Incorporating advice from more than 350 families nationwide, this guide offers specific tips for bonding with grandchildren, from babies to teens. Along with a completely revised resource section, this fifth edition features expanded sections on Skyping, texting, and social networking - Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube. Among the guides hints are more than 225 easy, low-cost, do-together, and long-distance activities such as ideas for successful visits, holidays, and family traditions. While primarily intended for use by grandparents, this sourcebooks strategies and suggestions can also help daycare providers, separated parents, extended family members, and teachers grow closer to the children in their lives.

A perfect gift that captures the spirit of the season, USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle’s A Heartfelt Christmas Promise celebrates the holidays, small-town traditions, and the generosity of love between two lost souls who find everything they ever wanted in each other. Vanessa Larkin was supposed to be spending Christmas in Paris, France on a business trip she hoped to enjoy as a working vacation. Instead, she’s been assigned to Fraser Hills, North Carolina—home of the Best Fruitcake in the USA—to convert her company’s property into warehouse space and shut down Porter’s, the fruitcake factory. Offering retirement packages and selling locals on new job opportunities may not spread holiday cheer, but Vanessa believes she’s helping secure the town’s future. Mike Marshall’s family founded Porter’s. For decades, the factory served as the lifeblood of the community until his grandfather sold the business to a Chicago corporation. The sale cost the town its independence—and the Marshalls their family ties. A horse farmer, Mike was never involved with his grandfather’s company, but still felt Fraser Hills lost part of its identity. And as a widower raising a teenage daughter, he’s suffered enough losses in one lifetime. News of the factory’s closing means losing another piece of the town’s legacy. Far from the skyscrapers and rapid pace of the city, Vanessa finds herself enjoying the easygoing rhythms of rural living. With Mike as her guide, she learns to appreciate the simple pleasures found in shared holiday festivities among friends. Fraser Hills is a town she is growing to love—and Mike is someone she is falling in love with. Now all Vanessa needs is a Christmas miracle to give her newfound friends and home a gift they’ll cherish for many New Years to come.

Presents felt-related crafting ideas for holidays and special occasions, including such projects as leprechaun finger puppets, miniature pumpkins, Thanksgiving table runners, and Christmas ornaments.

There’s nothing like the holidays. They bring out the best, and sometimes the worst, in everyone. Luckily, Neil Pasricha is here to remind us that not only are the holidays great, but there’s actually even more to celebrate than we realize. From Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, to other holidays throughout the year, such as Mother’s Day and Thanksgiving, The Book of (Holiday) Awesome will show you why holidays are…AWESOME. • Making the first footprint in fresh snow • When the in-laws leave • Waking up and realizing it’s Christmas • Just barely wrapping a gift with that tiny scrap of leftover wrapping paper • When they finally stop playing Christmas songs on the radio • Knowing “Kwanzaa” is worth more Scrabble points than “Hanukkah” or “Christmas”

Filled with inspiring ideas, recipes, and stories to bring alive the magic of the holidays to you and all your loved ones.

Mankind was blessed with the will to survive, yet even the bravest among us carry scars. There are wounds we can see on the surface, but too often the secret scars we carry in our souls are the most crippling of all. Impeding our progress, we allow the mistakes of the unchangeable past to build a barrier. Forgiving others is only half the battle. The bigger war lies in forgiving ourselves, only then, can we embrace our futures and fi nd peace. Wounded in Vietnam, Alex struggles with the devastating effects of war. He’s disappointed in what he views as God’s indifference to pain and suffering. His faith is shattered. Adjusting his dreams, Alex faces the future, but life, with its great joys and bitter disappointments, always seems empty. Lasting contentment is elusive. Disillusioned by a disastrous relationship, Delphine exists in a life of dull complaisance. Approaching sixty, Delphine challenges her dismal fate. She wants to fi nd the person she lost, the optimistic believer she used to be. Placing her trust in God, she makes a daring move to fi nd a new perspective on life. Faith leads the way.

"Heartfelt Holidays" is an adult coloring book for the holidays. It includes illustrations for Thanksgiving, Christmas and one for New Year's. The images are taken from the popular "Missing You for the Holidays" adult coloring book for those missing a loved one during the holidays. "Heartfelt Holidays" is for anyone celebrating the holiday season and includes sentiments that bring cheer and joy. Pages are printed on one side to minimize ink bleeding.