100 Sweet Nothings for Baby is a feel good book for babies and the big people who birthed them. This lovely little book is the perfect gift for new parents, or for a three-(or six-month) birthday, or for christening or naming ceremonies.

As Mina Parker writes in the introduction, Every moment of your life has led you to this one holding a beautiful, sacred, burping little wonder called your baby. Whether this is your first time or your fifth, new parenthood delivers a sweet and exciting jolt of electricity into your life. So welcome to the sweet life of parenthood, and from my family to yours, here is a book to celebrate and support what you do best-loving your baby in every way, from top to bottom.

100 Sweet Nothings for Baby is an out-of-the-box, not-your-garden-variety baby present. Wise quotes are sprinkled throughout. Consider Carl Sandberg's A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. Along with little rhymes to read out loud and comfort both of you, Trilling r's, rides in cars, every balm to soothe and calm. Along with little comments on the daily wonder of babies, Cuddling close the one you adore and hearing the music of one baby snore....

Mina Parker has demonstrated her innate flair for unique and exquisite gift books with titles such as Mother Is a Verb, Her Inspiration, 100 Good Wishes for Baby,100 Sweet Nothings for Baby, Half Full, and Silver Linings. Well, she’s done it again with this lovely homage to mothers everywhere. A wealth of inspiring quotes from quarters as diverse as African proverbs and Sophia Loren, Washington Irving and Erma Bombeck, Erica Jong, Oprah Winfrey, and Honore Balzac are paired with single sentences in praise of a mother’s love....

365 Excuse Me . . . is for the hundreds of thousands of fans of the Law of Attraction who want more help incorporating its teachings into their daily lives.

Inspired by Lynn Grabhorn's bestselling Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting, 365 Excuse Me . . . contains 365 empowering meditations to help readers live the Law of Attraction and embrace the possibilities that life offers every day.

Each day's meditation has three parts:


• A quote from Lynn Grabhorn


• A charmingly told anecdote or teaching story


• A personal goal for the day

Lynn Grabhorn wrote: "Didn't you ever feel that there's some secret part of you that knows everything there is to know but just doesn't stick its head out? There is."

365 Excuse Me . . . offers readers the motivation and inspiration to find the secret part in themselves to live the Law of Attraction every day of the year.

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Half Full is an invitation to take a pause. To sit still for a minute, put your feet up, and drink in the words and pictures that can replenish your soul and help you to recognize your many blessings.

With 42 photographs of everyday objects looked at from different angles, plus quirky, original meditations about looking on the lighter side. These mini essays are based on quotations from wise teachers throughout history such as Helen Keller, Dolly Parton, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Emily Dickinson, Katharine Hepburn, and the author’s great-grandmother. And each and every one includes a tidbit of food for thought, a piece of advice, or something to do, such as "Look for an opportunity in a difficulty that’s been dogging you."

Isn’t it time to give up that half-empty glass?

"Keeping ourselves optimistic isn’t really all that much work. And when we’re feeling optimistic it’s a good time to stop and smell the roses, to savor, to celebrate the glass half full." —from the introduction...