The profession of motherhood has never before been so venerated as in this latest collection of poems by Pia Lord. Having the privilege of stepping into motherhood, Pia expresses her heart, mind and soul in these vignettes of poetic lyricism. In a beautiful literary manner, she treats the various beginning phases of motherhood with care, exhilaration, humor, and an abundance of joy. Women, especially those who are mothers, can relate to these poems. Through them they can remember the moments that went by so fast as they were busy tending to their young. Fathers, sons, daughters, grandmothers, and grandfathers will also derive much enjoyment from this book, as they reflect on their own life experience with children. Pia Lord has herein captured lifeas all-important special moments of motherhood and etched them in stone for posterity.