But for a Moment is about a couple who experience emotional abuse in their relationship with each other, at church and everyday living. Measha loves Tom, however, she identifies that she is living within an abusive relationship but is not being beaten like her last relationship. Tom is the abuser and the victim of emotional abuse. A story that depicts how Measha endured her new form of abuse, which she had not experienced in her past, knowing that hurting people, hurt people.
This vicious cycle is But for a Moment in which author, Althea Winifred helps her readers and all children, adults, both male and female, understand that through Measha and Tom's emotional abusive relationship, there is healing for all.
