A Letter to Readers | p. xv |
Pregnancy | p. 1 |
Expecting | p. 3 |
Hello | p. 4 |
A Single Heart | p. 5 |
Growing Pains | p. 6 |
Longing | p. 8 |
Movement | p. 9 |
Our Love | p. 10 |
Heart Beat | p. 11 |
Anticipation | p. 12 |
Pregnant Night | p. 13 |
Gift from Heaven | p. 14 |
Expectant Mother's Meditation | p. 15 |
Great Blessing | p. 16 |
Birth | p. 17 |
Connected | p. 19 |
The Wonder of You | p. 20 |
Just Beginning | p. 21 |
Prepared Childbirth | p. 22 |
Labor's Pain | p. 24 |
First Born | p. 25 |
Newborn | p. 26 |
The Birthing | p. 27 |
Afterbirth | p. 28 |
A Tiny Star | p. 29 |
Come Forth | p. 30 |
Beloved and Blessed | p. 31 |
Getting to Know a New Daughter | p. 33 |
Birth Day Prayer | p. 34 |
New Baby | p. 35 |
An Infant's Prayer | p. 37 |
Sleep Cycle | p. 38 |
A Promise of Love | p. 39 |
Let Him See for Himself | p. 40 |
Instructions for the New Mother | p. 41 |
My Baby | p. 42 |
On Baby's Birth | p. 43 |
She Is Not So Small | p. 44 |
My Gift | p. 45 |
Baby Blessings | p. 46 |
Not to Worry | p. 47 |
New Beginnings | p. 49 |
Wonder | p. 50 |
First Bath | p. 51 |
Thank You | p. 52 |
Newborn | p. 53 |
The Unfamiliarity of Wakefulness | p. 54 |
Just After You Were Born | p. 55 |
For Sleep | p. 56 |
Baby | p. 57 |
What Do I Do Now? | p. 58 |
Grace | p. 59 |
The Newborn | p. 60 |
You and the Stars | p. 61 |
Dear Special Child | p. 62 |
The Gift | p. 63 |
Babyhood | p. 65 |
When First I Held You | p. 67 |
The First Year | p. 68 |
Treasured | p. 69 |
Mindful | p. 70 |
New Mother in September | p. 71 |
Into the Night | p. 72 |
Sweet Love Divine | p. 73 |
Are You a Bird, Little One? | p. 74 |
A Fascinating Thing | p. 75 |
Expectations | p. 76 |
Perfection | p. 77 |
There's Something About a Baby | p. 78 |
When You Need to Rest | p. 79 |
A Love Poem | p. 80 |
New Mother's Prayer | p. 81 |
When You're Blue | p. 82 |
Nourishment | p. 83 |
Mother's Midnight Prayer | p. 84 |
This First Year | p. 85 |
Toddlerhood | p. 87 |
Prayer for the Toddler's Mom | p. 89 |
Today He Is a Toddler | p. 90 |
My Daughter | p. 91 |
Precious Gifts | p. 92 |
Little One | p. 93 |
Baby Steps | p. 94 |
Reflection | p. 95 |
Under Your Wing | p. 96 |
Toddler | p. 97 |
Christenings | p. 99 |
Promises | p. 101 |
A Christening Blessing | p. 102 |
Baby Blessing | p. 103 |
The Baptism | p. 104 |
A Dedication Prayer | p. 105 |
Christening Blessing | p. 106 |
Reflections | p. 107 |
A Blessing for Our Children | p. 109 |
Mother to Mother | p. 110 |
Heartfelt Question | p. 111 |
A Baby Inspires Us... | p. 112 |
In Passing | p. 113 |
Miracle | p. 114 |
Generations | p. 115 |
Inspiration | p. 117 |
For Life | p. 119 |
Many Hearts | p. 120 |
Lifetime Blessings | p. 121 |
The Picture of His Life | p. 122 |
You | p. 123 |
Family Tree | p. 125 |
Celebration | p. 126 |
Blessed Light | p. 127 |
Never-Ending Stream | p. 128 |
For My Daughter on Her Twenty-first Birthday | p. 130 |
A Mother's Prayers | p. 131 |
Motherhood | p. 132 |
Here Is the Mother Awakening | p. 133 |
A Weeping Willow Prayer | p. 134 |
Today | p. 135 |
Author Index | p. 137 |
Permissions and Acknowledgments | p. 139 |
About the Author | p. 143 |
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