These poems are part of an inner dialogue about transitions and turnings, and the lessons the natural world can offer us. In my leadership work, I often invite folks to detail the steppingstones that have brought them to where they are in their work and their life. It is that process from which this collection takes its name: steppingstones.

These poems are part of an inner dialogue about transitions and turnings, and the lessons the natural world can offer us. In my leadership work, I often invite folks to detail the steppingstones that have brought them to where they are in their work and their life. It is that process from which this collection takes its name: steppingstones.

A whimsical story with colorful fairies who craft their homes and beds with soft corn silk. Unique illustrations are sure to please any child and parent. Teaches a valuable lesson about how being different is a good thing.

You have loved and nurtured your child for nearly two decades, but when their day of departure into the real world arrives, you're bombarded with anxiety: Have you taught him enough to survive without you? What will she do when she gets sick? Will he remember how to do his laundry?

While this book is a how-to manual, covering survival basics for young adults setting out to live on their own for the first time, it also serves as a journal for mothers-inviting them to personalize the guide by filling in their own advice and strategies regarding everything from health to cooking to...