From the Heart Beth N Davis, Editor Book Review

Wow!  The stories included in this anthology are wonderfully eclectic.  I did have to shake my head at the mom who asked, Who would have thought buttoning jeans one-handed would be a skill I'd learn as a mom?

 

Maybe she should read about this mother's one-handed ponytail adventure.  I've buttoned jeans one-handed from the first day I began dressing myself.  Okay so there was one story I didn't empathize with.  I did find the stories real and From the Heart.  The moms, dads and offspring contributing to this anthology draw the reader into their world and will touch your heart.

 

I found my heart aching at the pains of parenthood one moment and rejoicing at the precious milestones the next.  As Michele Zink Harris wrote in her story, "Unwrapping the Present", a quote from Kung Fu Panda: Yesterday is history.  Tomorrow is a mystery.  Today is a gift.  That is why it is called The Present.

 

Yes each and everyday is a present.  All too often we are wrapped up in our own toils to see the glory in the moment.  The stories and poems in From the Heart make you stop and smile.  Childhood does not last forever.  Remember happy, sad, tulmultuous moments in parenting are all "Tiny Treasures in Time" (the title of the opening story by: Mary Fischer).

 

It's even hard to believe my poem in the anthology, "Seven Years", was written almost three years ago.  Little Ones grow up quickly, but not to worry there is great advice on parenting teens and adult children who have their own little ones to contend with, too.