A Keeper'sBook from the editors of Keepers at Home Magazine.

Mothering in the Rough Spots

Motherhood carries with it the risk of heartache, pain, and loss. In Labor of Love • ONE mothers share their stories and poems of these difficult times.

Hospital stays, shadow of death stories and sleepless night perspectives flow from the pens of these mothers as they share their sorrow and their joys, their struggles and their submission.

Contents

• Love at Calvary
• Savannah's Story
• Passage (poem)
• Healing
• A Tongue-Tied Experience
• Seven Special—One Hurt
• Never Underestimate the Power
• Reflux Journey
• God Is Still Good
• Our Little One (poem)
• Divinely Planned
• A Mother at Heart
• Brave Robins (poem)
• Mothering Blues & Shoes
• Peace in the Shadow (poem)
• Double Blessings
• Jewels (poem)
• The Mothering Scale
• Changes (poem)
• Extravagance (poem)
• Sweet Acceptance
• Talking to the Iron (poem)
• The Journey
• In the Hands of God
• Dear Jesus (poem)
• Torticollis & Baby Dear
• Unprofitable (poem)