In this book we celebrate motherhood, as well as the

many and varied gifts which all women acknowledge

and for which they are grateful.

As you read and reflect on the many gifts which

you enjoy in your life, it is my sincere hope that you

will make some exciting and perhaps even beneficial

discoveries~

It may be that there is something in your life which

you have not considered a particular blessing, and

you will now see it in a different light. Perhaps you

have received some gifts of which you have been

totally unaware. There may be a gift you have not yet

received and you wait for it now with anticipation.

These writings not only will help women under-

stand and appreciate their gifts of life more fully, but

also renew their stirrings of faith~ To know that God

is the author of all our gifts is to know true peace and

contentment. The world gives us things and the

world takes those things from us. Only those gifts

which God bestows on us are lasting. At the same

time, we are again made aware of the most perfect

gift, Jesus Christ. If that were the only gift we ever

received in a lifetime, it would be sufficient.