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Each of its eight chapters describes situations and traumas that all mothers will readily recognize. The book is written as if the author somehow had access to the innermost feelings of a mother's heart. In the first chapter, a mother watches her sleeping five-year-old and realizes how soon the child will be starting to school, and away from her. "Once you thought that love was always warm and wonderful, now you know different. Sometimes a mother's love is painful beyond words."
Another chapter, "A Mother's Touch," reminds the reader of the long chain of love that connects each generation of mothers, and concludes that "A mother's love is not to be paid back, but passed on!" One especially interesting part of this book deals with "The Imperfect Mom" who might not win any Best Mother medals, but who knows that "kids are more important than things, and that it is more important to do things with your children rather than just for them."
Straight from the Heart for Mom is the kind of book that children will want to give their own mother, and there's a page in the front of the book to record the name of the recipient and the giver, the occasion, and the date. The book would also be reassuring to a young mother who must deal with the daily wonder and aggravation of rearing her children.
The anecdotes and inspirational content of this book will bring both smiles and tears, but perhaps its most important message is that mothers have help in their overwhelming task: "Ultimately, the care and protection of her children rests in the hands of their loving heavenly Father."
Kay Cornelius is an author and freelance writer from Huntsville, AL.
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