On the telephone to her son, a mother promises the many ways she will come to rejoin him, traveling by hot air balloon, camel, cheetah, and shark.

A mother and child discuss how the mother's love would remain constant even if her child were a stinky skunk, scary ape, or bug-eating green alien.

One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her - literally. Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn't slept in a...

A little fox gets angry and tells his mother, "I'm not your friend anymore, " when she tells him it's time to stop playing.

Brooke Baxter has achieved everything this world has to offer--a prestigious career, a beautiful home, and two wonderful children. Her recent return to her faith is an encouragement to her family. But if she faces tremendous loss, can her fledgling faith and her rocky marriage survive?

Miranda and Mama spend a fun day at the beach building castles and catching sand crabs, and Miranda learns that just like the sand and the sea, she and her mother will always be together.

Despite the painful memories of the original Foxworth Hall, Cathy and Chris move into the reconstructed Foxworth Hall, which has been left to her second son, Bart.

From her knowledge of when to change a diaper and how to make Popsicles to her skills in driving a delivery truck and dancing the polka, a child sings the praises of a special family member. Inspired by the accomplishments and behavior of the author's own mother.

A child worries about how her mother will cope at home on her own while she is at school.

Entering the afterlife due to a hit and run accident, a successful author learns she can observe the earthly lives of her nearly grown children and is also permitted three "nudges" to alter the outcome of events. Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. In the Beyond, she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows...