SEE I have had a lot of adventures the last few months, but one of the most important things to transpire because of my first book was receiving lots and lots of mail from my readers and Facebook friends The letters and pictures were from pets as well as their humans....... SO my fans helped create this book and of course Mama helped too. Although, to be perfectly honest, when I AM BLESSED was published a strange thing happened. Even though it was MY MEMOIR, people who have read all of Mama's books say that 'MY MEMOIR' tells them more about MAMA than all of her other nine BOOKS put together ........ Go Figure... you get someone to help you write a book and she slips in between the lines... and sometimes on the lines Well, c'est la via (that's life) and it is what it is... since everyone loves the book I guess it's all good. Mama just asked me if I hadn't used a few too many cliches in this paragraph? I told her, "It works for me and I'm just calling it like it is ........ Besides, I am trying to keep it real. Kapeesh? C'est moi " For the record, in my last book Mama ran my French by a FB friend who lives in France Dany Chalhoub... she told Mama my French is actually quite acceptable So there MAMA ........ ANYWAY In I Got Mail: Letters To A Kitten you will find the letters, pictures, and other information I've found on line as well as by reading Mama's books. The ones she has written and the ones we have in our library. Mama believes in writing and reading outside the box, and as with I AM BLESSED, you may find the scope of this book to be diverse, surprising, fun, spiritual, healing, heart touching, and perhaps a bit mystical and hopefully entertaining....... Of course, between the lines Mama's heart, opinions, and world view will no doubt slip in... they usually do... the lady can't help herself, she is what she is......... NOW... as an OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON for the ANIMAL KINGDOM I will once again share with you the SONG OF MY PEOPLE... I hope you too are BLESSED ....... Love, Blessed Mickey Parker