These Ordinary Days: A Memoir of Young Motherhood

Reading Anna Martin’s stories feels like talking comfortably with a sister or friend, sharing honestly about struggles and strengths, inadequacies and rewards. She notices the small joys of family life, reminding us of the wonder of motherhood, even in the most ordinary of days. Perhaps one ordinary day you will look up, and dust motes will dance in the morning light illuminating the row of uncombed heads at your breakfast table, and you, too, will be caught—captured by the goodness surrounding you, anchoring you down, lifting you to heaven.