Table of Contents

THE GIFT OF RESPECT -- Aidans Gift; What to Do With A Boy; On His Thirteenth Birthday; Belonging; Oh, Yeah?; From Generation to Generation; Different; Its Better than Good; Mommy; Acceptance; Sunshine; Whos Winning? THE GIFT OF STRENGTH Notes from the Deep End; For Such a Time As This; Travels with Brendan; For James; Nourishment; Matthews Secret; Lifting Each Other; The School of Life; Fight the Good Fight; The Dream; We Are Not Alone; Where Theres A Will, Theres A Way; Emma Sage. THE GIFT OF DELIGHT -- Surprise!; Light the Way; Blue Ribbon. First Place; The Buddha Bean; A Hopeful Future; Enjoying the Ride; Lost and Found; In the Moment; Expecting; Green Onion; Big Sister; Speech Therapy; Loving Emma Jayne. THE GIFT OF PERSPECTIVE -- Beginning; Entertaining Angels; Defining Moments; Slow Motion; When the Other Shoe Drops; Ups and Downs; Miracle Man; Stepping Out; Lucky; Nolan: A Little Dream; The Eighth-Grade Dance; What I Know Now. THE GIFT OF LOVE -- The Life that chose Me; Tiny Hands; Brothers; Birthday Guilt; Kindness Received; The Blessing of an Imperfect Life; Growing; Through the Eyes of Love; Crecer Con Amor; Quality of Life; The Luckiest People in the World; Live Long, Laugh Often, Love Much; First Words.

About the Author

Kathryn Lynard Soper is the mother of seven children. Her youngest, Thomas, born in 2005, was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth. She is the president of The Segullah Group, Inc, a non-profit organisation that produces personal writings, and editor-in-chief of Segullah, a literary journal by and for Latter-day Saint (Mormon) women. Kathryn lives with her husband, Reed, and their children in the mountain west.