Letters From A Mother S Heart

Including letters from Melissa Rivers, Shania Twain, will.i.am, Christy Turlington, and Kristin Chenoweth Just in time for Mother's Day, the next book in the A Letter to My series (after A Letter to My Dog and A Letter to My Cat) takes on mothers, with celebrities and civilians writing letters of gratitude and admiration to the women who raised them, alongside gorgeous, intimate photos.

As I prepared to write this book, one thing became clear, this was God's idea long before it was mine. You see, twenty-one years ago, two letters arrived in my mailbox. One came from Washington State, and the other from somewhere around Florida. I read the first letter, "I am writing... to get some parenting advice... I really admire what I saw in your house... Do you have any words of wisdom?" In the next one I read, "I think of you so often. How great you are at being a godly mommy!... Help! How do you do it? I need your wisdom and knowledge." I sobbed, tears streaming down my cheeks and onto the pieces of paper. How could anyone ask me about parenting? Yet, this could not be a coincidence. God knew how much I had struggled to be the parent I longed to be. Sitting at my dining room table, I read the letters again, and I cried out to God, "why are they asking me?" Suddenly, the Lord opened my heart's eyes to see the many lessons He had taught me on my parenting journey. So I grabbed a pen and began to scribble down ideas to encourage my precious mama friends. Those scribbled titles became fifteen letters, from the heart of one mother to another.My mailing list grew from my two friends, to their friends, to over one hundred other moms. These letters, called timeless treasures by some, now fill the pages of this book. A book I am certain God had in mind even before those two letters arrived in my mailbox over twenty-one years ago.

After his wife Amber had given birth to three boys in three years, Seth Haines saw that she needed encouragement in the day-to-day drama and details of motherhood. Secretly collecting nearly six hundred wise, honest, and sometimes hilarious letters from other mothers across the world, Seth compiled these "mother letters" as a gift for her. Amber and Seth have chosen the best of those letters--including letters from some of the most influential writers and bloggers online today--to include in a beautiful book perfect for the mother in your life. Each mother-to-mother letter offers encouragement, advice, and vulnerable honesty about the struggles and joys of motherhood. These letters show that no matter how many times mothers feel like they've failed, they are still doing their greatest work. So for the mom who thinks she's the only one out there who just can't find time for a shower, Mother Letters shows her that she's part of a grand and diverse group of strong women who are saying to her, "Me too. But we can do this."