Amidst the hectic pace of parenting, marriage and life, Tears of Joy for Mothers helps mothers escape for short periods of time to let their minds and emotions be swept away by characters and stories they can relate to-deep, heart-felt stories that will move them to tears of joy and appreciation for what God can do in and with their lives. These heart-tugging stories, gathered by America's most beloved story anthologizer, affirm the ultimate value in motherhood and help mothers everywhere grow in their appreciation for life and the children they love. A great gift for Mother's Day...

Soldier Stories chronicles the multi-dimensional drama of people who endured the shock and awe of war?and whose spirits triumphed over it.

• A priest in the infamous Bataan Death March who kept others alive with his faithful recitation of the Lord's Prayer
• The journey to faith by a skeptical B-17 copilot lost at sea
• A young American widow caught in the "Dresden Inferno" who survived the firestorm with her three children
• The lesson of post-war forgiveness learned by a British soldier tortured by the Japanese
• A rowdy, Arizona cowboy who...