This book contains stories of compassion and heroism celebrate those who are making a difference.

Like the tender and uplifting original edition of Stories for a Woman’s Heart, this new collection of stories from the bestselling Stories for the Heart series will inspire and stir the souls of women. More than one hundred selections -- including many from today’s most loved and respected Christian communicators -- offer encouragement on topics such as friendship, love, virtue, motherhood, memories, and faith. Whether savored in a quiet moment alone or shared with friends and family, these stories provide timeless joy that women are sure to cherish.

Billie-Girl Gets Butterflies
by Grace Rasmussen

About Billie-Girl Gets Butterflies:  See if you agree with Billie-Girl who says she isn’t normal because she isn’t upset over her parents' divorce.

Whether she is normal or not, she is extraordinary and entertaining. She has a life-sized clown doll (Sappy) for a confidant and companion. Billie-Girl, her aunt (Bert-Girl), and her mother (Barb) toss rhyming words about to relieve tension when they are pressed for money to cover her dad’s gambling debts.

Enter the knight-in-shining-armor, Hall, the museum curator who guides the three through an exciting adventure.

A summer on Grandmother Ross’ ranch offers release from worrisome, mysterious phone calls and provides Billie-Girl with her first love; a horse named Storm, plus acquaintances with peacocks and mean ganders.

A budding romance and a foiled elopement with a lovely, unbelievable wedding keeps Billie-girl asking, "So . . . what is normal?"

About the Author:  Since childhood, Grace Rasmussen has been a writer; creating neighborhood drama (with plots probably stolen from Saturday matinee). Her poetry, short stories, and essays appear in a variety of periodicals as well as a monthly column in an Iowa newspaper.

She has served on advisory boards for community colleges throughout Iowa and was selected as a layperson on the state examination board for Physical Therapy and headed a six-county volunteer project for nursing homes.

Now that their six children have homes of their own, Leo and Grace have enjoyed world travel and indulging themselves in Broadway productions. They will travel anytime anywhere to hear Preservation Hall from New Orleans.

Note:  Grace Rasmussen is Jennifer's beloved and talented aunt!

A young boy survives and tells the true story.
When I hold my book in my hand for the first time, I will thank God for allowing me the opportunity to tell the world who the "bad guys" really were.

Roger Kiser is the author of the book "ORPHAN, A true story of
Abandonment, Abuse and Redemption."

Roger writes short stories for Heartwarmers4u.com, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Reader's Digest, ToTheHeart.com, and several other magazines around the world.

He is also one of the co-authors of "Heartwarmers," "Heartwarmers of Love," and the Petwarmers CD Collection.

He is honored to have had his story "Elvis Died at the Florida Barber
College" published in "A Cool Collection," a school workbook for teenage school children in the country of Israel.  That same story is also being made into a short film at Surrey University in England, by Freddie Francis the Cinematographer of the movie "The Elephant Man."

Roger now spends most of his time writing about child abuse issues and giving talks in the Georgia School system.  He states that he will never forget how he and 300 other children were treated as though they were less than human while living in a Jacksonville, Florida Orphanage.

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"What a great and touching story. I will definitely add this book to my personal library." - Dave Thomas, WENDY'S INTERNATIONAL, INC.

"Once you start to read, you won't be able to stop." - Reader's Digest E-mail Today

Cody (6), Matthew (3), and Ethan (5) acting silly at Mommy's very first book-signing!